2003 Andrea Carson Coley Lecture: Dr. Shirlene Holmes

Dr. Shirlene Holmes will deliver the 9th annual Andrea Carson Coley Lecture April 4, 2003 at the Georgia Museum of Art

"Writing With Pride: Theatre as an Agent for Social Change & Lesbian and Gay Activism."

Dr. Shirlene Holmes is an associate professor of communication at Georgia State University. She has taught courses in speech, theatre, women's studies and African-American studies since 1989. Dr. Holmes is an accomplished artist, educator, and community leader.

Her creative writing has been published in literary magazines and anthologies. Her plays have been produced on local, national, and international stages.

In July 2002, Dr. Holmes spent a week as a playwright-in-residence at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Her play, Daughters, will be produced in the Alumni Hall Theatre at Georgia State University in November 2002.

Dr. Holmes is deeply committed to raising social conscoiusness. She is commited to self and community empowerment. Dr. Holmes is on the ministerial staff of Hillside Chapel and Truth Center in Atlanta. She is an ordained minister.

The Andrea Carson Coley Lecture was endowed by a donation by Andrew and Kathy Coley in memory of their daughter Andrea Carson Coley (1972-1993), who was a certificate candidate in the Women's Studies Program. Each year, the Andrea Carson Coley Lecture brings to campus scholars who are doing cutting-edge research in the field of lesbian and gay studies.

The Women's Studies Program is honored to have Dr. Shirlene Holmes as our 2003 Andrea Carson Coley Lecturer. This year's lecture will be April 4 at 12:20 in the M. Smith Griffeth Auditorium in the Georgia Musem of Art on the University of Georgia campus. A reception honoring the Coley family will precede the lecture at 11:30.