#  AAAS Professor Evelynn Hammonds Named Visiting Professor at Spelman 

 





May 16, 2022

 

 

On **Monday, May 16, 2022,** Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell announced that **[AAAS Professor Evelynn Hammonds](/people/evelynn-m-hammonds)** has been appointed the inaugural Audre Lorde Visiting Professor of Queer Studies, the first-ever endowed professorship in Queer Studies at a Historically Black College or University. During the 2022-2023 academic year, Dr. Hammonds will organize planning for a first-of-its kind international conference on Queer Studies that will include scholars and activists from the African Diaspora, South Asia and the Global South. Professor Hammonds will also develop and teach a course on "Race, Gender, Sexuality and Science," which will be available to Spelman and Harvard students in 2023 and provide leadership for a long-term collaborative partnership between Spelman College and Harvard University. Read the full announcement from President Campbell on the Spelman College [website](https://www.spelman.edu/about-us/office-of-the-president/letters-to-the-community/letter/2022/05/17/spelman-college-names-dr.-evelynn-hammonds-inaugural-audre-lorde-visiting-professor-of-queer-studies).

 

 

 



 

 

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