Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath revealed many troubling problems
in American society, not only about how local, state and federal
governments responded, or did not respond to a disaster of
catastrophic proportions, but about other deep-seated issues
involving class, race, and other inequalities. In an effort to
understand some of the complex societal issues that surfaced as a
result of the recent natural disaster, the faculty leadership of the
Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) at
Stanford has organized a special course, open to Stanford students
and members of the community to explore matters of race and class
disadvantage that were laid bare by the hurricane and its
consequences.

http://ccsre.stanford.edu/EV_news.htmConfronting Katrina: Race,
Class, and Disaster in American Society
Four Monday evenings
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Oct 10, Nov 7, Nov 28: Braun Hall (Building 320 in the Old Quad),
Room 105
Oct 24: Cubberley Auditorium (School of Education Bldg.)

The series is open to the public and free of charge.

Meeting #1:
  "Foundations of Neglect"
October 10th
Braun Hall (Building 320 in the Old Quad), Room 105
Introduction and Orientation to the Course:
Provost John Etchemendy*,
Larry Bobo, Professor of Sociology
Matt Snipp, Professor of Sociology
Moderator:
Matt Snipp, Director, Undergraduate Program in CCSRE, Professor of
Sociology
Panelists:
Larry Bobo, Director of CCSRE and AAAS, Professor of Sociology
    Al Camarillo, Co-director of RICSRE, Professor of History
    Luis Fraga, Associate Professor of Political Science

Meeting #2:
"Media, Culture, and the Politics of Representation:
Viewing a Racialized Disaster"
October 24th
Cubberley Auditorium (School of Education Bldg.)
Moderator:
    Hazel Markus, Co-director of RICSRE, Professor of Psychology
Panelists:
    Shanto Iyengar, Professor of Communication
    Marcy Morgan, Associate Professor of Communication
    John Rickford, Professor of Linguistics
    Brian Lowry, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business*

Meeting #3:
"Organizations as the Solution and the Problem"
November 7th
Braun Hall (Building 320 in the Old Quad), Room 105
Moderator:
    David Palumbo-Liu, Professor of Comparative Literature
Panelists:
Debra Satz, Associate Professor of Philosophy
    David Brady, Doyle Centennial Professor of Public Policy*
Dale Miller, Morgridge Professor of Organizational Behavior*
    Scotty McLennan, Dean of Religious Life
Robert Gregg, Teresa Hihn Moore Professor of Religious Studies*

Meeting #4:
"Lessons from Katrina"
November 28th
Braun Hall (Building 320 in the Old Quad), Room 105
Presiding:
    John Hennessy, President*
Panelists:
    TBA

*to be confirmed

Course information, including the names of faculty and guest
presenters, will be available online at CCSRE
http://ccsre.stanford.edu/EV_news.htm.

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