Anti-Racism Speaker Series: Agnes Scott College

Robin Morris is Associate Professor of History at Agnes Scott College. Her book, Goldwater Girls to Reagan Women is under contract with University of Georgia Press with an expected release date of 2021. The book examines the grassroots activism of women building the New Right from 1955-1982. The book moves from the establishment of the first chapter of a Republican women’s club of African American women in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood, through the 1964 white takeover and the Goldwater campaign, women’s work building a national anti-busing campaign, and ends with the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Morris holds a PhD in History from Yale University, an MA in Southern Studies from University of Mississippi, and a BA from Queens University of Charlotte. Previously, she was an educator at the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte. At Agnes Scott College in Atlanta, she teaches a variety of courses in US History since 1877, Southern History, Conservatism, Oral History, and Public History.

Yves-Rose Porcena joined Agnes Scott in July 2019 as the college's inaugural vice president for equity and inclusion bringing a wealth of leadership experience in higher education, human resources and global diversity. She is responsible for leading the college's workforce management and development, and diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence, overseeing the Gay Johnson McDougall Center for Global Diversity and Inclusion and the Office of People and Culture. Previously, she was the chief diversity officer at the University of West Georgia. Dr. Porcena holds a DBA from the Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University, a Master of Arts in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Emmanuel College-Boston.