Posted in Academic Programs, Arts and Cultural Studies, Diversity, Division of Humanities, Faculty and Staff, Faculty Research, Humanities, Humanities Arts Cultural Studies, New College Interdisciplinary Studies, New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, Social Justice and Human Rights on Jun 8th, 2011
C. Alejandra Elenes, an associate professor in ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, is blessed with a winning recipe for her writing — one part heart, one part personal experience. The two are in evidence in her most recent tome, “Transforming Borders: Chicana/o Popular Culture and Pedogogy” (Lexington Books). “My interest in the border, borderland [...]
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Much has been written, reported, aired, blogged and opined about the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina when it made landfall at New Orleans and along the greater Gulf Coast five years ago this week. What hasn’t been put under the microscope, much to the consternation of Monica Casper, are the environmental justice issues that have [...]
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The M.A. program in social justice and human rights and the students of the Community Embedded Seminar will host “A Seminar on Ethical Issues in Social Justice and Human Rights” at the West campus on Monday, May 3. The seminar takes place in the University Center Building (UCB) #266 from 3:30 – 8 p.m. Throughout the [...]
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Two prominent figures in the human trafficking movement will appear at the West campus on April 16 to take part in a panel discussion to provide critical perspectives on the anti-human trafficking movement. Bradley Myles of the Polaris Project in Washington, D.C., and Victor Malarek, an award-winning Canadian journalist and author a pair of well-read books [...]
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The seventh annual Border Justice Series event has been expanded to a three-day affair, with the first two at ASU’s West campus (March 24-25), followed by a day (March 27) at the Civic Space Park across from the Downtown Phoenix campus. Produced by the students and faculty of the Master’s of Social Justice and Human Rights [...]
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