Past Events



The Asian American Experience: Diversity and Challenges

Apr 1, 2022 (All Day)

This day-long conference is designed to bring together faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates interested in Asian Americans, and race and ethnicity more broadly. For the past twenty years Asian Americans have…



Race, Gender, and Descriptive Representation in Latin America

Natália Bueno, Emory University
Apr 12, 2021 at -

Natália S. Bueno is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University. She studies comparative politics, with a research focus on public policy, political economy of development,…



More than a Secular Muslim Divide

Exploring Mass Attitudes in Muslim Majority Countries
Ashely Anderson, University of North Carolina
Apr 5, 2021 at -

Ashley Anderson is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. Her research interests are in comparative politics, with a focus on authoritarianism, Middle Eastern political development…



Reject, Limbo, and Accept

The Effect of Migration Decisions on Asylum Seekers
Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University
Mar 29, 2021 at -

Nazita Lajevardi is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University. She received her PhD from UCSD in 2017, her JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law in…



Thoughts on the World, the Black and the Political

Ainsley LeSure, Occidental College
Mar 1, 2021 at -

Ainsley LeSure (PhD, University of Chicago, Political Science, 2015) is an Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and specializes in political theory with a particular focus on the critical theory of race and racism…



The Effect of Social Networks on Black Women’s Partisanship and Candidate Support

Chryl Laird, Bowdoin College
Feb 15, 2021 at -

Chryl N. Laird received her PhD from The Ohio State University in 2014 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. She studies American politics with a focus on black…



“Of the Meaning of Progress”

DuBois on Leadership, Japan, and Global Democracy
Alex Haskins, Wheaton College
Feb 1, 2021 at -

Alex Haskins currently holds the rank of Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations at Wheaton College (IL). He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago, his MA from Harvard University, and his…



Holding Fast: Resilience and Civic Engagement Among Latino Immigrants

Oct 30, 2020 at -

A conversation with Michael Jones-Correa, President’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of CSERI, on his new book. Holding Fast outlines the complex political…



Racial and Ethnic Politics Workshop for Junior Faculty

History, Institutions and Theory Research Coordination Network
Feb 28, 2020 - Feb 29, 2020 (All Day)

hosted by CSERI

Mentors:
Rodney Hero, Arizona State University
Juliet Hooker, Brown University
Michael Jones-Correa, University of Pennsylvania
Jane Junn, …



Local Responses to Change in the Philadelphia Region: Race, Class, and Immigration

Nov 8, 2019 (All Day)

The Philadelphia region – both the city and its surrounding counties – has been transformed over the last decades, driven by economic and demographic changes like immigration, gentrification, and a racially diverse…