Pamela Newkirk
Panelist
Author and Professor of Journalism
New York University
Pamela Newkirk, Ph.D., is a journalist, professor, author and multi-disciplinary scholar whose work examines contemporary and historical depictions of African Americans in popular culture. Her latest book Diversity Inc. was included on TIME magazine’s “Must-Read” books of 2019. Her previous book, “Spectacle: The Astonishing Life of Ota Benga,” was awarded the 2016 NAACP Image Award and named a Best Book of 2015 by NPR, The Boston Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She also authored Within the Veil: Black Journalists, White Media, which in 2001 won the National Press Club Award for Media Criticism.