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New Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society established

New Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society established

CENTER ON DEMOCRACY IN A MULTIRACIAL SOCIETY

  • David Roediger, interim director
  • Rosalinda Barrera, associate director

Advisory board: Faculty members James Anderson Susan Gray Davis Stephen Hartnett Moon-Kie Jung Alejandro Lugo Wanda Pillow Daria Roithmayr Siobhan Somerville Graduate student members Kevin Etienne-Cummings Claudine Taaffe

The new Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society is being established this fall. The center will support research, policy and public education focused on democracy and equality within the changing, multiracial U.S. society. The center is founded on the belief that, in contemporary society, equality across and within racial and ethnic groups is a necessary component of healthy democracy. It will focus on the dramatically increased diversity of the U.S. population and the extension of democratic rights to all racial and ethnic groups. The center’s work will be organized around themes such as how democracy is experienced and expressed in everyday life, the role of public education in multiracial democracy, law and citizenship, and the ways that media and technology influence equality. Activities planned for the center’s first year include inviting faculty participation in a range of programs, including collaborative research projects, a speaker series and a research conference planned for the spring semester. David Roediger, the Kendrick C. Babcock Professor of History and professor in the Afro-American Studies and Research Program, has been appointed interim director of the center, and Rosalinda Barrera, a professor of curriculum and instruction, has been appointed associate director. In addition, a campus advisory board has been appointed to help shape the center’s activities. The center is located in temporary offices in the Armory and will move to permanent quarters at 1108 Stoughton in January. The center expects to search for a permanent director in 2003-2004.

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