Kenwood Academy-University of Chicago
Feminism and Hip Hop
Program of Academic Exploration for
High School Juniors and Seniors
2005Under the Direction of
Melissa Harris Lacewell
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
and
Jacqueline Stewart
Associate Professor, Department of English and Committee on Film and Media Studies
both of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture
Program Links
2005 Team
Program Description
In a continuing effort to create mutually beneficial programs, the University of Chicago and Kenwood Academy are pleased to announce the fifth year in an annual collaborative effort. The Program of Academic Exploration for High School Juniors and seniors is designed to offer an unique learning experience to selected students of Kenwood Academy by pairing them with mentor-professors at the University of Chicago. This year Elizabeth Kirby of Kenwood, Duel Richardson of the University of Chicago, Professor Melissa Harris Lacewell, and Professor Jacqueline Stewart will develop an exciting curriculum for approximately 20 juniors and 10 seniors from Kenwood.
This year’s program will focus on the topic of Hip Hop and Feminism. We are extremely excited about this topic because our program will coincide the groundbreaking conference on Hip-Hop and Feminism being hosted by the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture in the spring. This topic will also provide an opportunity to once again explore both political ideas and cultural and artistic ideas. Student participants will have considerable input in shaping the exact direction of the learning experience. This topic will offer students the opportunity to reflect on their own lives, to analyze important trends in contemporary U.S. politics and to explore the ways that race, culture, and politics intersect in the modern world.
It also offers the opportunity to allow students to apply their own knowledge to the task of academic investigation. They will be the “experts” instead of simply relying on the readings or instructors to convey information. Now in the fifth year of this program, we will continue the focus on experiential learning that we developed in last year’s program on Race and Representation.
