{"id":296,"name":"Lisa Covington","url":"","description":"Lisa Covington, M.A. is a PhD Candidate at The University of Iowa studying sociology of education. Her dissertation work is \"Mediating Black Girlhood: A Comparative Multi-level Analysis of Narrative Feature Films.\u201d In 2020, Lisa received the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Award from the Iowa Department of Human Rights.  \r\n\r\nLisa is pursuing the certificate in African American Studies and Digital Humanities where she is exploring a variety of techniques for data collection and utilization with Black youth. She is the director of the Ethnic Studies Leadership Academy in Iowa City, an educational leadership program for black youth in our community to learn about African American historical figures, activism from a historical lens and techniques of advocacy.","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/author\/lcovington\/","slug":"lcovington","meta":{"feedzy_import_tour":true,"feedzy_hide_action_message":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}