Past Events

October 28, 2020 | Works-in-Progress with Guthman, Fairbairn, Reisman

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM Zoom link Join SJRC scholars for an open discussion of works-in-progress! This is a wonderful chance to engage with one another’s ideas, and support our own internal work. At this session, we will hear from Professor of Social Sciences Julie Guthman, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies… Continue Reading October 28, 2020 | Works-in-Progress with Guthman, Fairbairn, Reisman

October 14, 2020 | Meet & Greet

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, Zoom Registration, SJRC hosted a beginning of term social hour. In addition to a chance to celebrate the new academic year and enjoy each other’s company, we welcomed new members of our community, and welcomed back others. The SJRC annual Meet & Greet is a great chance for everyone to… Continue Reading October 14, 2020 | Meet & Greet

September 30, 2020 | Giving Day

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 All-Day Join the Science & Justice Research Center at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday September 30th, for Giving Day, a 24-hour online fundraising drive! Help us celebrate the 10 year anniversary of our Science & Justice Training Program (SJTP) by supporting our graduate student researchers through the Science & Justice campaign. Incentives to… Continue Reading September 30, 2020 | Giving Day

Summer Science & Justice Writing Together

Wanting to establish a regular writing routine exploring science and justice? Join SJRC scholars over Zoom for open writing sessions! Open to all students, faculty, researchers and visiting scholars. For more information, the Zoom link and password, or to express interest, please contact SJRC Graduate Fellow Dorothy Santos (film and digital media).

June 24, 2020 | V is for Veracity

On June 24, 2020, SJRC Founding Director Jenny Reardon joined Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (Simon Fraser University’s Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media in the School of Communication) for a conversation on Science & Justice, and to explore our intersecting work on democracy, justice, information, and truth. As Reardon’s recently written in relation in… Continue Reading June 24, 2020 | V is for Veracity

April 24, 2020 | Theorizing Race After Race

Friday, April 24, 2020 2:30-3:30 PM Join Science & Justice scholars for an open discussion of Theorizing Race After Race! At this session, we’ll read and think with Alondra Nelson’s, “Society after Pandemic”: https://items.ssrc.org/insights/society-after-pandemic/ (Links to an external site.), and Ruha Benjamin’s, “Black Skin, White Masks: Racism, Vulnerability & Refuting Black Pathology”: https://aas.princeton.edu/news/black-skin-white-masks-racism-vulnerability-refuting-black-pathology. We’ll also discuss a collective… Continue Reading April 24, 2020 | Theorizing Race After Race

April 24, 2020 | STS Approaches to COVID-19: A Roundtable Discussion

Friday, April 24, 2020 11:00am–12:30pm PST A livestream conversation of STS approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic, moderated by Saul Halfon, Virginia Tech Department of Science, Technology, and Society. This roundtable brings together scholars from a range of STS specializations (cultural studies, sociology, history, politics, policy, and anthropology) to help us think through the COVID-19 pandemic.… Continue Reading April 24, 2020 | STS Approaches to COVID-19: A Roundtable Discussion

April 20, 2020 | Book Launch! Vital Decomposition Soil Practitioners and Life Politics

Monday, April 20, 2020 1:30 pm PST / 4:30pm EST online: https://sasupenn.zoom.us/j/767737043   Celebrate the launch of Kristina Lyons’ new book, Vital Decomposition Soil Practitioners and Life Politics (Duke University Press, April 2020). Kristina M. Lyons is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania.