This year, The B.A. Jones Lecture on Race & Society (SOAN), The R. Kragalott Lecture on Human Rights, Genocide & Mass Atrocity (HIST), and The B.F. Marsh Lecture on Political Affairs (PG) are collaborating to present a lecture and panel discussion. On Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. in Merrick Hall 301, the departments will host the lecture, “Refusing Death: Immigrant Women of Color on Environmental Racism and Classism” delivered by Nadia Kim, Ph.D. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Nadia Kim, professor of Sociology, holds the George Sumey Jr. Professorship in Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. Her research focuses on US race and citizenship injustices concerning Korean/Asian Americans, South Koreans, and Latinx immigrants, and on fights against environmental racism/classism (esp. by women) and on comparative racialization of Latinxs and Asian and Black Americans. Throughout her work, Kim’s approach centers (neo)imperialism, transnationality, and intersectionality. For her book, Refusing Death (NYU, 2021), Kim received the 2023 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award (Society for the Study of Social Problems), the 2023 Distinguished Scholarship Award (The Pacific Sociological Association), the 2023 Outstanding Achievement in the Social Sciences Book Award (Association of Asian American Studies) and an Honorable Mention, Best Publication Award (American Sociological Association). Kim is also the author of the award-winning book, Imperial Citizens (SUP, 2008), and has numerous award-winning journal articles.
The following day, Thursday, February 20, 2025, at noon in Merrick Hall 301, the departments will host a panel discussion, “The Intersection of Environmental and Racial Justice” which will include Nadia Kim, Ph.D. joining local panelists, Laurie Anderson, Ph.D. (Professor of OWU Biological Sciences), Jen Miller (Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Ohio), and Ashley Toenjes, Ph.D. (Professor of OWU Environment & Sustainability) to further discuss the presented lecture information. This discussion is free and open to the public. We hope that you will be able to attend these exciting events!
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