For our fourth episode in our Costume Society of America series, Joy and Dana interviewed Dr. Ashley Garrin about African-American hair and identity during the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Garrin recently earned her PhD from Iowa State University and conducted multiple oral histories from local African-American women for her thesis and CSA presentation. Dr. Garrin is now assistant director for Iowa State University’s MacNair program, which assists first-generation and underrepresented college students achieve doctoral degrees.
Ashley Garrin, Phd Thesis: http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6168&context=etd
Iowa State University McNair Program: http://www.mcnair.iastate.edu/
Byrd, Ayana and Lori Tharps. Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. New York: St. Martin's Griffith, 2014.
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