Please join us next Wednesday, March 6th, at 11 in the library and one Zoom for Visiting Scholar Benjamin Justice’s presentation, “How Criminal Justice Educates Citizens: Your Day in Court.” Justice has trifold appointments—as Professor of Educational Theory at Rutgers University Graduate School of Education and as Associate faculty in the history department of Rutgers-New… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, March 6: Benjamin Justice
Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, February 28 at 11 in the library and on Zoom for Visiting Scholar Eunji Kim’s presentation, “Unseen Politics: Hidden Impact of Entertainment Media in Unequal America.” Click here to view chapter one from her new book as background reading. Also, she would like everyone who plans to attend to… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, February 28: Eunji Kim
Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, February 21 at 11 in the library and on Zoom for Visiting Scholar Adam Berinsky’s presentation, “Political Rumors and Misinformation”. Click on the links: article 1, article 2, for the two background articles that he hopes will provide context for the talk. Berinsky is the Mitsui Professor of Political Science… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, February 21: Adam Berinsky
Dear RSF: Please join us on Wednesday, February 14th, at 11 in the library and on Zoom for Visiting Scholar Alexandrea Ravenelle’s presentation, “Short Gig, Long Haul: Life After the Covid Safety Net.” Ravenelle is Assistant Professor of Sociology at UNC, Chapel Hill, and a faculty fellow at the Urban and Regional Studies Institute. She… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, February 14: Alexandrea Ravenelle
Dear RSF: Please join us on Wednesday, February 7th at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Barbara Kiviat entitled “The Moral Economy of Predictive Practices: A Tale of Credit Scores, Car Insurance, and Struggling to Find a Fair Market.” Her attached article, click here, circulated previously, provides essential background… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, February 7: Barbara Kiviat
Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, January 31st, at 11 in the library and on Zoom for Visiting Scholar Angela Simms’s presentation, “Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Suburbia.” Click here to view the first chapter of her book as background. Simms is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, January 31: Angela Simms