May 07, 2019 | Theorizing Race After Race
4:00-6:00 PM SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Join Science & Justice scholars for an open discussion of Theorizing Race After Race! At this meeting, we will return to the NYT article about Reich with the implications of ancient DNA research for contemporary contestations over the category “race” with Lars Fehren-Schmitz. We will also juxtapose the Reich article with the… Continue Reading May 07, 2019 | Theorizing Race After Race
May 02, 2019 | Hallam Stevens on the Starting-up of Biology
Thursday, May 2, 2019 11:00am – 1:00pm Engineering 2, room 599 The BGI group, based in Shenzhen, China, is one of the world’s largest and most successful genomics companies. Most commentaries on BGI have focused, quite narrowly, on the organization’s ambitions for scaling-up biology into a high-throughput production line. Drawing on ethnography, performance studies, and… Continue Reading May 02, 2019 | Hallam Stevens on the Starting-up of Biology
May 02, 2020 | Global Health Day Symposium
Saturday, May 02, 2020 9:00-11:00am PST – registration UC Santa Cruz Join SJRC researcher and SJTP fellow Dennis Browe (Graduate student, Sociology) on Saturday, May 02, 2020 at UC Santa Cruz, for a poster session at the UC Global Health Day (UCGHD). Browe will present the work of the collaborative project Just Biomedicine on Third Street? Health & Wealth Inequities… Continue Reading May 02, 2020 | Global Health Day Symposium
May 01, 2019 | Works in Progress with Jenny Reardon
Wednesday, May 01, 2019 4:00-5:30 PM SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Join SJRC scholars in the SJRC Common Room 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 Sociology and SJRC Center… Continue Reading May 01, 2019 | Works in Progress with Jenny Reardon
April 20, 2019 | “No Really, What Percentage are You?” Race, Identity & Genetic Ancestry Testing
Saturday, April 20, 2019 1:00-5:00pm Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (705 Front St. Santa Cruz) Free and open to the public; refreshments provided; no registration needed Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing services such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com are rapidly becoming a cultural touchstone, a mainstream phenomenon with significant implications for common notions of race… Continue Reading April 20, 2019 | “No Really, What Percentage are You?” Race, Identity & Genetic Ancestry Testing
April 17, 2019 | Visiting Scholars Roundtable
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 4:00-5:30pm SJRC’s Common Room (Oakes 231) S&J will welcome two new visiting scholars to the Science & Justice community. This will be a great chance for everyone to connect with the visitors of the Center, learn about their work and foster emerging collaborations! Interested in visiting Science & Justice? Visit our website… Continue Reading April 17, 2019 | Visiting Scholars Roundtable
April 16, 2019 | Theorizing Race After Race
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:00-6:00 PM SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Join Science & Justice scholars for an open discussion of Theorizing Race After Race! At this meeting, we discussed submitting an application for SSRCs Scholarly Borderlands program to continue the work of the group and support the development of some related projects.
Spring 2019 | Science & Justice Writing Together
Thursday’s from 9am-12noon SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Wanting to establish a regular writing routine exploring science and justice? Join SJRC scholars in the SJRC Common Room for open writing sessions! Engage in six 25-minute writing sessions (with a 5 minute break in between). Open to all students, faculty and visiting scholars. Spring 2020 sessions… Continue Reading Spring 2019 | Science & Justice Writing Together
Mar 12, 2019 | Safiya Umoja Noble on The Algorithms of Oppression and Theorizing Race After Race
Professionalization Workshop: Career Building with Safiya Umoja Noble Tuesday, March 12, 2019 Time: 11:40 – 1:00pm Location: Rachel Carson College 301 As part of their Professionalization Workshop Series, the Sociology Department will host a discussion with Safiya Umoja Noble, faculty and graduate students on various aspects of career building, such as: creating public platforms for your… Continue Reading Mar 12, 2019 | Safiya Umoja Noble on The Algorithms of Oppression and Theorizing Race After Race
March 6 and 13, 2019 | SJTP Op-ed Workshops with Sally Lehrman
Wednesday, March 6 and March 13 10:30am – 12:30pm SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 As part of the Science & Justice Training Program, the Science & Justice Research Center has organized a two-part workshop on writing Op-Eds about science and society issues. Sally Lehrman, Science & Justice’s Visiting Professor, teaches science journalism and has extensive experience… Continue Reading March 6 and 13, 2019 | SJTP Op-ed Workshops with Sally Lehrman