Gordana Rabrenovic, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, provides insight on the President's comments regarding the white supremacist group.
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David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, shares findings from a new study with News@Northeastern on mail-in ballots and what they mean for the election.
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Nicholas Beauchamp, Assistant Professor of Political Science, was interviewed by News@Northeastern on the Vice Presidential debate and what impact it may have had for undecided voters.
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Jennie Stephens, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, and Director of Strategic Research Collaborations at the Global Resilience Institute, appeared on The Roundtable, hosted by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, to talk about her new book, "Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy."
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Jack McDevitt, Professor of the Practice in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Director of the Institute on Race and Justice, was interviewed by WBUR on findings that Boston police have not been wearing body cameras when working overtime, despite requirements implemented more than a year ago.
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Nicholas Beauchamp, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and John Wihbey, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Media Innovation, are both noted for their contributions to the creation of DebateVis, an online tool that mines the presidential debates for relevant information to help voters compare the candidates on a substantive level.
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Claudia Haupt, Associate Professor of Law and Political Science, has published a contribution to the Bill of Health symposium hosted by Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center. Professor Haupt's article examines the tradeoffs at stake for Black, Indigenous, and people of color seeking reliable health advice.
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Zoltán Glück, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs , has been awarded a Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2021-22 academic year from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for his project Recolonizing Security: An Anthropology of the War on Terror in Kenya, a study of security-driven social transformation in postcolonial Africa and the colonial continuities of the Global War on Terror.
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Tea on Tuesday | Diversifying Power: Why We Need Antiracist, Feminist Leadership on Climate and Energy
Tuesday, October 13
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Hosted by CSSH's Graduate Studies Office
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Join Jennie Stephens, Director of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Dean's Professor of Sustainability Science & Policy, and Director of Strategic Research Collaborations in the Global Resilience Institute, for a discussion on transforming leadership on climate and energy and catalyzing a shift to a just, sustainable, regenerative, and healthy future.
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Racial Literacy: Culture
Tuesday, October 13
5:00 - 6:00 PM
Presented by the Presidential Council on Diversity and Inclusion
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Culture is central to racial literacy, and to historical and contemporary understandings of race and racism. New laws and policies focused on equity cannot be effective if cultural narratives replicate unthoughtful racist, or elitist ideas. Moderator Nicole Aljoe and panelists Eunsong Kim, Gloria Sutton, and Melissa Pearson will explore how culture, including art and fiction, shapes notions of race and racial hierarchies and also creates possibilities for change.
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Fall 2020 Economic Policy Forum The ARC of Justice with William A. Darity, Jr.
Wednesday, October 14
3:00 - 4:30 PM
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William A. (“Sandy”) Darity Jr. is the Samuel DuBois Cook Professor of Public Policy, African and African American Studies, and Economics and the director of the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. He will present on reparations for black American descendants of U.S. slavery.
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Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies Open House
Wednesday, October 14
5:00 - 6:30 PM
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The Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies Open House is an opportunity for students to connect with CSGS faculty and ask questions about our majors/minors, programs, faculty research, and classes.
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Myra Kraft Open Classroom | Pandemic Innovation: How Our Health Care Will Change Because of Covid-19
Wednesday, October 14
6:00 - 8:00 PM
Hosted by the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
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This installment of the Myra Kraft Open Classroom examines the disruption to health care delivery caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its implications for changing how care is provided to patients with panelists Timothy Hoff, Professor of Management, Healthcare Systems and Public Policy, and Stephen Wright, Medical Director of Whittier Street Health Center.
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Social Dimensions of the Pandemic
Thursday, October 15
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Please join NULab as panelists David Lazer, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences, Andrea Parker of Georgia Institute of Technology, Jacqueline Wernimont of Dartmouth College, and Alessandro Vespignani (College of Science) speak about their multidisciplinary research on the virus. They will share current findings on topics such as understanding the current and historical ways that diseases and persons have been measured, surveying public responses to the pandemic, and modeling information about COVID-19.
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CSSH College Assembly
Thursday, October 15
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Please see your email for the Zoom link
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Faculty and staff are invited to attend the CSSH College Assembly, which will include a presentation on the State of the College and a Q&A portion.
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Racial Literacy: Community and Policing
Tuesday, October 20
5:00 - 6:00 PM
The history of policing in the United States is intertwined with the histories of slavery, voter suppression, and racial profiling, and yet effective policing strategies should and can contribute to the safety of communities. Against such a complicated back-drop, moderator Rod Brunson and panelists Margaret Burnham, Lisa Bailey-Laguerre, and Rebecca Riccio will discuss unsettling police violence beyond simplistic “bad apple” explanations, offering nuanced analysis how shortsighted, aggressive policing practices have produced profound negative effects on Black citizens’ perceptions of, and experiences with, the police.
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Author Talk: Manal A. Jamal
Monday, October 26
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Hosted by the International Affairs Program, Manal A. Jamal will speak about her new book, Promoting Democracy: The Force of Political Settlements in Uncertain Times. She is a professor of Political Science at James Madison University and has held research fellowship positions at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government and at U.C. Berkeley's Center for Middle Eastern Studies. During the late 1990's, she worked as a researcher and journalist in the Palestinian Territories.
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Race, Policing and the Community | Historical Injustices and Present-Day Policing
Tuesday, October 27
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Please join moderators Jack McDevitt, Sam Williams, and panelists Margaret Burnham, Ted Landsmark, and Cambridge Police Department Commissioner Branville G. Bard, Jr. for this important conversation to examine the implications of historical racial injustices as it relates to present day community policing. This forum is part of a four-part series entitled, "Race, Policing and the Community", which will explore important topics about the impact of race on policing in urban settings. It is co-sponsored by Youth and Police Partnership, the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, and the College of Social Sciences and Humanities.
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WGSS Annual Symposium | #Feminism: Gender & the 2020 Election
Friday, October 30
10:00 AM
Expert panelists and participants in this interdisciplinary symposium will consider how gender and feminist activism should inform our thinking about the upcoming elections. They will look at how feminists might engage social movements, digital spaces, and broader communities in trying to effect social change. Panels will invite conversations about new forms of media in the hands of feminist activists, historical perspectives on gender and electoral politics (in celebration of the anniversary of suffrage), mainstream media coverage of elections through the lens of gender, and leveraging the unprecedented visibility of women (particularly women of color) in both electoral and grassroots politics.
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