Spring 2019 | Science & Justice Writing Together
Day/Time TBD 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. We will continue to… Continue Reading Spring 2019 | Science & Justice Writing Together
April 17 | 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 | Visiting Scholars Roundtable
April 20 | “No, Really, What Percentage are You?”: Genomics, Race, and 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 | “No, Really, What Percentage are You?”: Genomics, Race, and Genetic Ancestry Testing
May 01 | 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 | Works in Progress with Jenny Reardon
May 08 | Works-in-Progress with James Doucet-Battle
Wednesday, May 08, 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 Assistant Professor of Sociology, James Doucet-Battle… Continue Reading May 08 | Works-in-Progress with James Doucet-Battle
May 10 | The Futures of Critical Food Studies
The Futures of Critical Food Studies Friday, May 10, 2019 12:00-5:00pm Namaste Lounge “The Futures of Critical Food Studies” is a collaborative event organized by graduate students Erica Zurawski and Halie Kampman with the support of the UCSC Science & Justice Research Center’s Training Program and the Association for the Study of Food and Society. The event will… Continue Reading May 10 | The Futures of Critical Food Studies
Oct 09 | Meet & Greet
Wednesday, October 09, 2019 4:00-5:30 PM SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Please join us for a beginning of quarter social hour. In addition to a chance to celebrate the new academic year and enjoy each other’s company over nice food and drink, we will be welcoming new members of our community, and welcoming back others.… Continue Reading Oct 09 | Meet & Greet
Oct 16 | Ruja Benjamin
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 Details coming soon… Ruha Benjamin is an Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, where she studies the social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine. Ruha is the founder of the JUST DATA Lab and the author of two books, People’s Science (Stanford) and Race After Technology (Polity), and editor of Captivating Technology (Duke). Ruha… Continue Reading Oct 16 | Ruja Benjamin
Dec 04 | Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures
Wednesday, December 04, 2019 4:00-6:00 PM Location TBD Co-authors Neda Atanasoski (UCSC Feminist Studies, CRES) and Kalindi Vora (UC Davis Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies) will present on their new book Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures (Duke University Press, March 2019). Book Description In Surrogate Humanity Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora trace the ways in which robots, artificial… Continue Reading Dec 04 | Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures