Tara Roberts is a storyteller, adventurer, and traveler.
Join Tara Roberts, National Geographic Explorer in Residence, for an unforgettable evening as she discusses her powerful memoir, Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging.
When Tara Roberts first saw a photograph at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture depicting the underwater archaeology group Diving With a Purpose, it called out to her. Inspired, Roberts joined them—and started on a path of discovery more challenging and personal than she could ever have imagined. In Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home, and Belonging, Roberts offers an understanding of the 12.5 million people carried away from their African homeland to enslavement on other continents. Inspired by the descendants of those who lost their lives during the Middle Passage, Roberts also explores her family history and life as a Black woman to help make sense of her identity.
A book signing will follow in the Peebles Theatre lobby.
This event is part of Christopher Newport University's Conference on Women and Gender and is free to current CNU students, faculty, and staff.
