Big Bend CC instructor tapped for Humanities Washington speaker series

MOSES LAKE — Big Bend Community College English instructor and author Dr. Allison Palumbo was recently selected for the 2021-23 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau series, according to a press release from the college. Palumbo will travel throughout the state over the next two years to speak on American popular culture, feminism and intimacy studies.

Through its Speakers Bureau series, Humanities Washington reaches a number of communities in the state by hosting free public presentations on history, politics, music, philosophy, spiritual traditions, and everything in between. Speakers Bureau presenters are professors, artists, activists, historians, performers, journalists, and others — who were chosen for their expertise, as well as for their ability to inspire discussion with people of all ages and backgrounds. Hundreds of Speakers Bureau events take place each year.

Palumbo’s presentations will focus on postfeminism and how strong, independent women in romance narratives are portrayed in film and television, the release said.