RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
FORUM ON RACE AND ETHNICITY

On Friday, October 5, 2007 the Center for Race and Ethnicity hosted its 2nd annual Faculty Forum in the Raritan River Lounge (613 George Street, College Avenue Campus). This day-long event , which included brief presentions by faculty and animated discussions, offered a valuable opportunity for informal, cross-disciplinary exchange at Rutgers.

The day's schedule was as follows:

9:00- 9:15 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keith Wailoo, Director; Mia Bay, Associate Director

9:15- 10:15 am: Cities and Regions
Robyn Rodriguez (Sociology) race and immigration in NJ after 9/11
Al Howard (History/African Studies) mobilizing identities in African cities
Judith Friedman (Sociology) race relations in a small industrial city in the midwest
Zaire Dinzey-Flores (Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies/Sociology) Caribbean urbanism
Howard Gillette (History) Post industrial cities: Camden, D.C. Philadelphia

10:30 – 11:45 a.m: Cultural Movements and Justice
Donna Murch (History) activism: Black Power and the Black Panthers
Karen O’Neil (Human Ecology) race, environmental restoration, and environmental justice
Lisa Miller (Political Science) crime, control and political mobilization of minorities
Carter Mathes (English) Imagine the Sound: The Black Arts Movement
Lorrin Thomas (History) Colonial Citizen, Nuyorican: Puerto Ricans in New York

11:45am -12: 15pm: Moving Forward (discussion, the Center and related programs)

12:00-1:15 Lunch

1:15- 2:20pm Speaking of Difference
Deepa Kumar (Journalism and Media Studies) Muslims and Arabs in political and mass media discourse
Deborah Gray White (History) mass marches and gatherings in the 1990s
Hui-Min Kuo (Communication/SCILS) Communication in Asian American Intercultural Encounters
Sarah Rosenfeild (Sociology/Institute for Health Policy) gender, race, and mental health differences
Walton Johnson (Africana Studies/Anthropology) race and theories of social dominance

2:30-3:30pm The Business of Race and Markets
Nikki Dickerson (Management and Labor Relations) wage inequality and segregated labor markets
Alison Isenberg (History) old furniture and neighborhoods: second-hand economies, race, and recycling
Patrick McKay (Management and Labor Relations) diversity and differences in employees sales performance
Richard Schroeder (Geography) race, sovereignty, and South-African capital post-apartheid

3:45-4:45pm The Ties that Bind
David Hughes (Human Ecology) racial politics of conservation in Zimbabwe
Ulla Berg (Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies/Anthropology) social cohesion, cellphones, and global migrations
Minkah Makalani (History) Black internationalism and identity
Regina Marchi (Journalism and Media Studies) Latino identity and Day of the Dead celebrations

4:45- 5:00 Closing Remarks