Nadine Hubbs, a historian, theorist, musicologist and professor of women’s studies and music, and faculty affiliate in American culture at the University of Michigan, will discuss the influence of country music at Cal State San Bernardino on Thursday, May 2, as part of CSUSB’s Conversations on Diversity series.Her talk, “What Country Music can Teach Us about Sex, Race, Class, and Immigration in America (A Multimedia Talk for Country Music Lovers and Haters),” will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Santos Manuel Student Union.In her scholarship and teachings, Hubbs uses listening to uncover the powerful workings of gender and sexuality, class, race and immigration. She has two award-winning books, “The Queer Composition of America’s Sound” and “Rednecks, Queers, and Country Music,” and has published numerous essays on classical, country and pop music topics, including Morrissey, 1970s disco and Radiohead.Hubbs is currently conducting fieldwork with Mexican American music enthusiasts in Texas and California for her next book, “Country Mexicans: Sounding Mexican American Life, Love, and Belonging in Country Music.”Hubbs’ research has been featured in The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, The Nation, New York Times, BBC, NPR, Pacifica Radio, among others.The CSUSB University Diversity Committee began its Conversations on Diversity series in spring 2005 and strives to bring three renowned speakers to campus on a specific topic of diversity each fall, winter and spring quarter. Topics include, but are not limited to, race, ethnicity, religion, women’s issues, gender and sexual orientation. To learn more about the quarterly series, visit the Conversations on Diversity webpage.