University Libraries Promotion and Tenure Recognition

Wanda B. Knight Professor of Art Education, African American Studies, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Book Title: You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience

Author: Tarana Burke and Brene Brown

Selection Statement:

I chose this book because it validates the vast and different lived experiences of Black people and the kinds of resilience we must build to survive and thrive within oppressive spaces.


Year: 2022