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2021 CRRES Research Symposium

From Injustice to Just Futures: Conversations around a Year of Protests and Possibilities

Format

This year, the CRRES annual research symposium looks a little different. Instead of two to three days packed with conference sessions, we will be hosting an event every other week of April in a "research month" format. The conference will begin a Coffee Hour/Kick-off event on Friday, April 2, from 10-11am. On April 16, we are excited to host Graduate Student Research Panels that will feature lightning round presentations followed by discussion. Finally, we will conclude with Undergraduate Poster Presentations on April 30.

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Theme

It has been one year since we became aware of the COVID-19 virus. We’ve lived through an abrupt transition into our current physically distant lives. Compounded by the pandemic were the highly visible and viral deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, which sparked renewed nation-wide protests against racial injustice. Yet this movement was met with continued racial terror, from counter-protests to an attempted white supremacist coup on the Capitol. And from the onset of the pandemic, anti-Asian xenophobia has infused public life, as hate crimes, especially targeting elderly Asian Americans, continue to be committed today. It is in these contexts that we conduct research on race and ethnicity in our society.

This year CRRES invites you to position your work in the broader landscape of persistent, viral racial inequalities. Consider:

How is your work informed by racial injustice, historical or continued legacies of racism, or movements for change?
How does your work respond to anti-Blackness, xenophobia, racial disparities, or intersectional inequalities?
What might your work suggest about how we move beyond these racisms to create spaces, encourage practices of radical transformation, healing, and joy?

Graduate Research Panel Schedule (April 16)

Nelson Zounlome, “Letters To My Sisters & Brothers: Creating Just Futures For BIPOC Students In Academia”
Chris Mendez, “Conquistadors in Hard Hats: Racial Capitalism and Colonization in Quinceañera and The Madonnas of Echo Park”
Daniel Runnels, “Voguing Against the State: Chicago, USA and Santiago, Chile”
Yael Rosenstock Gonzalez, “(Lack of) Skin Tone Representation in Anatomical Genital Drawings in Human Sexuality Textbooks”
Mallika Khanna, “We All Carry Trauma: Unpacking Narratives of Diasporic Trauma and Self-Empowerment In the Desi Diaspora”

Kennedi Johnson, “Denying Black Girlhood: Racialized Listening Practices in the Elementary Classroom”
Umberto Famulari, “News stories and images of immigrants online: An analysis of digital-native and traditional news websites of different political orientations and what the audience recommends and shares on social media”
Melissa Garcia, “Cultivating Social Capital and Strengthening Ethnic Identity among Latinx Greek Members”
Jasmine Davis & Alisha Kirchoff, “The Elephant in the Room: The Impact of Racial identity on the Role Performance of Higher Education Instructors in the Classroom”
Deana Williams, “Do I Belong Here? Exploring Biracial/Multiracial and Bisexual Adults’ Experiences with Community”

Undergraduate Research Presentation Schedule (April 30)

Session 1: 11:00AM- 12:00PM

Paula Wilson, “Composing a Sustainable, Engaging, and Inclusive Performing Arts Organization”
Maria Martinez, “The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic and Black Lives Matter Movement on Hiring Discrimination: A Natural Experiment"
Kia Heryadi, "An Ideological and Organizational Analysis of the Black Lives Matter Movement"

Session 2: 1:00PM-2:00PM

Jordan Plunkett, “Adaptations and Augmentations: How Black-owned businesses in Detroit handled struggles in 2020”
Mofe Koya, "Loving and the Spectacle of Interrace”
Jacob Castaneda, "The Importance of Social Media for Research on Race and Ethnicity"

Promotional Materials

Celebrating Scholarship across Campus

Dr. Nikki Jones, Keynote Presentation 2019

The CRRES Research Symposium brings together students across campus who are conducing and have interests in research on race and ethnicity. Mainstays of the event include a keynote address from a visiting scholar, a workshop with the keynote speaker, and graduate student panels. In 2019, CRRES integrated its Undergraduate Research Program (URP) poster sessions into the Symposium, bringing a wider audience to both events.

Topics covered by symposium presenters have covered a wide scope, including research on education, health, identity, resistance, sound, and police encounters. The number of schools and departments represented each year have only grown and has encompassed African American and African Diaspora Studies, Comparative Literature, Criminal Justice, Education, English, Folklore and Musicology, History, Media, Political Science, Sociology, and Spanish and Portuguese.

Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society
Schuessler Institute for Social Research
1022 E. 3rd St., Room 209,
Bloomington, IN 47405
812-855-8016
Office Hours: Monday - Friday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

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