Lecture: Dr. Sue Black

If I Can Do It, So Can You

Join us for a free, public lecture from Professor Sue Black OBE at deSalle Auditorium, hosted by the 4D Design at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Please enter deSalle Auditorium through the Cranbrook Academy of Art Library entrance (across from the main art museum entrance).

35 years ago Professor Sue Black OBE was a single parent with few qualifications, bringing up her three small children in poverty on a council estate in Brixton, UK. She is now a multi-award-winning Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist at Durham University, the UK’s 3rd oldest university and one of the top 50 women in tech in Europe.

One of the leading tech personalities in the UK today, Sue shares the story of how she brought her family out of poverty and built an extremely successful career through education, passion, and a determination to succeed.

A multi-award-winning Computer Scientist, Technology Evangelist and Digital Skills Expert, Professor Sue Black was awarded an OBE for “services to technology” in the 2016 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. She is Professor of Computer Science and Technology Evangelist in the Department of Computer Science at Durham University, a UK government advisor, thought leader, Trustee at Comic Relief, social entrepreneur, writer, and public speaker.

Sue set up the UK’s first online network for women in tech BCSWomen in 1998 and led the campaign to save Bletchley Park, home of the WW2 codebreakers. Sue’s first book Saving Bletchley Park details the social media campaign she led to save Bletchley Park from 2008-2011. Sue has championed women in tech for over two decades, founding the #techmums social enterprise in 2013 and the pioneering TechUPWomenretraining underserved women into tech careers in 2019.