A note of gratitude

As we come to the end of another transformative year at CCSRE, we have much to celebrate, including tremendously successful hallmark events such as the Kieve Lecture with Viet Thanh Nguyen, as well as welcoming new affiliated faculty and staff members into our ranks and a growing number of students into our academic programs. This will be our final newsletter of the academic year. We will resume publishing this fall. Thank you for your tremendous support and engagement with the work of the Center and for your collective commitment to racial justice and to the study of race and ethnicity.

In solidarity,

The CCSRE Team

Faculty Recognition Award

Eujin Park, Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Education, is the recipient of the 2023 Faculty Recognition Award. The award honors a CCSRE instructor for outstanding service to students as a teacher, advisor, and mentor. Although she has only been at Stanford for a short time, Professor Park has been recognized by colleagues and students alike for her expertise, dedication, and care. Professor Park’s nominator wrote, “So many students walk away from her classes feeling more empowered, more knowledgeable, and more critical. Her classes are in very high demand because she teaches about relevant and meaningful topics that students are hungry for—abolition, anti-blackness in Asian America, radicalization, and solidarity.” Congratulations, Professor Park, and thank you for your dedication to the CCSRE student community!

Dorothy M. Steele Award for Community Outreach and Engagement

Elsie DuBray is the 2023 recipient of the Dorothy M. Steele Award for Community Outreach and Engagement. This award recognizes the exceptional work of a graduating senior who integrates service to the community with their academic pursuits. Elsie’s nominator shares that she has “served her Native community throughout her life, including at Stanford, and is committed to taking this service to the next level when she graduates, pursues a master’s co-term degree, and reinvests her education into her community through grant funded research and beyond.” Elsie served as CCSRE’s Native American Studies Liaison and as the Wellness Coordinator at the Native American Cultural Center. Elsie’s Honors Thesis, "Tatanka Awicagli na Mahpiya Ile Win: An Intergenerational Story of Buffalo Restoration and Lakota Futures," centered her own Cheyenne River Sioux family’s experience of buffalo restoration as a pathway for radical hope and healthful Lakota futures. 

Congratulations, Elsie!