Wallace Best among Faculty members named to endowed professorships
Wednesday, Nov 25, 2020
Five members of the Princeton faculty have been named to endowed professorships, effective Dec. 1.
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Princeton University's Board approves faculty promotion for Prof. Ruha Benjamin
Wednesday, Nov 25, 2020
Princeton University’s Board of Trustees has approved the following faculty promotions, effective Jan. 16, 2021.Wallace Best leads the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies into a dynamic new era
Thursday, Oct 1, 2020
Gender and sexuality studies are ideally positioned to help us to understand the complex world we face, says Wallace Best, professor of religion and African American studies, who was recently appointed director of Princeton University’s Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSS).Ruha Benjamin and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Named Freedom Scholars
Wednesday, Sep 16, 2020
Ruha Benjamin, associate professor of African American studies at Princeton University, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African American studies, have been named among the first cohort of Freedom Scholars, an initiative supporting progressive academics who are at the forefront of movements for economic and social justice.The Daily Show: Eddie S. Glaude Jr. - “Begin Again” & Lessons from James Baldwin
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2020
On The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Eddie S. Glaude Jr. discusses examining present-day America through the lens of James Baldwin: “At the end of the day, he wants to insist that we be true to ourselves, that we tell the truth about what we’ve done so that we can free ourselves into imagining being together differently.”
Inside the JUST DATA Lab with Trina Swanson '20
Tuesday, Jul 28, 2020
For Trina Swanson ’20 and her colleagues at the JUST DATA Lab, data is a means more than an end. Founded by Professor Ruha Benjamin (African American Studies), a member of the Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) Executive Board, the JUST DATA Lab aims both to analyze data within its historical and social contexts and to deploy it to advance justice and equality.Princeton Seniors Oakland, Ott Receive Awards for Leadership and Service
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Princeton seniors Matthew Oakland and Olivia Ott have been awarded two of the University’s highest awards for graduating students. Oakland, of Elk Grove, California, has been given the Frederick Douglass Service Award. Ott, of Hailey, Idaho, received the Harold Willis Dodds Achievement Prize.Four Faculty Members Honored for Excellence in Mentoring Graduate Students
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Four Princeton University faculty members have been named recipients of the Graduate Mentoring Awards by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and will be honored during the Graduate School’s virtual Hooding ceremony at 4 p.m., Friday, May 29.Staying Alive, But Also Staying Alive: Reflections on how the "Pandemic is a Portal"
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Join us for a presentation by Dr. Ruha Benjamin on social inequity, the history of scientific and medical racism, and COVID-19, followed by responses by Dr. Nicole Fleetwood and Dr. Monica McLemore, offering perspectives from the imprisonment system and practices of clinical care and public health.
From the Archive: Looking for Lorraine With Imani Perry and Eddie Glaude Jr.
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Join us in rewatching this 2018 conversation with Imani Perry and Eddie Glaude, Jr, discussing Perry's research on Lorraine Hansberry and her book Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry.
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