Dr. Courtney Patterson-Faye will speak on her research in Black feminist thought, race, class and gender, fat studies, fashion studies, sexuality, cultural and medical sociology. How might her work help us understand our lives and research here in Hawaiʻi? Come and join the discussion.

Dr. Courtney J. Patterson-Faye is an African American studies and sociology scholar who seeks to shift how the world views and defines the bodies of black women. Her research and teaching interests include Black feminist thought, race, class and gender, fat studies, fashion studies, sexuality, cultural and medical sociology, and HIV/AIDS. She is author of “ ‘I Like The Way You Move’: Theorizing Fat, Black and Sexy,” in Sexualities (2016); “Is It Just Baby F(Ph)at?: Black Female Teenagers, Body Size and Sexuality,” in Contemporary Black Female Sexualities (2015); and “Plus Size Black and Latino Women: The Implications of Body Shape and Size for Apparel Design,” in Designing Apparel for Consumers: The Impact of Body Shape and Size (2014).