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Explore home space in a teenage sitcom during upcoming lecture

Samantha N. Sheppard, associate professor in the Department of Performing and Media Arts (PMA) in the College of Arts & Sciences, will share photos of her teenage scrapbook and insights from her research as she analyzes television’s links between home and self in this year’s Annual Invitational Lecture from the Society for the Humanities.

The lecture is set for 5 p.m. Feb. 11 in the Guerlac Room of the A.D. White House and is free and open to the public.

"Sanctuary from the Storm: Making (My) Room with The Torkelsons," will explore Sheppard’s fondness for the 1990s television show and what the show’s representation of home spaces can tell us about the way television influences living practices. 

She will also explore how the predominantly white television shows of the time presented challenges of representation (and continue to) for Black viewers, especially teenagers.

Read the full story on The College of Arts & Sciences website.

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