Messiah College hosts rhetorical scholar Todd Allen
March 19th, 2013
GRANTHAM, Pa. (March 19, 2013) — The communication department at Messiah College welcomes Todd Allen, rhetorical scholar and proponent of the civil rights movement to lecture on April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Parmer Cinema in Boyer Hall. Titled “What Do These Stories Mean? Civil Rights Tourism As an Act of Remembrance,” the lecture will address the implications and importance of commemorative practices regarding the civil rights movement. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Nance McCown at 717-766-2511, ext. 2056 or nmccown@messiah.edu.
About Todd Allen
Todd Allen, an associate professor in the department of communication at Geneva College, received his bachelor’s degree in communication from Geneva College. Continuing his education, he received his master’s degree in rhetorical studies from the University of Akron and his doctorate degree in rhetorical studies from Duquesne University. He founded The Common Ground Project, a community based nonprofit that promotes an understanding of the civil rights movement. Allen has led a bus tour, “Returning to the Roots of Civil Rights,” which visits many key sites of the movement in the south. Receiving many awards for his efforts, Allen is the recipient of the Fellowship at the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History at Yale University, The New Pittsburgh Courier 50 Men of Excellence, Minority Opinion Magazine Achiever Award and the YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh Racial Justice Award.
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.
