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Discussion-- "Between Privilege and Poverty: Perspectives on NJ Disparities" (Friday, April 25th @ 12:00 p.m.)

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Welcome to the Center for Race & Ethnicity (CRE):

• Facilitating research and enriching education on matters of race and ethnicity in contemporary life in America, in New Jersey, and the world.

• Promoting collaborations and fostering cross-disciplinary seminars and discussions on topics from immigration and work, to ethnic politics and racial classification, from preservation of cultural identity to its transformation, and including questions of poverty, discrimination, advancement, integration, and privilege.

• Identifying critical areas for future research and supporting race and ethnicity research and policy development.

The Center's Roundtable series has included engaging, cross-disciplinary analyses of culture, public policy, history, global concerns, and contemporary American life, including: 

Race, Ethnicity, and the Moving Image, a conversation about the representation of racial and ethnic groups in film. For a summary of the event, click here. (Spring 2008)

The Photograph That Shocked America, a lecture and discussion exploring the complex intersections among race, national history, and visual culture. For a summary of the event, click here. (Spring 2008)

Criminal Differences: Race, Ethnicity & American Justice, a thought-provoking conversation on policing crime control and the racial logic of the American criminal justice system—from Chicago schools to Philadelphia neighborhoods to public housing in Puerto Rico and Native American reservations in Minnesota. For a summary of the event , click here. (Fall 2007)

Hispanic Identities in the new Millennium. For a summary of the event, click here. (Fall 2007) 

Ethnic & Sectarian Violence in Comparative Perspective (Fall 2007)

Beyond the Digital Divide: Race, Ethnicity, & the New Media (Spring 2008)

Race, Ethnicity, & the Subprime Crisis (Spring 2008)

Documenting Immigrant Experiences in NJ Communities (Spring 2007)

White Privilege and Unconscious Bias (Spring 2007)

Teaching Unimaginable Experiences (Spring 2007)

Approaches to Race & Ethnicity at Rutgers (Fall 2006)

Featured Syllabus

Art History 01:082:492-- Race and Representation: America in Black & White (Dr. Tanya Sheehan). This junior/senior seminar examines representations and interpretations of race in American visual culture from the Civil War to the mid-twentieth century. (more)

Also of interest

NEW! Workshop-- A workshop will be held for current and potential doctoral candidates from underrepresented groups within the Public Administration field at Rutgers Newark in June. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers-- Cancer Vaccines for Girls? The Science, Ethics, and Cultural Politics of HPV Prevention (Note: Deadline has been changed to January 31, 2008)

CRE News

The Center sponsored an exciting interdisciplinary conference, DNA, Race, & History, at Rutgers on Friday, April 18th and Saturday, April 19th. Please click here for the program.

On Saturday, March 8, the Center hosted a one-day Graduate Forum on Race and Ethnicity highlighting graduate student research. Click here to download the full schedule.

The Center for Race and Ethnicity and the Institute for Research on Women at Rutgers University announce a postdoctoral fellowship for scholars pursuing research in race and gender studies. Click here for more information.

"Old Story, Updated: Better Living Through Pills," an essay by Center director Keith Wailoo, was recently featured in the New York Times.

Director Keith Wailoo was recently elected to the Institute of Medicine, one of four learned academies that advise the government on scientific matters. He is one of 65 new members of the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Its members are frequently called upon to advise the federal government to shape policies affecting medical care and public health. In 2005 and 2006, Wailoo served on an IOM Committee on Increasing Rates of Organ Donation, contributing to its final report, Organ Donation: Opportunities for Action.

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