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Race and Ethnicity Conference
All Events in Calkins Science Center Auditorium (SCIE 348)
All Events are sponsored by the GRCC Social Sciences Department, the International Geographical Honor Society, and Pearson Education Publishing. Special thanks to the Gilda Gely, Ph.D (Provost: GRCC), Patti Trepkowski (Associate Provost: GRCC), and GRCC Diversity Learning Center. Download Brochure (.pdf) | Registration Form
February 18, 2010
Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 3:00-5:00 PM | Marie Price, Ph.D. (George Washington University). |
“Immigration in a Global Age: Cities, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Place" |
February 22, 2010
Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 9:30-11:00 AM | Panel Discussion: Laurie Foster (GRCC); Sarah Krajewski (GRCC), Tim Hoving (GRCC); Matt Douglas, Ph.D. (GRCC) |
“Not a Trace of Race…Biologically Speaking: How Science Refutes the Myth of Race” |
| 11:30-1:00 | Dan Lerner, Ph.D. (GRCC) |
"Normalcy and Nativism in 'Nineteen: Ethnic Clashes Surrounding the Chicago Black Sox Scandal" |
| 6:00-7:30 PM | Gordon Olson (Grand Rapids City Historian Emeritus and GRCC Instructor) |
“Fellow Immigrants: Ethnicity, Race, and the Peopling of Grand Rapids.” |
February 23, 2010
Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 9:30-11:00 AM | Panel Discussion: Yan Bai, Ph.D. (GRCC); Gordon Vusuvic (GRCC), Phong Pham (GRCC). Moderated by Mike DeVivo (GRCC). | “A Glimpse of the Cold War on the Other Side: Reflections on Growing up in Communist Yugoslavia, China, and Vietnam” |
| 1:15-2:45 PM | Lisa Gloege, Ph. D. | “The Economics of Anti-Discrimination Law” |
| 6:00-7:30 PM | David Pilgrim, Ph.D. |
“Race, Race Relations, and Racism: Stories from the Jim Crow Museum” |
February 24, 2010
Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 11:30-1:00 | Gary Burbridge, Ph.D., (GRCC) | “Moving Away from the Margin: The Novels and Short Stories of Sherman Alexie” |
| 3:00-4:00 PM | Yan Bai, Ph.D., (GRCC) |
“Reducing Truth to Opinions or Forming Opinions in Search of Truths: Reflections on Multiculturalism” |
| 6:00-8:00 PM | Panel Discussion and Film Viewing: Susan Williams, (GRCC); Robert Hendershot, Ph.D., (GRCC); Mike Light, (GRCC) | “Representations of Native Americans in Film” |
Marie Price Bio
Marie Price is Professor of Geography and International Affairs at the George Washington University, where she has taught since 1990. She was the Director of Latin American Studies from 1999-2001, and Chair of the Department of Geography until 2009. Dr. Price was recognized for her teaching with the 2005 Trachtenberg Prize for Teaching. A native of California, she earned her BA from the University of California at Berkeley and a Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
A Latin American specialist , Dr. Price has conducted research in Belize, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba, and Bolivia. She has also done research in Sub-Saharan Africa as well. Her studies have explored human migration, natural resource use, environmental conservation, and regional development.
Dr. Price is co-editor with Lisa Benton-Short of Migrants to the Metropolis: The Rise of Immigrant Gateway Cities and several others (2008, Syracuse University Press). She is co-author with Les Rowntree, Martin Lewis and Bill Wyckoff of Diversity Amid Globalization: World Regions, Environment and Development , 4th edition, and Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World , 2nd edition. Her publications include articles in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Geographical Review, Journal of Historical Geography, Urban Geography, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Studies in Comparative International Development , and Focus . Her current research focuses on urban immigration, migration and development, and Latin America.
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