Associate Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer Barry

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Jennifer Barry was interviewed for an article on The Daily Beast entitled, “Forget the Meteor. We Should Be Talking About Biblical Rape Culture in the Sodom Story.”

As Jennifer Barry, an associate professor at the University of Mary Washington and expert in the history of sexual violence told me, “in stories like Sodom and Gomorrah and Judges 19, the sexual violence preserved in the text focuses on the protection of men, while casually handing over women (some of whom are never heard from again).” Read more.

Posing with the historical marker, from left to right, James Farmer Multicultural Center Associate Director JoAnna Raucci and Director Marion Sanford, Freedom Rider Dion Diamond and Assistant Director Christopher Williams. Photo by Suzanne Carr Rossi.

The James Farmer Multicultural Center was highlighted in The Free Lance-Star article and an editorial about the Freedom Rides Historical Marker that was placed on the corner of Princess Anne and Wolfe streets several weeks ago, commemorating the site of the former bus station where the Freedom Riders first stopped in their quest to desegregate interstate travel. JFMC Assistant Director Chris Williams spearheaded the effort, along with Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation Christine Henry and Associate Professor of History Erin Devlin.

Fredericksburg unveils marker recognizing 1961 Freedom Riders’ first stop (The Free Lance-Star)

This is where Freedom Rides began (The Free Lance-Star)