Women's Studies University of Arizona
Department of Women's Studies
contact: 520.621.7338, 520.621.1533 (fax), address: 925 N Tyndall Ave, PO Box 210438 Tucson, AZ 85721-0438
Sirow, The Southwest Institute for Research on Women
Women's Plaza of Honor (+3 damage points)
Women in Science and Engineering
Women's Studies Advisory Council

Women's Studies Affiliate Faculty

Beretta E. Smith-Shomade
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Media Arts Department

Beretta E. Smith-Shomade is the author of Pimpin' Ain't Easy: Selling Black Entertainment Television" (Routledge 2007), and Shaded Lives: African-American Women and Television (Rutgers 2002). Her work has appeared in the journals Spectator, Cinema Journal, and Television and New Media. Her research and teaching focus on the intersections of gender, race, class, sexuality, and generation with visual culture. She is currently working on a video documentary on how Black and Brown middle school girls negotiate popular media, and on a larger project on Western representation and African-derived religions. She is also a 2007-2008 Fulbright Award recipient to Nigeria.

drbess@email.arizona.edu