Fireside Chat with Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt

About this event

Join us for a Fireside Chat on Thursday, November 19, featuring Dr. Tia Noelle Pratt in conversation with Fr. Lucas Sharma, S.J. They will discuss Dr. Pratt's new book, Black and Catholic: Racism, Identity, and Religion, and explore the significance of Black Catholic History Month for American Catholics. Oberto Commons – SINE 200 | November 19, 2026 | 4:00pm-5:30pm Interested in reading the book? Black and Catholic: Racism, Identity, and Religion Join the Faculty and Staff Reading Group Nov. 10 @ 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. | Faculty and Staff Reading Group: Black and Catholic Tia Noelle Pratt, PhD is a higher education professional, researcher, and inclusion & diversity specialist based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her PhD in sociology from Fordham University in 2010. A sociologist of religion by training, she is an expert in systemic racism with twenty-five years of experience researching and writing about how systemic racism impacts African-American. She is also the President and Director of Research at TNPratt & Associates, LLC. https://tiapratt.com Lucas Sharma, S.J. is a PhD candidate in sociology at UC San Diego specializing in religion, gender, and sexuality, and his research focuses on LGBTQ+ Catholics. Lucas is also a Jesuit priest of the Jesuits West Province and recipient of the John Hayden Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship at Georgetown University, where he also works as the Pastoral Associate in Georgetown’s LGBTQ Resource Center. Lucas is well-known to the Seattle University community, as he previously taught sociology and was a research fellow at ICTC. Lucas currently serves on the board of trustees at SU.

Who

• Dr Tia Noelle PrattSpeaker
• Fr Lucas SharmaSpeaker

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Seattle University

Seattle, WA

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