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The Fire Next Time: Anti-Black Racism and the Struggle to Live in the United States ♥ ★ ✚
ZoomThe Fire Next Time: Racism and the Struggle to Live in the United States 4-5 p.m., Thursday, June 4, 2020 RSVP at: https://uciadvance.wufoo.com/forms/mmdlga00ce24rp/ (Zoom details will be shared with all registrants) Like James Baldwin's call to action, this forum aims to engage participants in strategies to surmount current anti-Blackness while charting the way forward to healing,…
Decolonizing the University in Global/Transnational Perspective: A Roundtable Conversation ♥ ★
ZoomDecolonizing the University in Global/Transnational Perspective: A Roundtable Conversation February 17, 2021 9:00a.m. - 11:00a.m. Zoom (pre-registration required) REGISTER: https://uci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpd-CvrDorHdXuonDc8GRXxNllD7t8JIhQ What does it mean to approach efforts to decolonize the university from a global and transnational perspective? What kinds of North-South or South-South solidarities are possible or become impossible? How should we contend with the convergences…
Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series: How “Diversity” Underdeveloped Higher Education ♥ ★
ZoomJoin the UC Irvine School of Social Sciences Office of Faculty Development and Diversity for Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues Series: How "Diversity" Underdeveloped Higher Education Featuring Joyce Bell, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Chicago Friday, Feb. 26, 2021 12:00-1:30 p.m. RSVP: https://forms.gle/7gobMqeWBDsMEs1A6 Joyce M. Bell is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Chicago whose…
Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues: How “Diversity” Underdeveloped Higher Education by Dr. Joyce M. Bell ♥ ★
ZoomJoin UCI and UCSB Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the 2020-2021 series Anti-Blackness: Difficult Dialogues How “Diversity” Underdeveloped Higher Education by Dr. Joyce M. Bell Friday, February 26th 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Pacific Time About the Speaker: Joyce M. Bell is an Associate Professor of sociology at the University of Chicago…
To Boldly Go: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Brown on Being Black in Higher Education ♥ ★
ZoomTo Boldly Go: A Conversation with Dr. Michael Brown on Being Black in Higher Education Join UCR's Black Faculty And Staff Association for a conversation with Dr. Michael Brown, University of California Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Provost Brown will speak on the experience of being Black in the Higher Education environment. Registrants may submit…
‘MRS Degrees’ for Whom? Racial Disparities in Women’s Household Economic Returns to College Quality ♥ ★
Zoom‘MRS Degrees’ for Whom? Racial Disparities in Women’s Household Economic Returns to College Quality Presented by Natasha Quadlin Assistant Professor of Sociology, UCLA Monday, March 8, 2021 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Register to connect via Zoom https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CIOxVSv3RCOIbojmXDx7Gw Abstract: Prior research on economic returns to college quality (a close substitute for terms like selectivity or…
Speech Spotlight Live! | When the University Speaks, What Should It Say? ♥
ZoomWhen the University Speaks, What Should It Say? TUESDAY, MARCH 23 - 12:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM ET Cerri Banks 2020-2021 Center Fellow; Dean of Students and VP for Student Affairs, Skidmore College Sigal Ben-Porath Professor of Education, University of Pennsylvania Colleges and universities are often called upon to speak…
Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America | Gilberto Q Conchas: The Chicana/o/x Dream ♥ ★
ZoomGilbert Q Conchas The Chicana/o/x Dream: Hope, Resistance, and Educational Success A presentation of the Reimagining the Latinx Experience in America book talk series Based on interview data, life testimonios, and Chicana feminist theories, The Chicana/o/xDream profiles first-generation, Mexican-descent college students who have overcome adversity by utilizing various forms of cultural capital to power their academic success. While…
Nepantleando in Academia: Engaging with Chicana Feminist Theories to Examine Postsecondary Pathways of Latina/o/x Students ♥★
Zoom“Nepantleando in Academia: Engaging with Chicana Feminist Theories to Examine Postsecondary Pathways of Latina/o/x Students” Presented by Nancy Acevedo-Gil Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, California State University, San Bernardino Wednesday, February 9, 2022 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (PST) Register to connect via Zoom Description: This talk will focus on the process of acknowledging gaps…