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Coordinator of Women's Studies

earl Tricia Earl, MFA

Coordinator for the Women’s Studies Program, Earl earned her BFA from the University of North Texas in 1998 and her MFA from Texas Tech University in 2001.  She has taught undergraduate majors and minors, in the School of Art and Women's Studies Program, with regards to contemporary issues, theories and practices found in social and cultural representations. 

Earl has been instrumental in escalating presentations, lectures, exhibitions, panel discussions and multiple film series in an academic setting as well as within the Lubbock community, focusing on media literacy’s and fieldwork to challenge critical thinking skills, techniques and forms.

Research interest include exploring visual histories and current approaches related to identity, culture and difference through media propaganda, bias, discrimination, and political agendas. Earl's research ranges from applied visual and performing arts, feminist visual culture theory, postmodern analyses of identity, and mass media consumption relating to topics within interdisciplinary formats.