Special Criminology Workshop -"Corona Crime and Fear Itself" Presenter: Candace McCoy, Professor of Criminal Justice, The Graduate Center and John Jay College Discussant: Jayne Mooney, Professor of Sociology, the Graduate Center and John Jay College. Description: Once the virus wanes, what then? Alarmists cry that an economic depression will produce widespread looting and violent crime. The... Read more »
Student speakers: Marianne Madore, Omar Montana, Kristi Riley, and others (look for an email with details of additional speakers and zoom information for how to tune in later next week) This event will focus on challenges faced and how students are responding creatively and constructively to them when transitioning to online teaching through Zoom or... Read more »
The Urban Studies Workshop is a student-run workshop that meets once a month. Each session includes two parts: workshopping students’ writing, and reading sessions (discussions of new developments in the discipline). The writings pieces (article drafts, grant proposals, syllabi, etc.) will be circulated among the workshop participants at least a week before the meeting. RSVP:... Read more »
“Environmental Justice and the Green New Deal" Speaker: Jack Hammond
Speaker: Rina Agarwala, Johns Hopkins University Title: "Managing Migrants: Class and Emigration from India" Description: How are sending country governments managing the out-migration or emigration of their citizens and how are migrants reacting to and reshaping sending state actions? This project employs a comparative-historical examination to answer these questions using a class lens. Contemporary global... Read more »
