Esteemed scholar and New York Times contributing critic-at-large Salamishah Tillet has written about a wide array of topics at the intersection of art, popular culture and identity in the pages of major newspapers and magazines, translating intellectual work to mass audiences. In conversation with John Vilanova, Professor of Practice in Journalism & Communication and Africana Studies, she will discuss how to approach and analyze major issues of race and representation in a way that bridges the two worlds.