Conversations on Race and Policing - California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB)

Oct 30, 2024 - In Conversation with Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA (Ret.).

Join us for a conversation with Neal Kelley, Registrar of Voters, Orange County, CA (Ret.).
Neal Kelley is the retired Registrar of Voters for Orange County, California, the fifth largest voting jurisdiction in the United States, serving more than 1.9 million registered voters.
Kelley served as the Registrar of Voters from 2005 through 2022 and led the office through the largest cycle of elections since Orange County was founded in 1889. In his role as the County’s chief election official, he led an organization responsible for conducting elections, verifying petitions, and maintaining voter records.
Prior to joining Orange County, Kelley developed and grew several companies of his own, employing hundreds of people from 1989 to 2004. He was also an adjunct professor with Riverside Community College’s Business Administration Department, and served as a police officer in Southern California during the mid 1980's.
He has been the recipient of numerous state and national awards for election administration and is a past recipient of the “Public Official of the Year” award by the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (iGO). Kelley was named as one of “OC’s 100 Most Influential” individuals by the Orange County Register in 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Kelley is a former appointee and founding member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Election Security Task Force (Government Coordinating Council (GCC), where he helped to oversee the protection of the nation’s election infrastructure. He also served as a member and past chair of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors, is a former member of the EAC Voting Systems Standards Board and a former member of the EAC Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC). In addition, he served as a member of the 2018 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on the Future of Voting.
Kelley has been invited to testify before committees of the U.S. House, the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, the Presidential Commission on Election Administration, several state legislative bodies, and both federal and state courts.
He is the past president of the California Association of Clerks and Election Officials (CACEO) and is the past president for the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (iGO).
Although retired from his role in Orange County, he currently serves as the statewide project manager for the 2024 elections in the State of Hawaii, teaches election management at the University of Minnesota, and is the Chair Emeritus of the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE), a bi-partisan group of current and former election officials and law enforcement focused on election security.
Kelley earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business and management from the University of Redlands and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology).  Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Oct 23, 2024 - In Conversation with independent journalist and lawyer, Jessica Pishko, on her new book, "The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy"

Please join us for a conversation with lawyer and independent journalist, Jessica Pishko about her new book, The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy (Penguin Random House, 2024). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.
Find more about Ms. Pishko on Substack (Posse Comitatus) here, on Democracy Docket here, on Slate here, on Medium here, at New America here, and at the Pulitzer Center here.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Oct 2, 2024 - In Conversation with Spencer Sunshine (PhD, Sociology) about his new book, "Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s 'Siege'"

Please join us for a conversation with Spencer Sunshine (PhD, Sociology) for a presentation and discussion about his recent book, Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege (Routledge, 2024).
Find more about Dr. Sunshine on his website here, and find the book at the Routledge website here.
From the Routledge website: "A new wave of aspiring neo-Nazi terrorists has arisen—including the infamous Atomwaffen Division. And they have a bible: James Mason’s Siege, which praises terrorism, serial killers, and Charles Manson. Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism, based on years of archival work and interviews, documents for the first time the origins of Siege.
"First, it shows how Mason’s vision arose from debates by 1970s neo-Nazis who splintered off the American Nazi Party/National Socialist White People's Party and spun off a terrorist faction. Second, it unveils how four 1980s countercultural figures—musicians Boyd Rice and Michael Moynihan, Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey, and Satanist Nikolas Schreck—discovered, promoted, and published Mason. Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism explores a previously overlooked period and unearths the hidden connections between a countercultural clique and violent neo-Nazis—which together have set the template for today’s Neo-nazi terrorist underground.
"It is obligatory reading for those interested in contemporary terrorism, postwar countercultures, and the history of the U.S. Far Right and neo-Nazism."
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology).  Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

Sept 25, 2024 - In Conversation with National Book Award Winner, Author and Educator, Jason Mott

Please join us for a conversation with National Book Award winning author, Jason Mott, about his recent book, Hell of a Book: or the Altogether Factual, Wholly Bona Fide Story of a Big Dreams, Hard Luck, American-Made Mad Kid (Penguin Random House, 2021). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.
This event will be guest hosted and moderated by CSUSB Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Rafik Mohamed.
Find more about Mr. Mott on his website here, his profile at the National Book Foundation here, and at the blog, Pen and Cape, here. Check out his other publications at his Amazon profile here.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology).  Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).
Funding for this event comes from the Intellectual Life Fund and the Office of Academic Programs.

Sept 18, 2024 - In Conversation with Dr. Michael Sierra-Arévalo (UT Austin) on his new book, "The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing" (Columbia U. Press)

A conversation with Dr. Michael Sierra-Arévalo (Sociology, University of Texas, Austin) about his new book, The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing (Columbia University Press, 2024). Find it here from the publisher, and here from Amazon.
Find Dr. Sierra-Arévalo's homepage here.
Series organizers (alphabetical) are Amber Broaden (CSUSB and CSU Dominguez Hills, Psychology), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

May 6, 2024 - In Conversation with Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley)

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Kellie Carter Jackson (Wellesley, Africana Studies, faculty page link).
Find Dr. Carter Jackson's website here (link).
Dr. Carter Jackson's upcoming book, We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, will be published June 4 and can be pre-ordered, details at the publisher's website here (link) or Amazon here (link).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

May 3, 2024 - In Conversation with Dr. Marianne Celano (Emory), Dr. Marietta Collins (Morehouse) and Dr. Ann Hazard (psychologist/author) about their book "Something Happened in Our Town"

Join us in conversation with Dr. Marianne Celano (Emory), Dr. Marietta Collins (Morehouse) and Dr. Ann Hazard (psychologist/author) about their book "Something Happened in Our Town" (publishers link) (Amazon link).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

April 29, 2024 - Film Screening and Conversation: “Fractured” -- a crisis among jail inmates living with severe mental illness

Join us for a conversation with journalist/correspondent, Dana Miller Ervin for a film screening and discussion of her film, Fractured. She will be joined by Chief Deputy Durwin Briscoe of the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office (North Carolina).
Dana Miller Ervin is an award-winning journalist who has worked at “60 Minutes,” CNBC, “CBS This Morning” and “Nightline.” She has three Emmy Awards for investigative reporting and research, as well as a Peabody Award and an Alfred I. DuPont Award.
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for supporting this event along with Pfau Library. Sponsored by CSUSB, FRONTLINE PBS, Firelight Media, and WFAE Charlotte NPR. The investigation and radio broadcast series were produced in collaboration with FRONTLINE as part of its Local Journalism Initiative. The initiative is funded through a $3 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and a $1 million grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

April 22 2024 - In Conversations with Sahar Aziz (Rutgers Law)

Join us for a conversation with Professor Sahar Aziz (Rutgers Law, link).
Find Professor Aziz's recent article "State Sponsored Radicalization" in the Michigan Journal of Race & Law here (link).
Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).

April 15. 2024 - The Police Can Lie to You: A Philosophy Prof and Former FBI Agent Discusses (Dr. Luke William Hunt, University of Alabama)

Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/csusb-race-policing
Join Luke William Hunt (link) -- a philosophy professor and former FBI Special Agent -- for a conversation about the ethics of police deception and dishonesty.  In his new book, Police Deception and Dishonesty: The Logic of Lying, Hunt argues that many of our assumptions about policing and security are unjustified. Through a rich discussion of literature and case studies, he shows that there are compelling reasons to think that the police's widespread use of proactive deception and dishonesty is inconsistent with fundamental norms of political morality--especially norms regarding fraud and the rule of law. Although there are times and places for dishonesty and deception in policing, Hunt evocatively illustrates why those times and places should be much more limited than current practices suggest.
Luke William Hunt is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama, where he teaches in the department's Jurisprudence Track. After graduating from law school, he was a law clerk for a federal judge in Virginia. He then worked as an FBI Special Agent in Virginia and Washington, D.C., followed by his doctoral work in philosophy at the University of Virginia. He is the author of The Retrieval of Liberalism in Policing (Oxford, 2019), The Police Identity Crisis: Hero, Warrior, Guardian, Algorithm (Routledge, 2021), and Police Deception and Dishonesty: The Logic of Lying (Oxford, 2024).
Thank you to the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for sponsoring this event along with Pfau Library.
Series organizers: Dr. Mary Texeira (CSUSB Sociology), Robie Madrigal (Pfau Library), Stan Futch (President, Westside Action Group), Dr. Jeremy Murray (CSUSB History), Matt Patino (Crafton Hills College Adjunct Faculty), Michael German (Brennan Center for Justice). Click here to view previous panels in the Conversations on Race and Policing series (link).