On April 7, 2017, CSREA will be presenting a symposium entitled, The U.S. Immigration Regime and the Politics of Belonging. How have immigration laws developed over the past century and how do these policies continue to affect the country today? For example, what are the legacies of IRCA and IRRIRA and how are these policies being amended and applied today?

Dr. Ronald Aubert
CSREA and the School of Public Health, appointment through December 2017

Please join us for an informal series of discussions with Professor Ronald Aubert on the topic of, "Diabetes and Social Vulnerability: The Role of Race, Immigration and Ethnicity." How does social vulnerability play a role in communities at risk for diabetes? What other kinds of social factors are at play both for prevalence and prevention?

Please join us on Tuesday, April 4, 12-1pm for a "What I Am Thinking About Now" presentation from Bathsheba Demuth, Assistant Professor of History at Brown University. Her talk is titled, "Species of Transition: People, Dogs, and the Making of Hybrid Spaces in Gold Rush Alaska."

RSVP to [email protected]. Snacks and caffeine will be provided.

Dr. John Asher Johnson
CSREA and Department of Physics, appointment through May 2017

CSREA is delighted to partner with the Office of Institutional Diversity to bring Robin DiAngelo to campus as part of the Diversity & Inclusion Summit, and to serve as CSREA's annual Third Rail Lecture Series speaker. Her talk is entitled, "White Fragility and Its Impact on Diversity and Inclusion Efforts on Campus."

CSREA is launching a race and ethnicity focussed graduate student professionalization and development series to support graduate student research on race and ethnicity, build research community across disciplines and support our graduate student professional development.

We invite graduate students to send their RSVPs to [email protected] for any one or all of the seminars listed below. Seats are limited.

Please join us for a lecture by P. Khalil Saucier, Chair and Associate Professor of Africana Studies, Bucknell University and author of Necessarily Black: Cape Verdean Youth, Hip Hop Culture, and a Critique of Identity.

CSREA is delighted to host a luncheon for the Department of Computer Science's guest speaker, Lisa Gelobter, tech/digital pioneer in media and education. Ms. Gelobter was a Brown graduate and Computer Science concentrator and is looking forward to her return to campus.

Please join us for a critical discussion of the book "Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory" with Brown University scholars and the author, Julian Go, Professor of Sociology, Boston University.