Conversations on Race and Policing - California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB)
This series began in response to the police killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. In this work, we hope to explore, enlighten, and engage ourselves and the campus community with ongoing panel discussions, lectures, presentations, and film screenings related to the history and current context of race, policing, and criminal justice. We invite leading scholars, journalists, lawyers, healthcare professionals, current and veteran members of law enforcement, faith-based leaders, the formerly incarcerated, artists, activists, students, and more to share their experience, expertise, and passion with our university community and beyond. Our aim is to have an ongoing conversation about the way criminal justice operates – especially in communities of color – in order to empower and inform our students, faculty, staff, and residents of the Inland Empire. We have hosted over 100 weekly events to date. Please see our Lecture Series Archive for past events and recordings, and plan to join us online for Upcoming Events (see list at right). Recordings of most events will be posted after editing. We recognize that these are long and sometimes difficult conversations, as we continue the series in the 2023-24 academic year. Our thanks to many CSUSB campus entities for their support, including the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Committee, and Pfau Library.
Episodes
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley, Africana Studies, faculty page link).
Find Dr. Carter Jackson's website here (link).
Dr. Carter Jackson's upcoming book, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, will be published June 4 and can be pre-ordered, details at the publisher's website here (link) or Amazon here (link).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the Colle...
Join us in conversation with Dr. Marianne Celano (Emory), Dr. Marietta Collins (Morehouse) and Dr. Ann Hazard (psychologist/author) about their book "Something Happened in Our Town" (publishers link) (Amazon link).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Join us for a conversation with journalist/correspondent, Dana Miller Ervin for a film screening and discussion of her film, Fractured. She will be joined by Chief Deputy Durwin Briscoe of the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office (North Carolina).
Dana Miller Ervin is an award-winning journalist who has worked at “60 Minutes,” CNBC, “CBS This Morning” and “Nightline.” She has three Emmy Awards for investigative reporting and research,...
Join us for a conversation with Professor Sahar Aziz (Rutgers Law, link).
Find Professor Aziz's recent article "State Sponsored Radicalization" in the Michigan Journal of Race & Law here (link).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Join Luke William Hunt (link) -- a philosophy professor and former FBI Special Agent -- for a conversation about the ethics of police deception and dishonesty. In his new book, Police Deception and Dishonesty: The Logic of Lying, Hunt argues that many of our assumptions about policing and security are unjustified. Through a rich discussion of literature and case studies, he shows...
Join us for a conversation with Gisela Perez Kusakawa (Asian-American Scholar Forum, director, link).
Find Ms. Kusakawa's recent article "From Japanese American Incarceration to the China Initiative, Discrimination Against AAPI Communities Must End" for the ACLU here (link).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Commit...
Join us for a conversation with Rosemary (“Ruby”) Nidiry, a Senior Counsel in the Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice (link). She manages the program’s Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration project, a coalition of nearly 200 police chiefs, correctional officials and federal and state prosecutors from around the country committed to laws and practices that more effectively fight crime while reducin...
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Samantha Simon (University of Arizona, link).
Find Dr. Simon's new book, Before the Badge: How Academy Training Shapes Police Violence, here at the publisher's website (link) and here at Amazon (link).
Find Dr. Simon's website here (link).
Recording Coming Soon
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event...
Join us for a conversation with Dr. Tony Cheng (Duke University, link).
Find Dr. Cheng's new book, The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input, here at the publisher's website (link) and here at Amazon (link).
Find Dr. Cheng's website here (link).
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with ...
A conversation with Dr. Daniel Gascón and LG Freierman University of Massachusetts, Boston. Daniel Gascón is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Massachusetts Boston, a Research Fellow at the Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy. He is the founding director of the Racial Justice Laboratory. Daniel’s current research combines sociology, criminal justice, law...
A conversation with Professor Vida Johnson (Georgetown Law, link).
Find Professor Johnson's recent article "White Supremacy from the Bench" in the Lewis & Clark Law Review here (link).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
A conversation with Guesnerth Josué Perea (Executive Director of the Afrolatin@ Forum).
This event is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Thank you also to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
This event is presented in partnership with the CSUSB Anthropology Department.
Guesnerth Josué Perea is Executive Director of the afrolatin@ forum ...
A conversation with Julia Yoo (link), civil rights attorney at Iredale and Yoo (link), and author of this recent LA Times article: "Opinion: California might have thousands of cops who are unfit to wear a badge. This is why" (link).
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (...
a conversation with Dr. Marisol LeBrón (UC Santa Cruz).
Wednesday, October 18 2023 at 1:00 PM PDT
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for supporting this event along with Pfau Library. This webinar event is open to the public.
Marisol LeBrón is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research and teaching focus on race, social inequali...
A conversation with Professor Dorothy Roberts (University of Pennsylvania).
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Find Professor Roberts's new book, Torn Apart: How the Child Welfare System Destroys Black Families--and How Abolition Can Build a Safer World, here at the publisher's website (link) and here at Amazon (link).
Dorothy Roberts (link), is the George A...
A conversation with Congressman Jamaal Bowman (NY, 16th District) (link).
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (History), Cecelia Smith (CSUSB, BA/MA Graduate), Matt Patino (CSUSB MA Candidate). Click here to view pre...
A conversation with Dr. Ronnie Dunn of Cleveland State University's Department of Urban Studies (link).
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (History), Cecelia Smith (CSUSB, BA/MA Graduate), Matt Patino (CSUSB MA Cand...
A conversation with Professor Joanna Schwartz (link) for a presentation and discussion of her new book, Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable (link).
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (History), Cecelia Smith...
A conversation with Dr. Matthew Guariglia (UC Hastings).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Find Dr. Guarigilia's new book, Police and the Empire City: Race and the Origins of Modern Policing in New York, here at the publisher's website (link) and here at Amazon (link).
Matthew Guariglia currently serves as ...
A conversation with Drs. Roger A. Mitchell (Howard University, link) and Jay D. Aronson (Carnegie Mellon University, link).
Find Drs. Aronson and Mitchell's new book, Death in Custody: How America Ignores the Truth and What We Can Do About It, here at the publisher's website (link) and here at Amazon (link).
Find their podcast "Official Ignorance" at this link and on your preferred podcast platform.
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/...
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