Dr. Stephanie Rowley, Dean and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Education from the University of Virginia, will visit Wake Forest on Monday, February 12.

Dr. Rowley is a developmental psychologist whose research explores how parents’ attitudes toward race and gender, and their own social experiences, influence their children’s motivation in school. The title of her talk is "Race-Related Parent Cognitions in African American Parents."

This event is sponsored by the Department of Education, African American Studies Program, Center for Literacy Education, Department of Psychology, Program for Leadership & Character, Department of Education's Student Leadership Council, and Winston-Salem TEACH.