Please join us from 12-1 pm to hear Dr. Simone Gibson talk about the preparation of teachers to work with students of color. Dr. Gibson is an assistant professor from Morgan State University and is a faculty associate at the Baltimore Educational Research Consortium at Johns Hopkins.

Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by Wednesday 4/12.

This event is open, so please pass the word on to anyone who you think would be interested– students or faculty!

Join local poet and Towson alumna, ANN BRACKEN for a poetry reading from her latest poetry collection,

No Barking in the Hallways: Poems From the Classroom

Hawkins Hall Room 305
Wednesday, April 19, 2017 11 a.m – 12:15 p.m.

Ann Bracken is the author of two collections of poetry, No Barking in the Hallways: Poems from the Classroom (2017) and The Altar of Innocence (2015), both published by New Academia Publishing, Scarith Imprint, and she serves as the deputy editor for Little Patuxent Review. Her poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in anthologies and journals, including Bared: Contemporary Poetry and Art on Bras and Breasts, New Verse News, Reckless Writing Anthology: Emerging Poets of the 21st Century, and Women Write Resistance: Poets Resist Gender Violence among others. Ann’s poetry has garnered two nominations for the Pushcart Prize. She offers poetry and writing workshops in prisons and schools.