Fridays at Newcomb to host Sabia McCoy-Torres for talk on the anthropology of dance

Speaker/Performer Name
Sabia McCoy-Torres
Uptown Campus
Other location info
Anna Many Lounge
Caroline Richardson Building
Tulane University

Join us in welcoming Sabia McCoy-Torres who will present on her research in a talk titled, Shifting the Lens from Harm to Pleasure: What We Learn from Women in Dancehall. Sabia McCoy-Torres is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Africana Studies at Tulane University. She has a Ph.D. in social and cultural anthropology from Cornell University. Her research focuses on the English and Spanish speaking African Diaspora, race, gender, sexuality, transnationalism, and popular music and performance. Geographically, her work is based primarily in the United States and Coast Rica. Dr. McCoy-Torres's work has been published in Transforming Anthropology and Black Music Research Journal.

The lecture includes a free lunch and is open to the public.