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

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).

Feb 26, 2024 - In Conversation with Gisela Perez Kusakawa (Asian-American Scholar Forum, director)

Join us for a conversation with Gisela Perez Kusakawa (Asian-American Scholar Forum, director, link).
Find Ms. Kusakawa's recent article "From Japanese American Incarceration to the China Initiative, Discrimination Against AAPI Communities Must End" for the ACLU 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).

March 4, 2024 - In Conversation with Rosemary (“Ruby”) Nidiry (Brennan Center for Justice)

Join us for a conversation with Rosemary (“Ruby”) Nidiry, a Senior Counsel in the Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice (link). She manages the program’s Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration project, a coalition of nearly 200 police chiefs, correctional officials and federal and state prosecutors from around the country committed to laws and practices that more effectively fight crime while reducing unnecessary imprisonment. More information here (link).
Recording Coming Soon
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).

March 11, 2024 - In Conversation with Dr. Samantha Simon (University of Arizona, Sociology)

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Samantha Simon (University of Arizona, link).
Find Dr. Simon's new book, Before the Badge: How Academy Training Shapes Police Violence, here at the publisher's website (link) and here at Amazon (link).
Find Dr. Simon's website here (link).
Recording Coming Soon
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).