Deidre Hill Butler, assistant professor of sociology, presented a
paper, “Fictive Family Relationships and Women's Leadership Roles: An Analysis
of African American Community Mothering” at the Association for Research on
Mothering conference at York University in Toronto,
Canada last
October. The paper dealt with the roles African American women play in fictive
kin community institutions. It was presented as part of a panel on Mothering,
Religion and Spirituality.