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Joan Ferrante wearing a pink shirt staring off to the side of the camera.

NKU sociology professor Joan Ferrante creates book about the pandemic

Natalie Hamren, Editor-in-Chief January 12, 2021

Editor's Note: This story was originally published in the Northern Kentucky Tribune.  Northern Kentucky University sociology professor Dr. Joan Ferrante woke up one morning when the COVID-19 pandemic...

Dance major Lavette Patterson has practiced ballet since she was 3 years old.

A dancer’s perspective on race in ballet

Josh Kelly, Arts & Life Editor February 6, 2019

NKU dance major Lavette Patterson found herself playing the role of Margaret Garner, a slave that lived on a Boone County plantation in the mid-1800s, last semester during Dr. Joan Ferrante’s documentary...

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