The Visiting Scholars Program enriches the campus and community in several ways. Scholars speak with expertise on a wide range of topics, very often presenting the findings of recently conducted original research.
For more information on each scholar, click on the links below.
Shanara Reid-Brinkley, Humanities Center, University of Pittsburgh
Black Radical Politicking: Anti-Blackness, Youth, and Debating in Civil Society
April 18-20, 2017
Deepa Kumar, Media Studies, Rutgers University
Constructing the Terrorist Threat: Islamophobia, the Media, & the War on Terror
April 6, 2017
Adam Morton, Political Economy, University of Sydney
Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis
March 28-30, 2017
Jamala Rogers, Organization for Black Struggle
Why Dismantling Racism is Central to Democracy
March 14, 2017
Natalie Masuoka, Political Science, Tufts University
Shifting Racial Politics in the 21st Century: How Policy Has Created New Racial Fault Lines
March 8-10 , 2017
Naika Foroutan, Social Sciences, Humboldt-University (Berlin)
Post-migrant Societies: Plural Democracies in Change
February 28- March 2, 2017
Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson
Jackson Rising: The Struggle for Economic Democracy & Black Self-Determination in Jackson, MS
February 21-23, 2017