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Register for the 15th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences

Registration Is Now Open for the 15th Annual Conference of the Social Sciences

It is VERY important that attendees register on time so you can receive the link to the Zoom meeting invite.

The conference will be held Saturday, March 13, via Zoom.

Conference Speakers:
9:00 AM

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Dr. Alyasah Ali Sewell, Ph.D. (they/them/their) is Associate Professor of Sociology at Emory University and Founder and Director of The Race and Policing Project. A widely-published medical sociologist and social science research methodologist, they assess the political economy of race, neighborhoods, and health. Their research has garnered support and recognition from the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Baden-Württemberg Foundation, among others. In 2016, Planned Parenthood designated them “The Future: Innovator and Visionary Who Will Transform Black Communities.” They received postdoctoral training in Demography from the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania, their Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from Indiana University, and their B.A. summa cum laude in Sociology from the University of Florida with a minor in Women’s Studies.

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10:30 AM

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Katheryn Russell-Brown, Ph.D. is the Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations at the University of Florida, Levin College of Law. Professor Russell-Brown received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, her law degree from the University of California, Hastings and her Ph.D. in criminology from the University of Maryland.Prior to joining the University of Florida law faculty in 2003, Professor Russell-Brown taught in the Criminology and Criminal Justice department at the University of Maryland for 11 years. She has been a visiting law professor at American University and the City University of New York (CUNY). She has been a lecturer at Howard University and her first teaching position was at Alabama State University.

Professor Russell-Brown teaches, researches, and writes on issues of race and crime and the sociology of law. Her article, “The Constitutionality of Jury Override in Alabama Death Penalty Cases,” was cited in the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Harris v. Alabama (1995).
Professor Russell-Brown’s books include Criminal Law (Sage, 2015), The Color of Crime (NYU Press, 2009), Protecting Our Own: Race, Crime and African Americans (Rowman and Littlefield, 2006), and Underground Codes: Race, Crime, and Related Fires (NYU Press, 2004). The 3d edition of The Color of Crime will be published in 2021.

Her first children’s picture book, Little Melba and Her Big Trombone (Lee & Low, 2014), was nominated for an N.A.A.C.P. Image Award. Her other children’s books, A Voice Named Aretha (Bloomsbury) and She Was the First! The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm (Lee & Low) were published in 2020.

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If you have any questions about registration or conference details, please email Janna Tamargo at jannamtamargo@ufl.edu.