L&S News  Tag: Sandra Adell

Teacher, actress, director, model, actor. Professor in the Afro-American Studies department, Sandra Adell talks about her childhood in Detroit, overcoming life's challenges, the unusual selling point that drew her to UW-Madison, and how last year’s racial justice protests have changed the classroom dynamic.

Professor Sandra Adell has built her entry level class on African-American dramatic literature around the principles of acting and theater, using drama as a key to unlock her students’ imaginations and get them to discuss difficult issues surrounding race and ethnicity.