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SBS in the Community
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Conversations on Privacy
With every click and swipe, we can access unimaginable amounts of information online. We also leave a trail of personal data about our health, habits, beliefs, and plans.
This fall, join the College of SBS for a series of discussions with national experts who will explore the benefits and dangers of the digital age. The conversations will be held on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. from Oct. 19-Nov. 16 at Fox Tucson Theatre. Click here to find out more about the discussions and how to get your free ticket.
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Illustration by Di Vasquez
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Drawing Political Lines: The Great Cartoon Debate of 2016
Just as election fatigue squashes all enthusiasm we have for the democratic process, the College of SBS will give voters a boost with an entertaining event pitting two editorial cartoonists against each other in a live debate. Liberal David Fitzsimmons of the Arizona Daily Star will take on conservative Scott Stantis of the Chicago Tribune. Carolyn Lukensmeyer, executive director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse, will moderate the debate. Proceeds benefit NICD. The event is Oct 10 at 7:30 p.m. at The Loft Cinema. Click here to buy tickets.
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Desi Rodriquez-Lonebear. Photo credit: Matika Wilbur Photography |
UA Sociology Student Receives Prestigious Health Policy Fellowship
Sociology graduate student Desi Rodriguez-Lonebear, who researches Indigenous demography and champions data sovereignty for Native American communities, has received a Health Policy Research Scholar Fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. An example of the success and potential of the UA's international dual Ph.D. program, Desi is working toward a Ph.D. in sociology from the UA and a Ph.D. in demography from the University of Waikato in New Zealand.
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Danielle Geller
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UA Student Receives Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
Danielle Geller, a graduate student in the Creative Writing MFA Program, has received the prestigious Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award, which is given annually to six women writers who demonstrate excellence and promise in the early stages of their careers. In addition to writing a memoir titled
Dog Flowers, Geller is working on a collection of essays exploring her mother's childhood on the Navajo reservation.
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Ramen Noodles Become Currency in Prison
Ramen noodles are supplanting the once-popular cigarettes as a form of currency among state prisoners--but not in response to bans on tobacco products within prison systems, a new study has found.
Instead, study author Michael Gibson-Light, a doctoral candidate in the School of Sociology, discovered that inmates are trying to figure out ways to better feed themselves as certain prison services are being defunded. Gibson-Light's research was covered more than 550 times in the press!
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Jane Zavisca
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* Jane Zavisca, sociology professor and SBS associate dean of research, co-wrote the op-ed "The Kremlin blamed our work when it declared Russia's most respected polling firm a 'foreign agent.'" More
* Cheryl Knott, an associate professor in the School of Information, has received two awards for her book Not Free, Not for All: Public Libraries in the Age of Jim Crow: the Eliza Atkins Gleason Book Award from the American Library Association and the Lillian Smith Book Award from the Southern Regional Council.
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Grand Coulee Damn
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* Benedict Colombi, associate professor of American Indian Studies, and colleagues received a Landmarks Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities titled "Grand Coulee Dam - The Intersection of Modernity and Indigenous Cultures." More
* In a new paper, UA sociology graduate students
Hyungjun Suh and
Heidi Reynolds-Stenson report on the reasons why people engage in social movements in support of those who are different from them.
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Chris Cokinos
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* UA English Professor Christopher Cokinos wrote an op-ed titled "How to stay sane in the time of Trump." More
* The UA was featured in
The Chronicle for Higher Education story "Amid heightened interest,
transgender studies weighs newfound influence."
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Anna Ochoa O'Leary |
* Anna Ochoa O'Leary, head of the Department of Mexican American Studies, was quoted in the story "Rising force in Latino turnout: Hispanics who can't vote." She also was quoted in the story "Would a 2,000-mile-long border wall even work?" .
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Gary Nabhan, the director of the
Center for Regional Food Studies, was quoted In
The New York Times feature "Tucson becomes an unlikely food star."
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Barbara Norrander
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Barbara Norrander, a professor in the
School of Government and Public Policy, was interviewed on KVOA about young voters.
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* The Arizona Republic published "Duh! 'Women also know stuff' website by UA Professor Samara Klar a hit." Klar is an assistant professor in the School of Government and Public Policy. More
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Beth Mitchneck
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* UA professors Beth Mitchneck (Geography and Development) and Jane Zavisca (Sociology) wrote an op-ed about the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. More
* Gökçe Günel, a Turkish native who is an assistant professor in the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, was quoted in the story "For Turks, post-coup purges make US safe harbor." More
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Magellan Circle SBS teaching award recipients
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* Congratulations to Jeffrey Bannister (Geography/ Southwest Center), Nancy Sharkey (Journalism), and Jennifer Ervin (Communication), who received Magellan Circle teaching awards from the College of SBS. Sharkey's award was featured in the Arizona Daily Wildcat.
* Evan MacLean, an assistant professor of anthropology, was quoted in the article "More offices should open the door to dogs." More
* Looking for something new to read? Check out these book picks from faculty in the Department of English!
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"Show & Tell: How Can you Listen to That?! Narcocorridos and the Nation of Heroism in Greater Mexico"
Presented by Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry
Sept. 21, 6 p.m.
Location: Playground Bar and Lounge
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"Comparing the Persian and Sanskrit Worlds, 1000-1800: A Framework for Historical Writing"
Presented by the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies
Sept. 23, 3 p.m.
Location: Marshall 490
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Banned Books Week
Sept. 25-Oct. 1
The theme of this year's Banned Books Week is diversity.The activities are organized by Law Library Fellows, who are students in the SBS School of Information. Roberto Rodriguez, an assistant professor in the Department of Mexican American Studies, is a panelist at the Sept. 27 discussion of the TUSD Mexican American Studies program ban.
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Journalism on Screen: "Spotlight"
Presented by the School of Journalism
Sept. 25, 2 p.m.
Location: The Loft Cinema
See the Oscar-winning 2015 drama "Spotlight," followed by a discussion with former
Boston Globe publisher Richard Gilman.
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"Gender in Archaeology Today: The Key to Understanding Ancient Israel"
Presented by the Arizona Center for Judaic Studies
Sept. 26, 4 p.m.
Location: UA Hillel
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Unsilencing Anatomies: Race, Gender & the Medical Humanities
Presented by Kore Press; the College of SBS is a lead sponsor
Oct. & Nov.
The series will focus on how art and storytelling impact disparities in public health and safety. SBS faculty presenters include Monica Casper and Ken McAllister,
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Germany Meets the United States
Presented by the School of Government and Public Policy and the Department of German Studies
Oct. 3-6
A week of events, including lectures on transatlantic populism and immigration
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Tucson Meet Yourself
Presented by the Southwest Folklife Alliance, an affiliate of the College of SBS
Oct. 7-9
Tucson Meet Yourself is an annual celebration of the living traditional arts of Southern Arizona's and Northern Mexico's diverse ethnic and folk communities.
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Climate Talk: Diana Liverman
Presented by the Poetry Center
Oct. 13, 6:30 p.m.
Part of the Climate Change + Poetry series
Regents' Professor Diana Liverman is a professor in the School of Geography and Development
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