Qualitative Research Network in Criminology & Criminal Justice - Book Talk
Email noragrossphd [at] gmail.com for the Zoom link.
Barnard College - Book Talk
Faculty Research Talk
The Faculty Diversity and Development Committee, along with the Education and Urban Studies programs and Sociology department, are pleased to announce a discussion with Nora Gross, Assistant Professor of Education, about her new ethnographic book, Brothers in Grief: The Hidden Toll of Gun Violence on Black Boys and Their Schools (University of Chicago Press, 2024). In it, Gross spotlights the emotional impacts of neighborhood gun violence for Black teenage boys and its consequences for educational equity. The book tells the story of a Philadelphia high school and the evolving ways that students and school staff negotiated grief and academic expectations in the aftermath of student deaths. Please RSVP at this link.
Harvard University - Book Talk
Sponsored by the Contemporary Ethnography and Inequality Workshop.
The CEI workshop is supported by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Sociology, the Department of Anthropology, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Attendance is open to faculty and students from across Harvard, nearby universities, and throughout the country and globe. While regular attendance is the norm, visitors are welcome.
Zoom option available by emailing organizers.
More information at: https://cei.hsites.harvard.edu/
International Colloquium on Black Males in Education
The International Colloquium on Black Males in Education is an annual, international gathering that serves as a space to exchange ideas and perspectives concerning the global dynamics of Black males in the educational pipeline. Learn more about the conference at https://www.globalcolloquium.org/.
Public Conversation and Book Launch
Join us at Public Trust for Brothers in Grief, a conversation about the hidden costs of gun violence and the inner lives of children in crisis, on Friday, October 18, 2024 from 5-7:00pm. The event will feature author Nora Gross and scholar Desmond Upton Patton in conversation with Philadelphia community members Maxayn Gooden and Jaylen Frisby, whose lives and work are intertwined with the event’s themes. A reception and book signing will follow. Presented with SAFELab at the University of Pennsylvania.
Find more information here: https://publictrust.org/brothers-in-grief
Please RSVP here: https://bit.ly/brothersRSVP
University of Pennsylvania - Book Talk
Sponsored by the Graduate School of Education and the Urban Studies Program.
Columbia University - Book Talk
The Center for the Study of Wealth and Inequality (CWI) Seminar Series is sponsored by Columbia University’s Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy (ISERP) and is devoted to the investigation of social and economic inequality.
The Seminar invites speakers from both within and outside of Columbia to present recent papers covering a wide range of topics pertaining to inequality, such as poverty, labor market behavior, education, and the family. The research topics and methodologies are at the cutting edge of the interdisciplinary study of wealth and inequality, as the CWI Seminar invites speakers from multiple social science disciplines and fields. Past speakers include Annette Lareau, Adam Gamoran, Timothy Smeeding, Lisa Kahn, Mario Small, Rob Warren and Florencia Torche, among numerous others.
This event is free and open to the public.