LORY DANCE
Lory Dance conceived, co-organized, and moderated Black Musicians and Liberation: A Digital Panel Discussion, which took place on February 25, 2021. This event was co-sponsored by The Black Cat House of Lincoln, The Institute for Ethnic Studies, and The African and African American Studies Program. In March 2021, Dance was awarded the College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Inclusive Excellence and Diversity Award.
ALICE KANG
Alice Kang published two articles in 2021. The first, in the Journal of Politics, is titled "Breaking the Judicial Glass Ceiling: The Appointment of Women to High Courts Worldwide" and was co-authored with Maria Escobar-Lemmon (Texas A&M), Valerie Hoekstra, and Miki Kittilson (both of ASU). The second, "Litigating Socio-economic and Women's Rights in Benin's Constitutional Court" was published in African Affairs, with co-author Susanna Wing of Haverford College.
GREGORY RUTLEDGE
On April 1st of 2021, Dr. Gregory E. Rutledge gave an invited talk for the International Arts Talk Series sponsored by Chulalongkorn University of Bangkok, Thailand. A meditation on the George Floyd uprising, white supremacist politics, and the pandemic, his webinar, "COVID-19 and the Plagued Human[ities]: Deep Time Reflections on Teaching Literature, Race, and Critical Race Theory," addressed the definitional crisis of the human within the American Humanities and, by extension, the world.
CYNTHIA WILLIS ESQUEDA
Dr. Cynthia Willis Esqueda gave an invited webinar presentation on February 9, 2021 for The Constance Baker Motley Speaker Series on Structural Racism and Inequality with a focus on Language and the Law. The talk was sponsored by the Connecticut Bar Association (New Britain, CT). The Honorable Constance Baker Motely was the first Black female attorney to argue before the SCOTUS and to be appointed as a federal judge, appointed by President Jimmy Carter. She was co-counsel for Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education, along with Justice Thurgood Marshall. She argued the first case (Swain v. Alabama) that punctured a hole in the Whites-only jury service discrimination laws and practices. While conducting her MA research work on diversity and jury decision making, Dr. Willis Esqueda met Judge Motely, who was enthusiastic and encouraging.
In April Dr. Willis Esqueda was a presenter in three conference presentations for the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting held in Chicago, IL, through an on-line format. On April 22nd, 2021, Cynthia presented on The Impact of DNA Evidence and Race on Culpability Decisions. On the same day, Kendra Quiroz (Ethnic Studies) and Dr. Willis Esqueda presented on Stereotyping in a New Age of Conservatism. Finally, on April 24, 2021, Daniel Nguyen and Dr. Willis Esqueda presented on The Impact of Race/Ethnicity and LGBTQ+ Identity on Well-Being.
More details at: https://ethnicstudies.unl.edu/