Lunch & Learn with Dr. Michael Emerson
Thu, February 9, 2023 @ 12:30 pm - 01:50 pm
Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a special Lunch & Learn opportunity.
On Thursday, February 9, Dr. Michael Emerson will be our speaker for University Chapel at 11:30 a.m. in Pioneer Memorial Church. Emerson is a professor and chair of the sociology department at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He is also one of the foremost scholars on race and religion and co-authored the groundbreaking Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America (2000). He will be presenting findings from his latest research, conducted alongside Glenn Bracey of Villanova University. That research will appear in his forthcoming book The Grand Betrayal: The Agonizing Story of Race, Religion, and Rejection in American Life (2023). This research represents the most comprehensive study of race and religion ever conducted in the U.S. and is funded by the Lilly Endowment.
Following Chapel, there will be a catered Lunch & Learn conversation with Dr. Emerson in the Dining Center’s Lincoln Room from 12:30 to 1:50 p.m. There is no cost for the lunch, but you must RSVP in advance. Space is limited. First come, first served.
