Mohamed Abanoor (Criminal Justice '22), was featured by News@Northeastern for his goal of becoming the first deaf member of the Boston Police Department.
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Kabria Baumgartner, Dean's Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies , has received the 2021 Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Association for her book In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America.
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Philip Thai, Director of Asian Studies and Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies , appears in a News@Northeastern article on the first session of the Asia America and the World event series.
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K.J. Rawson, Associate Professor of English and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and Coordinator of the Digital Integration Teaching Initiative, was interviewed by News@Northeastern on rap artist Lil Nas X and his impact on popular culture as a queer black man .
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Joan Fitzgerald, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, spoke with News@Northeastern on the infrastructure bill currently before the House of Representatives and the opportunity it presents to address racist infrastructure.
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James Alan Fox, Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy, appears in an Associated Press article on the significant increase in homicides in 2020.
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Ronald Sandler, Chair and Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Ethics Institute , and John Basl, Associate Professor of Philosophy, spoke with News@Northeastern on the ethics of artificial intelligence.
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Martha Davis, Affiliated Faculty of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and University Distinguished Professor of Law, was interviewed by News@Northeastern about the ongoing legal battle on abortion rights.
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Are you a student interested in research?
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The Women's Research Engagement Network (WREN) is a new student-led program to support and celebrate female-aligned individuals in research at NU. Whether you're a research veteran, just starting out, or looking for a position, we have a program for you. The deadline to apply for a program is Monday, October 11.
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WREN helps students find research positions across disciplines through a centralized application system. Simply browse open positions and apply to work with female faculty members directly through our website. Students of all years and experience levels can apply.
The Scholar Program supports women already involved in research by hosting panels, skills-based trainings, and social networking nights. Scholars also gain access to the WREN Summit, the nation's first interdisciplinary women's research conference.
The Fellowship Program provides all the benefits of the Scholar Program and more. It is geared towards women who face additional barriers in getting involved in research. Students will have access to Fellow-only bonding, networking, and funding opportunities.
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CSSH Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium Series
Monday, October 4
12:00 - 1:00 PM
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Join CSSH and the Humanities Center for a discussion with Moira Zellner, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of Participatory Modeling and Data Science, who will present "Collaborative Complex Systems Modeling for Social Sciences and Humanities: An Interactive Demonstration."
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Sustainability & Resilience at Northeastern University: Energy Efficiency and Energy Management at Northeastern
Tuesday, October 5
5:00 - 6:30 PM
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The fourth installment of this open seminar/pop-up course inquires what is climate justice, and what does it mean for NU? This week's speakers include Jennie Stephens, Director and Professor, School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Daniel Faber, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Global Center for Climate Justice; and Sharon Harlan, Professor and Chair of Health Sciences. Student speakers are Em Leibiger, Sunrise activist and undergraduate student in chemical engineering, Elijah Miller, PhD student in the Public Policy Program, and Alaina Boyle, PhD student in the Public Policy Program.
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Annual CSSH Co-op Poster Expo
Wednesday, October 6
3:00 - 4:00 PM
909 & 310 Renaissance Park
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Showcase of Opportunities for Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor (SOURCE)
Wednesday, October 6
5:00 - 8:00 PM
Curry Student Center
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Learn more about what cutting-edge research and creative endeavor look like at NU. At SOURCE, students are able to to talk one-on-one with faculty from across the colleges about their research—and how you can get involved in projects during your time at Northeastern. Faculty participants from CSSH include
Daniel Aldrich, Nicole Aljoe, Amílcar Barreto, Erika Boeckeler, Julia Flanders, Natasha Frost, Emily Mann, Ángel Nieves, Jack McDevitt, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Gordana Rabrenovic, Kirsten Rodine-Hardy, Ron Sandler, Jacob Stump, Tom Vicino, Liza Weinstein, and Sara Wylie.
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Open Classroom Fall 2021: Repairing a Divided America | Ruderman Lecture | The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race and American Identity
Wednesday, October 6
6:00 - 8:00 PM
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What has it meant to be Jewish in a nation organized around the categories of "Black" and "White"? How have the ambiguities of Jewish identity complicated ideas of race in America? Join the Jewish Studies Program and Open Classroom for presentations from Eric L. Goldstein, Emory University, and Kabria Baumgartner, Dean's Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies .
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Asia America and the World | Amidst Pandemic and Racial Upheaval: Where Asian Americans Fit
Thursday, October 7
4:00 - 5:30 PM
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Jane Junn, University of Southern California, speaks on cultural identity during the pandemic.
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Disasters as Suffering Out of Place: Introducing Critical Disaster Studies
Tuesday, October 12
6:00 - 7:00 PM
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Join the Political Science department for a conversation with Jacob Remes, Initiative for Critical Disaster Studies in New York University. The emerging field of critical disaster studies takes as a starting point that considering something a disaster is a subjective and political decision: a designation that some suffering is acceptable and normal, and other suffering is unacceptable and abnormal.
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An African American Dilemma in Boston: How School Integrationists and Separatists Created a Dynamic Movement for Educational Reform, 1840s-present
Thursday, October 14
12:00 - 1:00 PM
909 Renaissance Park
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Join the History Department; Northeastern Humanities Center; and the Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies as they host historian Zoë Burkholder. She will analyze the longstanding debates over school integration versus separation among Black communities in Boston. This talk is the first of four in the "Savage Inequalities" series, which examines the history of activists' attempts to confront inequities in US education.
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