MANSFIELD, PA—Jean Kilbourne, internationally recognized for her groundbreaking work
on the image of women in advertising and her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising, will deliver the first installment of Mansfield University’s Great Conversation Lecture Series on Thursday, September 24, 7 p.m. in Steadman Theatre.
Her presentation, “Deadly Persuasion: Advertising & Addiction,” is free and open to the public.
Kilbourne’s films, lectures and television appearances have been seen by millions of people throughout the world. She was once named by The New York Times Magazine as one of the three most popular speakers on college campuses. In 2015 she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame.
Kilbourne is the author of the award-winning book Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel and So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids.
The prize-winning films based on her lectures include Killing Us Softly, Spin the Bottle, and Slim Hopes. She is a frequent guest on radio and television programs.
Kilbourne has served as an advisor to the Surgeon General and has testified for the U.S. Congress. She holds an honorary position as Senior Scholar at the Wellesley Centers for Women.
She has received many awards, including the Lecturer of the Year award from the National Association for Campus Activities. A more unusual tribute was paid when an all-female rock group in Canada named itself Kilbourne in her honor.
For more information on Kilbourne’s work, go to jeankilbourne.com
Kilbourne’s presentation is sponsored by Student Activities Office and the Great Conversations Honors Program at Mansfield University. It is supported by student activities fees.