CSSH's Commitment to Engagement and Resilience

As we monitor the COVID-19 pandemic throughout the summer terms, CSSH will continue to share information about virtual  events as well as success stories that accumulate in our college. 

To submit  Good  News, follow the link after the " Good  News" section below.

The CSSH  event calendar remains active and a source of engaging virtual  events. Please take a look below at what is coming up soon, including this week.
GOOD NEWS
Remaining Resilient
 
Philip Thai, Associate Professor of History, published "The proven solution to pandemics that President Trump continues to reject" in the Washington Post, presenting a historical perspective on the current pandemic and the administration's "America First" policy concerning alliances and cooperation with international organizations, such as the World Health Organization.

Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics, Alan Clayton-Matthews, Professor Emeritus, and Michael Goodman of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth released an op-ed in the Boston Globe. "With plummeting revenues, state should impose a temporary tax increase" makes a case for temporarily increasing the state's income tax by 1% to offset the economic depression resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Silvia Prina, Associate Professor of Economics, has published a paper  with Jenny C. Aker and Jamilah Welch from Tufts University  in American Economic Association Papers & Proceedings.  "Migration, Money Transfers, and Mobile Money: Evidence from Niger" examines the high transfer costs associated with money transfers and their effect on household income for migrants and recipients.

Check out how our colleagues are shaping public discussions here : 
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Achievements and Awards 

Sara Wylie, Assistant Professor Sociology and Health Science, was awarded the Rachel Carson Prize for her book Fractivism: Corporate Bodies and Chemical Bonds. The Award Committee found Fractivism to be exemplary for its  overall scholarly quality, its contributions to the field of Science and Technology Studies, and its capacity to cast social or political issues in a new light.
Virtual Events and Workshops
Thursday, May 28 
3:00 - 4:00 PM

Mutual Mentoring Panel

Please join CSSH faculty and staff as they share their experiences with mentoring faculty and graduate students and the status differences generally associated with the mentor-mentee relationship. This event is open to CSSH faculty, doctoral students, and staff.
 
The panelists are:
  • Nicole Aljoe, Director of Africana Studies Program; Associate Professor of English
  • Victoria Cain, Associate Professor of History
  • Thomas Vicino, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies; Professor of Political Science, Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Each speaker will share their personal experiences with mentoring and touch upon the following topics:
  • What needs do these kinds of mentoring relationships serve, particularly for women and people of color, and for graduate students and faculty at various stages of one's career?
  • How can one get these partnerships or groups going?
  • What kinds of activities should they focus on?
  • What kinds of institutional supports can help facilitate the formation of these groups or support them once they have formed?
This workshop is part of a series of events about research, mentoring, and pedagogy that the Dean's Office is running in collaboration with the CSSH units this summer. 

Presented by CSSH
Friday, May 29 
3:30 - 4:30 PM

The Smart, Equitable Commonwealth: Co-Creating the Society We Want

BARI's annual conference is a unique forum for greater Boston's civic data ecosystem -- spanning the public sector, private sector, non-profits, community leaders, and academia -- to explore how data and technology can be used to better understand and serve our communities. "Smart cities" should be about more than just efficiency and fancy new tools; it is about partnering across institutions and communities to collaboratively transform all of our cities and towns into the places we want them to be.

Presented by the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI)
Coming Up Soon

June

SCORAI (Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative) Annual Conference

The 2020 SCORAI International Conference will convene scholars and practitioners from around the world who are engaged in work integrating issues of social justice and sustainable consumption as it relates to urban issues and social equity.
June

History Repeats Itself: Yellow Peril 
A virtual discussion for the northeastern Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander community during covid-19.