Upcoming Events
Spring 2025
April 22, 2025
11 am to 12:30 pm|Lurias 1-3, Hassenfeld
This event puts a spotlight on transnational, collaborative, diasporic, and decolonial research conducted by faculty of color at Brandeis University along with some of their international colleagues. It features cutting-edge research and community engagement in Burkina Faso, India, Peru, Senegal, and the US. Faculty will discuss how they are adapting or reimagining research methods and modes of public engagement in their disciplines through film, social media, digital exhibits, multi-sited ethnography, mystery client studies, and training and co-authorship with activists and students. They will reflect on challenges to–and possibilities for–incorporating transformative approaches within and beyond the classroom and the academy; and address the social and political relevance of their work following President Trump’s re-election. Lunch will be served!
PANELISTS:
- Tidiane Ndoye, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. He is the principal investigator of the Into Women's Hands project in Senegal. Professor Ndoye is trained as a socio-anthropologist, specializes in health evaluation issues, and has extensive international professional experience in program management and monitoring. He has worked in a regional project (Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal) on monitoring and capacity building of patients led by the School of Public Health (École de Santé Publique (ESP)) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He has conducted training in many countries, including Senegal, France, and Belgium, particularly in Health Systems Research (HSR) at the ULB ESP. He has worked with many multicultural, international teams and has coordinated several research projects on population health in Africa. Professor Ndoye teaches qualitative research methodology and is an expert in the use and training of qualitative analysis software (Nvivo, Atlas.Ti)
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Nathalie Sawadogo, PhD, Associate Professor of Demography at the High Institute for Population Sciences (Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Population (ISSP)) at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Professor Sawadogo is the principal investigator of the Into Women's Hands team in Burkina Faso. She was previously the head of the Population and Health Research Unit of ISSP and is currently a member of the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Research in Social Sciences and Health (Laboratoire de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Sciences Sociales et Santé (LARISS)) at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University. Her research interests include sexual and reproductive health, sexual and reproductive rights, social inequalities in health and education, and gender relations. Professor Sawadogo uses both quantitative and qualitative methodologies and has a strong interest in ethical and epistemological dimensions of research. She has participated in the design and implementation of several studies on reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa, and in Burkina Faso in particular. Professor Sawadogo has published extensively on reproductive health, social inequalities in health and education, sexual violence against adolescents, pregnant and parenting adolescents, couples' reproductive attitudes, and the sexual and reproductive health of internally displaced populations in Burkina Faso.
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Siri Suh, Associate Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University. View their ScholarWorks page.
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Gowri Vijayakumar, Associate Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University. View their ScholarWorks page.
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Patricia Alvarez Astacio, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Brandeis University. View their ScholarWorks page.
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Brian Horton, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Brandeis University. View their scholar website.
- Yesmar Oyarzun, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Brandeis University. View their ScholarWorks page.
- Faith Smith, Marta F. Kauffman '78 Professor of African and African American Studies, and Professor of English, Brandeis University. View their ScholarWorks page.
Fall 2024
November 12, 2024
3:30pm-5:30pm|Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Farber Library
A reception will follow the formal program.
This event will be a celebration of the publication of The Culture Trap by Brandeis University Professor Derron Wallace.
The Culture Trap critically examines how culture is sometimes used as a justification for racism in schools, reinforcing racial, class, and gender inequalities in education. This event will be of particular interest to those dedicated to justice, racial equity, public education, and youth advocacy.
The celebration will include reflections from three distinguished scholars:
- Bianca Baldridge, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Prudence L. Carter, Brown University
- Reuel Rogers, Northwestern University
This event is cosponsored by African and African American Studies Department, Sociology Department, and Education Program.
October 9, 2024
4:30 - 6:30pm | Levine Ross 1 & 2, Hassenfeld Conference Center
This intimate film of Oaxacan guest workers shows how hard it is to balance the physical demands of reforestation and extreme isolation while staying connected to their families back home. Pizza will be provided!
October 16, 2024
12 - 1pm | Mandel 303
The Mandel Center for the Humanities Invites you to "Get Curious". This session will be presented by Professor Patricia Alvarez Astacio and Professor Gowri Vijayakumar.
November 14, 2024
12 - 1pm | Mandel 303
The Mandel Center for the Humanities Invites you to "Get Curious". This session will be presented by Dr. Nihal Kayali and Professor Howie Tam