A Commitment to Engagement and Resilience

As we continue to monitor and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, CSSH will share relevant information as well as stories of resilience from members of our community. 

To submit  Good  News, follow the link after the " Good  News" section below.

The CSSH  event calendar remains active and a source of engaging virtual  events. Please take a look below at what's coming up soon, including this week.
GOOD NEWS
Remaining Resilient
 
A Northeastern University research team led by Alicia Sasser Modestino, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Economics and Associate Director of the Dukakis Center, has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for "Understanding Future Shifts in Technology Adoption in the Seafood Industry in Response to the COVID19 Pandemic." The team is comprised of Alicia Sasser Modestino; Kemi Jona, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Digital Learning, CPS; and Taskin Padir, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, COE. 

James J. Lyons IV (Political Science '21), spoke with News@Northeastern for the new series, Voices of Northeastern. The series gives a forum to members of the NU community to share their stories in their own words.

Ted Landsmark, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy; Melissa Pearson, Assistant Teaching Professor of English; Rod Brunson, Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. Chair of Public Life and Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Political Science spoke at last week's online panel discussion,  Juneteenth: Legacies and Lessons.

N. Fadeke Castor, Assistant Professor of Religion and Africana Studies, and Nicole Aljoe, Director of Africana Studies Program and Associate Professor of English, were interviewed for News@Northeastern's article "The long history of Juneteenth, and why the fight is not over yet."

Check out how our colleagues are shaping public discussions here : 
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Achievements and Awards 

Ramiro Martinez, Professor of Sociology and Criminology and Criminal Justice, was  elected 2020-2021 Vice President of the American Society of Criminology.

Qianqian Zhang-Wu, Assistant Professor of English and Director of Multilingual Writing, has been awarded a fellowship for the 2020-2022 cohort of Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color from the  National Council of Teachers of English.
Virtual Events and Workshops

Wednesday, July 1
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Town Hall Forum to Hear the Voices of Our Community (Part II)

Faculty and staff of Northeastern University are invited to join a town hall forum to share thoughts and suggestions for combating racism and making Northeastern a more inclusive community. The event will be led by the co-chairs of Northeastern's Presidential Council on Diversity & Inclusion,   Uta Poiger, Dean of the College of Social Sciences & Humanities, and   James Hackney, Dean of the School of Law. The event will accommodate up to 1000 participants.

Presented by Northeastern University.
Coming Up Soon
Thursday, July 9 
6:00 - 7:00 PM

RACE MATTERS with Dr. Madhavi Venkatesan
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Join Madhavi Venkatesan, Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics, for a d iscussion on the social construction of race and its economic foundation.
Friday, July 10 
3:30 - 4:30 PM

The Smart, Equitable Commonwealth: Co-Creating the Society We Want
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BARI's annual conference is a unique forum for greater Boston's civic data ecosystem -- spanning the public sector, private sector, non-profits, community leaders, and academia -- to explore how data and technology can be used to better understand and serve our communities. 
Recorded Events to Watch
Digital Integration Teaching Initiative (DITI) Showcase

Faculty, DITI fellows, and graduate and undergraduate panelists from diverse CSSH disciplines spoke about the experience of working with DITI in a class setting and presented various projects developed with DITI support.

Viral Inequality and Urban Climate Justice
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Panelists Julian Brave NoiseCat, activist and journalist,  Derrick Jackson, author and journalist, and Joan Fitzgerald, Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, discussed how to build a national climate justice agenda to support cities. Ted Landsmark, Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and Director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, acted as moderater.