RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
COLLOQUIUM ON RACE AND ETHNICITY
FRIDAY MAY 10, 2006 9:00 a.m Ñ 3:00 p.m
BUSCH CAMPUS STUDENT CENTER, ROOM 120 ABC

squareA FORUM FOR INFORMAL INTERDISCIPLINARY EXCHANGE
What core concerns animate our work? 5 minute presentations and discussion
Prospects for cross-disciplinary collaboration
Moving towards a Center for Race and Ethnicity

9 Ð9:30 a.m. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Keith Wailoo, History/Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, Aging Research
Carlos Decena, WomenÕs and Gender Studies

9:30Ñ10:20 a.m. WORK  AND IMMIGRATION
Chair: Mia Bay, History
squareNiki Dickerson, Sociology
squareRaymond Sanchez Mayers and Fontaine Fulghum, Social Work
squareRobyn Rodriguez, Sociology/WomenÕs and Gender Studies
squareWilliam Rodgers III, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
squareMaria Josefina Saldana-Portillo, English

10:30Ñ11:20 a.m. QUESTIONS OF COMMUNITY
Chair: Ann Fabian, American Studies/History
squareShalonda Kelly, English
squareJudith Friedman, Sociology
squareDonna Murch, History
squareLisa Miller, Political Science
squareEthel Brooks, WomenÕs and Gender Studies/Sociology

11:30 a.m.Ñ12:20 p.m. POLITICS, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY
Chair: Leslie Fishbein, American Studies/Jewish Studies
squareCatherine Lee, Sociology
squareJane Junn, Political Science
squareDennis Kim-DiPrieto, Center for Law and Justice
squareBrad Evans, English
squareDiana Sanchez, Psychology

12:30 –1:30 p.m.         LUNCH

1:30Ñ2:20 p.m. AESTHETICS, RISK, AND ETHNIC IDENTITY
Chair: Keith Wailoo
squareEllen Wu, American Studies/History
squareNicole Fleetwood, American Studies
squareClaudia Moreno, Social Work
squareEvie Shockley, English
squareDonna Schneider, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

2:30Ñ3:00 p.m. CONCLUDING DISCUSSION
Center for Race and Ethnicity
Workshop, May 12-13: Katrina, New Orleans, Race, and the Fate of the Nation Conference, 2006-2007
Edited Volume (Rutgers Studies on Race and Ethnicity)
Your suggestions for programmatic activities relating to Center for Race and Ethnicity