Conversations on Race and Policing - California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB)

Please join us for a conversation with  Brennan Center Fellow and former FBI Special Agent, Michael German  about his new book,  Policing White Supremacy: The Enemy Within  (The New Press, 2024). Find it  here from the publisher,  and  here from Amazon. Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Mic...

Please join us for a conversation with  Dr. Daanika Gordon (Sociology, Tufts University)  about her recent book,  Policing the Racial Divide: Urban Growth Politics and the Remaking of Segregation  (NYU Press, 2022). Find it  here from the publisher,  and  here from Amazon. Find Dr. Gordon's webpage here. Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology)...

Join us for a conversation with Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA (Ret.). Neal Kelley is the retired Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States, serving more than 1.9 million registered voters. Kelley served as the Registrar of Voters from 2005 through 2022 and led the office through the largest cycle of elections...

Please join us for a conversation with lawyer and independent journalist, Jessica Pishko about her new book, The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy (Penguin Random House, 2024). Find it here from the publisher , and here from Amazon . Find more about Ms. Pishko on Substack (Posse Comitatus) here , on Democracy Docket here , on Slate here , on Medium he...

Please join us for a conversation with Spencer Sunshine (PhD, Sociology) for a presentation and discussion about his recent book, Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege (Routledge, 2024) . Find more about Dr. Sunshine on his website here , and find the book at the Routledge website here . From the Routledge website: "A new wave of aspiring n...

Please join us for a conversation with National Book Award winning author, Jason Mott, about his recent book, Hell of a Book: or the Altogether Factual, Wholly Bona Fide Story of a Big Dreams, Hard Luck, American-Made Mad Kid (Penguin Random House, 2021) . Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon . This event will be guest hosted and moderated by CSUSB Provost & Vice President for...

A conversation with Dr. Michael Sierra-Arévalo (Sociology, University of Texas, Austin) about his new book, The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing (Columbia University Press, 2024). Find it here from the publisher , and here from Amazon . Find Dr. Sierra-Arévalo's homepage here. Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology)...

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-ra...

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 ev...

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 i...

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 Pf...

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 li...

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 Diver...

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 ef...

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 C...

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...

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 combin...

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 Executiv...

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...

a conversation with Dr. Marisol LeBrón (UC Santa Cruz). Wednesday, October 18 2023 at 1:00 PM PDT Recording is at this link 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 teac...

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). Doro...

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...

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 Gr...

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. Jer...