Black Families and Mindfulness:
Considering an Afrocentric Approach
In this lecture, Dr. Morant Williams will discuss culturally relevant mindfulness practices, with special attention to the success of mindfulness with African American women in family settings, concluding with recommendations for future research.
Feb. 3, 2022 • Noon-1 p.m.
via Zoom – Passcode: 051620
Presented by:
Kesha Morant Wiliams, PhD
Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences
Coordinator, Bioethics and Medical Humanities Minor Penn State Berks
Dr. Williams’s research focuses on interpersonal communication, health communication and popular media examined through a cultural lens. She has been published in the Journal of Health Communication, Journal of Medical Humanities, Journal of Black Studies, Howard Journal of Communications, Journal of Media and Religion, Journal of Communication & Religion, Sexuality and Culture, Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, and the books Inter/Cultural Communication: Representation and Construction of Culture in Everyday Interaction and Race, Gender & Identity. She is co-editor of Reifying Women’s Experiences with Invisible Illness and Contemporary Christian Culture: Messages, Missions & Dilemmas. She serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Medical Humanities and Communication Monographs.