The event, which is presented by Bradley's Women's Studies Program and the Intellectual and Cultural Activities Committee, is open to the public and is free. Davis, who once appeared on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List," is now a professor of history of consciousness and feminist studies at the University of California Santa Cruz. In her lecture, "Gender, Race, and Crime," she will discuss the criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination, with a particular focus on women.

Davis has lectured throughout the world and she is the author of eight books. She also works with several advocacy groups, including Justice Now, which provides legal assistance to women in prison and engages in support for the abolition of imprisonment as the dominant strategy for addressing social problems.