The TCU College of Education and Sponsors are proud to present the Houston Contemporary Lecture by Dr. Maria Lucenti from the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her lecture,  Barbie, Sherazade and Alyssa in the Imaginary: Analysis of Gender Representation in Cultures, analyzes female icons and how young people find belonging in gender and culture. Digging into the specifics of belonging and comparison of such characters across cultures, Dr. Lucenti explores the deep meaning of gender belonging as a product of one’s own culture. We are grateful to the following sponsors: TCU College of Education, The Frost Foundation, TCU Religion Department, TCU Global, and TCU Department of Modern Language Studies.