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Wallace Best leads the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies into a dynamic new era

Thursday, Oct 1, 2020

Denise Valenti, Office of Communications

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

Denise Valenti, Office of Communications

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

The Daily Show

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

Camey VanSant, Center for Digital Humanities

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

Emily Aronson, Office of Communications

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

Denise Valenti, Office of Communications

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

Clement A. Price Institute

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

Imani Perry and Eddie Glaude Jr., The Schomburg Center

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.
Benjamin's 'Race After Technology' speaks to a growing concern among many of tech bias

Monday, May 18, 2020

Denise Valenti, Office of Communications

In her latest book, “Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code,” Ruha Benjamin offers a detailed, critical and sobering view of the ways in which bias is infused into technology.
Black Pulp Fiction

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Kinohi Nishikawa, Left of Black

The rise of Black pulp fiction was largely attributed to the success of Blaxpoitation films, like Dolemite, which offered a more raw depiction of African American daily life in the 1970's. Princeton Assistant Professor of English Kinohi Nishikawa sat down with host Dr. Mark Anthony Neal to discuss these trends and his newest publication, Street Players: Black Pulp Fiction and the Making of a Literary Underground (University of Chicago Press, 2018).