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McCabe Embarks on Legislative Career to Combat Sex Trafficking
Emily McCabe ’12, a double major in Sociology and Spanish, is busy tweaking and polishing her Senior Capstone Project in preparation for Arcadia’s annual Capstone Presentations, April 25 – May 16. Her paper, “The Influence of Gender Norms on Sex Trafficking in Latin America,” is the culmination of two areas of research based on a [...]
Continue reading...Philadelphia Fox29: Loury Speaks on Racial Profiling
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Dr. Doreen Loury, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was a guest on Channel FOX 29 Philadelphia for a Race In America segment on March 29. Joined by Bill Anderson, radio host at 900am WURD, Loury spoke on the topic of racial profiling in response to news related to the Trayvon Martin shooting, including a House of [...]
Continue reading...Domestic Violence Awareness Exhibit and Discussions, March 26-28
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Arcadia University presents Empty Place at the Table next to the information desk on the first floor of the Commons, from March 26 to 28. The exhibit features a table set with individual place settings and personal belongings of victims who were murdered by their abusers and demonstrates the devastating result of violence against women and [...]
Continue reading...Madison ’02 Presents at Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference
Friday, March 2, 2012
Nora Madison ’02, Adjunct Professor of Arcadia Online, presented a paper on “The articulation of bisexual identities in new mediascapes: Negotiating (in)visibility online” at the 19th American University Conference on Lavender Languages and Linguistics, held in Washington, D.C., Feb. 10-12. The Lavender Languages conference is the longest running LGBTQ studies conference in the U.S. The [...]
Continue reading...Audre Lorde Festival: A Multiday Celebration of Lorde’s Life and Work, Feb. 27-March 1
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Arcadia University hosts Audre Lorde: Reflections on her Life and Work, a series of poetry readings, film screenings and panel discussions in celebration of the writer, poet and activist, from Feb. 27 to March 1. Lorde’s work threads generations and gender, races and sexualities and challenges audiences to create coalitions in spite of the difficulty [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia University Welcomes Philadelphia Poet Laureate Sonia Sanchez, March 1
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Arcadia University will host an evening of spoken word featuring Words and Poetry by Sonia Sanchez, Philadelphia’s first Poet Laureate, on Thursday, March 1, from 8 to 10 p.m. in Grey Towers Castle. The event is part of Arcadia’s four-day Audre Lorde Festival (complete schedule), a celebration of the life and work of the writer, [...]
Continue reading...Arcadia University and ITVS Community Cinema Present ‘More Than a Month,’ Feb. 16
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Arcadia University and the ITVS Community Cinema film series present More Than a Month, on Thursday, Feb. 16, at 5 p.m. in the Great Room of the new Commons student center. This ITVS Community Cinema presentation is free and open to the public. What would happen if Black History Month no longer existed? That’s the question at the [...]
Continue reading...Levittown Patch: Arcadia Students and Professors To Assist in Cyber-Bullying Research
Friday, January 13, 2012
“The Pennsbury Education Foundation is pleased to announce a $10,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation, which will be used to support a newly-developed cyber-bullying prevention program at the middle school level,” reports the Levittown Patch. “The cyber-bullying prevention program will take place in January 2012 at William Penn Middle School. Four Bucks County Peace Center educators will [...]
Continue reading...NAACP, JSPAN Join in Hosting Death Penalty Discussion, Jan. 16
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Arcadia University’s Office of Institutional Diversity in collaboration with The Jewish Social Policy Action Network (JSPAN) and the Cheltenham Branch of the NAACP hosts “A Community Discussion on the Death Penalty” on Monday, Jan. 16, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., in Murphy Hall Stiteler Auditorium. This Arcadia MLK day event is free and open to [...]
Continue reading...Black Co-Authors Two Articles in ‘Journal of Aging Research’
Friday, December 16, 2011
Dr. Helen K. Black, a researcher in the Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice Department, co-authored two articles in the Journal of Aging Research, “End of Life: A family narrative” and “End of life in nursing homes.” A third article, “A war within a war: A World War II Buffalo Soldier’s Story,” will be published in [...]
Continue reading...Loury Addresses the Class of 2011 at Enon Tabernacle
Friday, June 17, 2011
Dr. Doreen Loury, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of the Act 101 program, addressed recent graduates of the local community at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Scholarship Program on June 11. Her address to the class of 2011, centered on the word legacy. “In order to develop a legacy, you’ve got to understand where [...]
Continue reading...Dr. Black To Hold Book Signings June 19, 26
Friday, June 17, 2011
Dr. Helen K. Black, a researcher in the Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice Department, will sign copies of her book From Zero to Eighty: Two African-American Men’s Narrative of Racism, Suffering, Survival and Transformation on June 19 at 12:30 p.m. at the Lombard Central Presbyterian Church (4201 Powelton Ave., Philadelphia) and on June 26 at 10:30 [...]
Continue reading...Garcia, Slesaransky-Poe: ‘The Heteronormative Classroom’
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Dr. Ana María García, Associate Professor and Chair of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, and Dr. Graciela Slesaransky-Poe, Associate Professor of Education, published an article on “The heteronormative classroom: Questioning and liberating practices” in The Teacher Educator, the journal of the Indiana Association of Teachers Educators (45{4}, 244-256). “This article is a critical examination of [...]
Continue reading...Reviewer: Pinsky’s Book Disentangles Judaism and Feminism
Friday, October 15, 2010
Case Western Reserve University’s Program in Judaic Studies journal Shofar includes a book review of the book Jewish Feminists: Complex Identities and Activist Lives (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2010) by Dr. Dina Pinsky, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Arcadia University. Pinsky’s book also was reviewed in the Fall 2010 Jewish Book World, which noted that [...]
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