Join the History and Legacy of Black Entrepreneurship in the United States speaker series as we feature a presentation with Heather Butina-Sutton.
Heather Butina-Sutton is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Houston, specializing in the entrepreneurial activities of enslaved market women in the Black Atlantic. Her research interests include slavery and racial capitalism, the African diaspora, Women’s studies, and public history. With the support of the Coordinating Council for Women in History’s 2023 Catherine Prelinger Scholarship, Heather is working on the completion of her dissertation, which examines the cultural and economic impact of Black women street vendors in Salvador, Bahia, and Charleston, S.C., from 1750-1888
More details on the presentation to come.
Who can attend?
Open to the public, the campus community, students, postdocs, research scholars, faculty, staff, and alumni.