CSREA Mission

With the recommendation of the Visiting Committee on Minority Life and Education at Brown University and the approval of the Academic Council of the University the Center was created with the following charge:

To facilitate research on race and ethnicity as social constructions in American society, including comparative studies of analytically similar problems in societies in other parts of the world
To coordinate and develop Brown`s resources for research and teaching on racial and ethnic minorities in America
To generate intellectual and financial resources for the Center, including support for new faculty positions and for research and curricular development
To promote university-wide discussion of issues relating to race and ethnicity