Leticia Alvarado, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and American Studies

This talk will offer a brief synopsis of Alvarado's current book project, Abject Performance Aesthetic Strategies in Latino Cultural Production. She will also share cursory thoughts on a developing projects on the figure of the Latina Femme.

“What I Am Thinking About Now” is an on-going informal workshop/seminar series to which faculty and graduate students are invited to present and discuss recently published work and work in progress.

Please join us on Wednesday, February 17, at 6:30 pm for “How Structural Racism Works,” a Brown faculty and Postdoctoral Fellow roundtable discussion, led by Tricia Rose, Director, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America (CSREA) and sponsored by the Office of the Provost. The discussion will focus on the role of structural racism in contemporary US society and its relationships to neoliberalism, racial ideology, immigration, gender, poverty and more.

This event has been canceled and will be rescheduled at a later time. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Small states operate at the margins of global concerns and intellectual enquiry yet their large numbers, peculiar features and tenuous existence as ‘sovereign’ states underscore important failings in the global political economy. This presentation charts the myriad challenges confronting small states, their general neglect in development debates, and the various approaches to development on which they have embarked. In so doing, it points to the general failing of existing attempts to theorize small states and suggests alternative approaches to their study.

Structural racism–the normalized and legitimized range of policies, practices, and attitudes that routinely produce cumulative and chronic adverse outcomes for people of color, especially black people–is the main driver of racial inequality in America today. Professor Tricia Rose's compelling new in-progress research, video and public engagement project called "How Structural Racism Works" serves as the foundation for this important lecture/workshop series. Over the course of the spring and fall 2016 semesters, the project considers five key areas that propel structural racism: housing, education, wealth, criminal justice, and mass media.

Coloring the "Boys Will be Boys" Chronicle: Gender, Race, and Early Childhood Behavior Problems Across Two Decades

Jayanti Owens, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy.

This intimate, seminar-style discussion will present an opportunity for faculty and students to learn more about Edwidge Danticat's inspirations, influences, and methods. Participants are expected to have a familiarity with her work and come prepared with questions.

This intimate, seminar-style discussion will present an opportunity for faculty and students to learn more about Jesmyn Ward's inspirations, influences, and methods. Participants are expected to have a familiarity with her work and come prepared with questions.

Presented by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.