Social Justice & Engaged Scholarship Symposium

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Campus Co-sponsors Include:

the Signature Partnership Initiative,

Ideas to Action,

A&S Dean's Office of Diversity & Outreach,

University Provost/Vice Provost for Diversity,

Vice-President's Office for Research,

Green City Partnership,

Latin American and Latino Studies,

the Department of Psychological/Brain Sciences;

the Department of History;

the Department of Women's & Gender Studies;

the Department of Pan-African Studies

the Department of Anthropology

and the Department of Philosophy.

View the detailed Schedule of Events

April 3, Opening Plenary, 4:30 p.m.

Chao Auditorium of Ekstrom Library

“Social Justice and the Engaged University,” Dr. Steven Rosenstone,

Vice President for Scholarly and Cultural Affairs and Former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Minnesota.

Reception to follow. 

(View Dr. Steven Rosenstone's Biography)

April 4, 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Brandeis School of Law

Roundtables and Panels on Participatory Action Research, Social Justice-Driven Learning, Philanthropy for Social Change, Meaningful Community Partnerships, and MORE…(View the Schedule of Events)

Closing Plenary, 3:15 p.m.

Law School Courtroom

“Black Studies as Engaged Scholarship,” Dr. Peniel E. Joseph,

Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies at Brandeis University,

and author of Waiting Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power

(View Dr. Peniel Joseph's Biography)

Following this lecture, UofL’s African American Theatre program presented a brief theatrical tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the 40th anniversary of his death.

Keynote Speakers Biographies

Dr. Steven Rosenstone

Dr. Peniel E. Joseph

April 4, Lunch Panel:

Dr. Mary Brydon-Miller

Dr. Kathleen Burklow

Dr. Lisa Mills

Dr. Jay Rothman

For more information, contact:

Cate Fosl, Director

Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research

cfosl@louisville.edu or

Jardana Peacock

j0peac02@louisville.edu

502-852-6142