On Friday, February 19 from 2pm – 3pm, join Dean Valerie Johnson as she moderates a discussion with public historian, researcher and author Elvatrice Belsches. The webinar, entitled Above and Beyond: A Celebration of the Leonard Medical Graduates of Shaw University, will center around the incredible contributions of the Leonard MedicalSchool graduates in areas as diverse as public health, education and organizational leadership.
Elvatrice Belsches is a renowned author and researcher who specializesin chronicling the Black experience in history. She has published numerous biographical entries for the African American National Biography (AANB), a collaborative publication of the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research with Harvard University andOxford University Press. She has presented her scholarship on the Leonard School graduates to a number of universities.
The conversation will be live streamed via Zoom.