Fall 2018 | Science & Justice Writing Together
Monday’s 1:00-4:00pm SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 Wanting to establish a regular writing routine exploring science and justice? Beginning October 8th, Join SJRC scholars in the SJRC Common Room on Monday’s from 1:00-4:00pm for open writing sessions! Engage in six 25-minute writing sessions (with a 5 minute break in between). Open to all students, faculty… Continue Reading Fall 2018 | Science & Justice Writing Together
Nov 14 | Works-in-Progress with Lindsey Dillon
Wednesday, November 14, 2018 4:00pm – 5:30pm 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, Lindsey… Continue Reading Nov 14 | Works-in-Progress with Lindsey Dillon
Nov 28 | Algorithms, Mobility, and Justice
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 4:00-6:00 PM Engineering 2, Room 599 Are moral algorithms a reasonable solution for taking advantage of life-saving potentials of self-driving cars? In this talk, Nassim JafariNaimi (Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology) engages the utilitarian framings that are dominant in the discourses on self-driving cars inclusive of the assumptions that are folded into… Continue Reading Nov 28 | Algorithms, Mobility, and Justice
March 06 | Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures
Wednesday, March 06, 2019 4:00-5:30 PM SJRC Common Room, Oakes 231 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… Continue Reading March 06 | Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures
Spring: “No, Really, What Percentage are You?”: Genomics, Race, and Genetic Ancestry Testing
“No, Really, What Percentage are You?”: Genomics, Race, and Genetic Ancestry Testing Science & Justice Training Program Graduate Fellows Jon Akutagawa (Biomolecular Engineering), Dennis Browe (Sociology), Maggie Edge (Literature), Dorothy R. Santos (Film & Digital Media) and Caroline Spurgin (Education) with undergraduate fellow Diana Sernas (Pure Mathematics) will organize a public event exploring the promise… Continue Reading Spring: “No, Really, What Percentage are You?”: Genomics, Race, and Genetic Ancestry Testing
Spring: The Futures of Critical Food Studies: Cross-Disciplinary Possibilities & Coalition Building
The Futures of Critical Food Studies: Cross-Disciplinary Possibilities & Coalition Building Science & Justice Training Program Graduate Fellows Halie Kampman (Environmental Studies) and Erica Zurawski (Sociology) will organize a campus-wide event on the futures of critical food studies. The event encourages previously unconsidered connections and relationships across the social sciences, arts, science and technical studies,… Continue Reading Spring: The Futures of Critical Food Studies: Cross-Disciplinary Possibilities & Coalition Building