Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, March 5th at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Morgan C. Williams, Jr. entitled “Race, Place and Policing.” Williams is Assistant Professor of Economics at Barnard College, where he has been since 2021. He also holds positions as an invited researcher… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, March 5: Morgan C. Williams, Jr.

Please join us next Wednesday, February 26, at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Researcher James Ziliak entitled “Unpacking Income Inequality: A Trans-Atlantic Comparison over Thirty Years.” Click here for the abstract of his talk and two background articles (Changing Labor Market and Income Inequality). Ziliak is Professor and… Read More Visiting Researcher Seminar, February 26: James Ziliak

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, February 19, at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Scholar Camille Robcis entitled “The War on Gender: The History of a Dangerous Idea.” Robcis is Professor of History and French at Columbia University, where she has been since 2018. She was previously… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, February 19: Camille Robcis

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, February 12 at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Visiting Researcher Maria Abascal, “Is ‘Latino’ becoming a racial category?” Abascal is Associate Professor of Sociology at New York University, where she has been since 2020. Her prior appointments included Columbia University (Assistant Professor… Read More Visiting Researcher Seminar, February 12: Maria Abascal

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, February 5th at 11 in the library and on Zoom for Visiting Scholar Waverly Duck’s presentation, “Troubled Interactions: The High Cost of Exclusion, Bigotry and Marginality in Everyday Life.” Click here for a brief description of the talk and three background articles (one, two and three) for your… Read More Visiting Scholar Seminar, February 5: Waverly Duck

Dear RSF: Please join us next Wednesday, January 29, at 11 in the library and on Zoom for a presentation by Guest Speaker Tanya K. Hernández of Fordham University School of Law. Professor Hernández is the Archibald R. Murray Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law, where she teaches Anti-Discrimination Law, Comparative Employment… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, January 29: Tanya K. Hernández