“Reducing Community Violence to Close the Racial Gap in U.S. Imprisonment” will be presented by Thaddeus Johnson, assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, beginning at noon Wednesday, April 16, on Zoom.
"Beyond Vietnamese and Chinese: Ethnic Identities Among the 'Boat People' Who Resettled in the United States," presented by Lisa Tran, will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, April 14, in person and on Zoom. “A Conversation with Guardian Senior China Correspondent Amy Hawkins and UC Irvine Professor of History Jeffrey Wasserstrom” will take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, on Zoom.
Danny Murillo, who is featured in the film and is a co-founder of the Underground Scholars at Berkeley, will also be on hand to discuss the documentary, which follows a group of students at UC Berkeley who face significant challenges as formerly incarcerated and system-impacted individuals pursuing higher education.
Nathaniel Saavedra, who graduated with a degree in history in December, joined the university’s Wadi el-Hudi Expedition in Egypt in late December to late January. The experience was nothing short of transformative, expanding his perspective as a historian.
Madeline Stenersen, St. Louis University assistant professor of psychology, and Cassandra Young, University of Denver assistant professor of gender and women’s studies will be featured on the next program, to be livestreamed on Zoom beginning at noon Wednesday, March 26.
Katie Gee Salisbury, author of a biography on pioneering Chinese American film star Anna May Wong, will be the guest speaker at the next Modern China Lecture Series, 1 p.m. Monday, March 24. The program is open to the public and free to attend.
Eric Avila, UCLA professor of history and Chicano/a Studies, examines the intersections of racial identity, urban space, and cultural representation in 20th-century America. Conversations on Race and Policing is free and open to the public and will take place at noon on Wednesday, March 19, via Zoom.
CSUSB alumna and author Keeonna Harris, and activist and radio host Cat Brooks will headline the two Conversations on Race and Policing this week. Harris will appear on the Wednesday, March 12, program, and Brooks on the Thursday, March 13, program. Both will be on Zoom.
San Bernardino County students from fourth grade through high school senior used podcasts, websites, exhibits, performances and documentaries to present research-based history/social science-based projects.