Dear RSF: Please join us in the library at 11:00 on Wednesday, November 13, for Independent Journalist Sylvia A. Harvey’s presentation, “The Shadow System: Mass Incarceration and the American Family”. Harvey is using her residency at Russell Sage to complete a book manuscript (Hachette, 2020). The Shadow System will investigate the impact of mass incarceration… Read More Visiting Journalist Seminar, Nov. 13: Sylvia A. Harvey
Dear RSF: Please join us in the library at 11:00 on Wednesday, November 6, as our seminar series continues with Visiting Journalist Jude Joffe-Block’s presentation, entitled “America’s Toughest: The Civil Rights Fight against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.” Joffe-Block is co-authoring a book to be published by University of California Press with Terry Green Sterling, Writer-in-Residence and… Read More Visiting Journalist Seminar, Nov. 6: Jude Joffe-Block
Dear RSF, Please join me on Wednesday, October 23 for a seminar by Mary Pattillo, Pay Unto Caesar: Breaches of Justice in the Monetary Sanctions Regime. Pattillo is the Harold Washington Professor of Sociology and African American Studies and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University. She received her Ph.D. from… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, Oct 23: Mary Pattillo
Dear RSF: Please join us on Wednesday, October 16 for a presentation by Visiting Researcher Andrew Cherlin titled In the Shadow of Sparrows Point: Racialized Labor in the White and Black Working Classes. Cherlin’s research is in the sociology of families and public policy. He has published books and articles on topics such as working-class… Read More Visiting Researcher Seminar, Oct 16: Andrew Cherlin
Dear Visiting Class: The Information Services Staff will be meeting with the visiting class at 11:00 in the library on Wednesday, October 2nd to discuss seminar procedures and scheduling for this year. We look forward to seeing you all then. Our next scheduled talk will be Visiting Researcher Andrew Cherlin from Johns Hopkins University on… Read More Seminar meeting October 2nd with Info Services
Dear RSF, Please join us on Wednesday, September 25 at 11:00 a.m. for a guest presentation by journalist Jason DeParle on his new book A Good Provider is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century. DeParle is a reporter for The New York Times and has written extensively about poverty and… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, Sept 25: Jason DeParle