NEWS
Patricia Williams, University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities, wrote an op-ed, How Not to Talk About Race, for The Nation.
Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Director of Africana Studies; Dean’s Professor of Culture and Social Justice; and Professor of Africana Studies and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Director of the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute; Research Associate of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Ruderman Professor of Jewish Studies; Director of Jewish Studies Program; Director of the Humanities Center; Professor of English
University Distinguished Professor of Law and Humanities
Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab
University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer Sciences
Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs; Director, Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
Lipman Family Professor of Criminology, Law, and Public Policy
RECOGNITION AND PUBLICATIONS
Victoria Cain, Associate Professor of History, recently released Schools and Screens, her new book on screen media technologies and how they reflect ongoing tensions over citizenship, racial politics, private funding, and distrust of teachers.
The Digital Integration Teaching Initiative (DITI) is now accepting new faculty partnerships for the Spring 2022 semester.

DITI collaborates with faculty across CSSH disciplines to help integrate digital methods and skills in a wide range of classes. This Call for Partnerships is your chance to enlist our help to enhance your course with digital skills.

  • Fill out the DITI call for partnerships form by Nov. 1, 2021. You do not need to know all the details of your course to fill out the survey.

  • Meet with the DITI team for an initial consultation by Dec. 17, 2021 to confirm basic information.

You can learn more about this program at the DITI website, where you will find information on how the initiative has progressed, view various sample courses, and read our faculty guidelines.
EVENTS
First Gen Week

November 1 - November 8
 
Join Northeastern University's first generation college students for exciting events, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Faculty Works-in-Progress Colloquium Series |
Democratic resilience: What today’s backsliding democracies can learn from 1970s India

Monday, November 1
12:00 - 1:00 PM 
 
Join CSSH faculty members as they share current research with colleagues, field questions and foster discussion. Emily Clough, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, will present.
Open Classroom: Repairing a Divided America | Can the Black-Jewish Alliance Be Revived?

Wednesday, November 3
6:00 - 8:00 PM 
 
Speakers for this session of Open Classroom include Josh Kraft, President of Kraft Family Philanthropies; Andre Tippett, Community Affairs at New England Patriots; Josh Zakim, Former City Councilor; and Adrian Walker, The Boston Globe.
NULab Visiting Speaker on The Ethical Algorithm

Friday, November 5
10:00 - 11:00 AM 
 
Join NULab for a talk by Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania, as part of the “Information, Algorithms, and Justice” speaker series. Professor Kearns will share his research in a brief talk titled “The Ethical Algorithm,” followed by a discussion with other experts and questions from the audience.
Reimagining together: A conversation with Mayor Kim Janey

Wednesday, November 9
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM 
 
Cabral Center
The Africana Studies Program invites you for a conversation with Kim Janey, Mayor for the City of Boston. Mayor Janey will reflect on her experience as the first and only Black woman mayor of the city.
Geographical Information System (GIS) Day Celebration

Wednesday, November 17
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM 
 
Join Northeastern University Library and the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs for a day of interactive keynote addresses, posters, and crowdsourcing data collection to measure the living cost in NU's neighborhood, as well as a mapathon to address issues of equity and social justice. View the event schedule online.
Economic Policy Forum
The Color of Money: The History and Creation of the Racial Wealth Gap

Wednesday, November 17
12:00 PM 

ISEC 102 
Mehrsa Baradaran, University of California at Irvine Law School, will discuss banking law, financial inclusion, and racial inequality and her most recent book, The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, which explores the history behind the racial wealth gap and the reasons why it has persisted for more than 150 years.
Culturally Responsive Evaluation: Introduction and Inquiry

Thursday, November 18
10:00 - 11:30 AM 
 
As our world calls for evaluation practices that honors the multiple truths from a range of communities, and serve equitable change, many evaluators are seeking to bridge theory and practice in their work. Mindelyn Anderson, Mirror Group, LLC, will lead an interactive learning session and provide a reflective and action-oriented environment. This is an open event, hosted by the Northeastern University Public Evaluation Lab (NU-PEL) and the Greater Boston Evaluation Network (GEBN), and continues the Culturally Responsive Evaluation series.