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Pettit is the Barbara Pierce Bush Regents Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a sociologist, trained in demographic methods, with interests in social inequality broadly defined.
Department Colloquium: Liana C. Sayer on Cross-National Variation in Mothers’ Weekday and Weekend Child Care & Housework Time
Liana C. Sayer is Director of the Maryland Time Use Laboratory and Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. Her research explores vital questions on when, where and how time use matters, and for whom, over time and space.
"In France With James Baldwin"
Brown is an accomplished novelist, non-fiction writer, and folklorist whose major works include Days Without Weather (1983), Coming Up Down Home (1993), and Dude, Where’s My Black Studies Department? (2007).
Department Colloquium, Frederick Wherry on The Hidden Costs of Debt: The Case of Student Loans
Frederick Wherry is a Professor of Sociology at Princeton University and Director of the Dignity and Debt Network, a partnership between the Social Science Research Council and Princeton.
Department Colloquium: Ann Morning Presenting "Kaleidoscope: Contested Identities and New Forms of Racial Belonging"
Morning is an Associate Professor of Sociology at New York University and a demographer whose research focuses on race.
Let's Talk: Race in America Today
A national panel including Odis Johnson, professor of education and sociology, will take place over Zoom.
"Understanding the Origins and Reproduction of Social Inequality" - A Faculty Spotlight with Prof. Caity Collins
Faculty Spotlight Event
Sprawl Session 1: White Suburbias
Sponsored by the Divided City
Sports & Society Reading Group with Guest Presenter Amira Rose Davis
Two Pandemics, One Election: The Future of Justice
‘Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook’ Screening and Discussion
A panel discussion following the screening will include School of Law professor Greg Magarian, whose research interests include election law.
Black Bodies, Black Votes: Election 2020
Panelists include: Nadia Brown (Political Science, Purdue), Jelani M. Favors (History, Clayton State), Denise Lieberman (Dir. MO Voter Protection Coalition; Law, Washington University), and Lester Spence (Political Science, John's Hopkins)
Not Just the Wall: Barriers Faced by Migrant Communities
Immigration & the 2020 Election series, Danforth Center on Religion & Politics
Economic Issues Related to the Upcoming Election
Third Presidential Debate Watch Party
The Death of Breonna Taylor
Washington University School of Law Public Interest Law & Policy Speaker Series and the Assembly Series featuring Hedwig Lee, professor of sociology, Washington University
Environmental Racism in Saint Louis
George Floyd in Context: A Historical Perspective on Racial Violence in the U.S.
Michael J. Pfeifer, professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice & and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York - Brown School Open Classroom
HDW Colloquium: Haley Shoaf and LaunchCode
Haley Shoaf is a principal at LaunchCode, a nonprofit organization that trains people for job placement in the broader technology industry through free courses in computer programming.
Americanist Dinner Forum: Faith, Hollywood, and Presidential Rhetoric
Systemic Racism & Poverty
Brown School Open Classroom
Major-Minor Fair: Social Sciences
Hostile Terrain 94--Event at a Tent
Toe-tag Filling Opportunity for Hostile Terrain 94
Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences - Diversity Science Colloquium: The “Social Control Setback” within U.S. Schools
‘The Place That Makes Us’ Screening & Discussion
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Q&A with director Karla Murthy, moderated by Rebecca Wanzo, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Washington University.
‘MLK/FBI’ Screening & Discussion
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Q&A with director Sam Pollard and co-writer/producer Benjamin Hedin, moderated by Lerone Martin, director, American Culture Studies, and associate professor, Danforth Center on Religion and Politics, Washington University.
Drawn Apart: Rebecca Wanzo and Lauren Mcleod Cramer in Conversation about 'The Content Of Our Caricature'
Racial inequality and mass incarceration in Missouri
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - A discussion of the documentary “13th” with David Cunningham, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, and Geoff Ward, professor of African and African American studies, Washington University. Organized by Missouri Science & Technology.
BLM Before BLM: Black Resistance in Colonial Latin America
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - The Cabildos Speaker Series presents Miguel Valerio, assistant professor of Spanish at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Valerio’s talk will historicize black self-affirmation and struggle and propose a more hemispheric perspective/approach to thinking about black struggle and self-affirmation. Organized by Oregon State University.
Black Bodies, Black Votes: Post-Election Reflections Panel Discussion
Panelists include:
Don Calloway (former MO State Rep, MSNBC commentator),
Jonathan Metzl (Vanderbilt; Medicine, Health & Society),
Khalilah Dean Brown (Quinnipiac; Political Science),
Jacinta Mwende (University of Nairobi; Media Ethics, Political Economy)
Post-Election Deliberative Dialogue
The Gephardt Institute invites students to process the election through structured dialogue.
Legacies of Violence and Genocide: Can Memorials and Museums Help Us Build a Better Future?
The Center for the Humanities presents a Holocaust Memorial Lecture:
Legacies of Violence and Genocide: Can Memorials and Museums Help Us Build a Better Future?
After the Election: Feminist and Queer Possibilities
"Black Bodies and the Lie of White Innocence"
Professor George Dewey Yancy, Emory University
Flatlining: Race, Work, and Health Care in the New Economy
Adia Harvey Wingfield, the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts & Sciences & Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Washington University - Brown School Open Classroom
The State of Education
HUMANITIES BROADCAST - Panel discussion featuring Michelle A. Purdy, associate professor of education; Rowhea Elmesky, associate professor of education and Christopher Rozek, assistant professor of education.
Mapping Social Justice Panel Discussion
Honoring Trans Remembrance Day a Community Panel: Who Decides Who You Are?
A panel of community activists will be moderated by Jaqui Melton from the Center for Diversity and Cultural Competence at Barnes Jewish Hospital.
Virtual Event: Letter Writing Party In Solidarity with Incarcerated Survivors
Letter Writing Party In Solidarity with Incarcerated Survivors
“How Latino Voters Decide U.S. Elections”
Professor Geraldo Cadava, Northwestern University, History
Barbara & Michael Newmark Endowed Sociology Lecture on Pluralism
You are cordially invited to join the Department of Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis for the presentation of the inaugural event of its newly established lecture series.
This lectureship honors Barbara and Michael Newmark, alumni and longtime community leaders in St. Louis. The series supports visits to Washington University in St. Louis by scholars whose work engages with the concept of a pluralistic society where diverse religious, racial, and ethnic groups live and work together, and their differences enhance the community.
This year's speaker, Prof. Ian Haney Lopez of Berkeley Law, will present a talk titled "Getting It Together Before It's Too Late: Building Solidarity Across Race and Class." Professor Lopez is the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Public Law at the University of California, Berkeley. He is one of the nation's leading experts on how race relations have evolved since the Civil Rights era. He has authored a number of books, scholarly articles, and media contributions, including this recent op-ed in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/18/opinion/biden-latino-vote-strategy.html.
Study Abroad Showcase
Overseas Programs is excited to offer an event for Danforth Campus students to learn more about available study abroad opportunities on December 4th, 12:00-2:00 pm (CT)
Sports & Society Reading Group
How Your ZIP Code Impacts Your Future
Wednesdays with WashU is a webinar series featuring Washington University alumni, faculty, and parents from around the world.