LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- The Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity Project at Rider University will host a public presentation entitled, "Race and Gender Issues in the Campus Community: A Male Perspective," on Tuesday, November 12, 1996 at 11:30 a.m. in room 102 of the Science and Technology Center. The featured lecturer will be Dr. Leslie Agard-Jones, Associate Professor of African, African-American, and Caribbean Studies at William Paterson College.

Dr. Agard-Jones is a specialist in multi-cultural education and campus climate issues, as well as in African and African-American history. He was the director of the office of multi-cultural education for the New York City Public Schools during the controversy over the "rainbow curriculum," and now serves as a consultant to the New York City Board of Education's multi-cultural education office.

A former Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Agard-Jones is currently an advisory board member for the New Jersey Statewide Project on Gender and Race as well as the Statewide Advisory Committee on Multi-Cultural Education.

For more information on the program, contact Dr. Lise Vogel, Director of the Race, Class, Gender, and Ethnicity Project, at (609) 895-5463.

Rider University's Lawrenceville campus is located five miles south of Princeton and three miles north of Trenton on Route 206 in Lawrence Township. The campus is one-half mile south of exit 7A of Interstate 95.