UPDATED: Tuesday, March 6 at 9:54 p.m.

Joy-Ann Reid, an MSNBC political analyst and anchor of a weekend talk show, will speak at Syracuse University on April 3 as part of its University Lecture series, SU announced on Tuesday.

Reid’s appearance, co-sponsored by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and WAER, will take place in Hendricks Chapel at 7:30 p.m.

The journalist, talk show host and former Barack Obama campaign press aide currently anchors MSNBC’s “AM Joy,” a weekend political talk show. She frequents the TV network as a political analyst and writes columns for The Daily Beast.

Reid is also an adjunct professor of race, gender and the media at SU’s Fisher Center in New York City.

Before her current jobs at MSNBC, Reid was managing editor of theGrio.com, a news website targeted at black American audiences. She’s a former freelance columnist for The Miami Herald and produced and hosted Radio One.

Vijay Kumar, dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, in February spoke about drones in the first of three other University Lectures. Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, will deliver the third lecture on April 13.

Rick Fedrizzi, an SU graduate and chief executive officer of the International WELL Building Institute, will speak at Hendricks Chapel on April 24 for the fourth lecture. The institute monitors features in buildings that affect health and wellness.

Published on March 6, 2018 at 2:25 pm

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