Promoting faculty scholarship and teaching on “race” and social justice across the curriculum and fostering an inclusive atmosphere among students, faculty, and the Hofstra community at large.
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7th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture
The Center for "Race," Culture and Social Justice celebrates its 7th anniversary and to welcome Dr. Kevin Kumashiro to Hofstra University as leader of the newly re-established School of Education.
Distinguished African Scholars and Writers Series
Fostering engagement on campus with scholarship and writing on Africa, produced by African scholars.
In Conversation … Series
Roundtable discussions that create a space for conversation and bridge the gap between staff, students, faculty, and administrators -- giving an equal voice to everyone.
Center Media Appearances
Critical Conversations: For the Culture Podcast
Culture continues to be a critical factor in shaping societies. As active participants in society, it is imperative that we understand what influences the culture and how our thoughts and ideas translate into action. Culture is what gives meaning to our lives and can be understood through our appreciation for language, music, dance, food, religion, and any number of traditions peculiar to its people. The notion of “race” can be understood from both a global perspective and a national perspective. Here in the United States of America racial hierarchy is primarily cast across a color spectrum, where benefits and privileges accrue based on how light or dark one appears. Through this podcast, we look at many ways that race, culture and social justice intersect.
This Podcast is brought to you by Center for Race, Culture and Social Justice at Hofstra University. Special thanks to Director Dr. Jonathan Lightfoot, Associate Director, Dr. Veronica Lippencott for their continued support.
Center for "Race" on WRHU
- The Effect of Workplace Ostracism Among Minority Employees.
- How Anxieties About & Cultural Technologies Toward Hawai‘i & Japan Helped Shape the U.S. Neo-Empire.
- Professor Craig Rustici discusses his project, ""Handicapped Removed": An Alternative Path to the Social Model"
- Professor Russell Chun discusses his project, “Pygmalion and Waifu: Exploring the Racial and Gendered Practice of Generative AI Image Making"
- Dr. Tomeka Robinson discusses her project, "A Culturally-Centered and Intersectional Approach to Reproductive Justice: An Edited Collection
- Dr. Eduardo Duarte discusses his project, "W.E.B. DuBois and the Aesthetic Education Offered By Music"
- Dr. Timothy Daniel's discusses his project, "Blackness in Malaysia: Semang, Indians, and Reflexivity"
- Dr. Philip Dalton discusses his project, "Condemning Racial Terror Appropriately? A Critique of an Anti-Racist Mural in Elgin, IL"
- Dr. Nicholas Salter (Psychology) and Mariana Garcia (Ph.D. Student) discuss their research entitled, “Leveraging Leadership Racioethnic Perceptions."
Contact Us
Dr. Jonathan Lightfoot, Director
Dr. Veronica Lippencott, Associate Director
Roosevelt 203
130 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1300, USA
Phone: 516-463-6585
Faculty Summer Research Grants
Supporting research, scholarship, and curriculum development focused on race and social justice.
Library Research Assistance
Empowering students by providing individualized attention to research needs.
Visiting Research Scholars Program
Hosting researchers from other institutions to foster intellectual exchanges.
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