Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Barbara R. Snyder at The Ohio State University invites the global Internet audience to Ohio State's University Distinguished Lecture on Wednesday, May 5, 2004, at 4:00 p.m., EST. Jacqueline Jones Royster, Professor of English and Interim Dean of the College of Humanities, will present her lecture, "Utopian Desire and Radical Action in African American Women's Essay Writing."

For the abstract of the lecture, Professor Royster's biographical sketch, and further information about the lecture, check the website provided below. The lecture will be broadcast live, worldwide, via the Internet and archived at this site for future viewing.