At 12:30 p.m. May 14, faculty members with expertise in various disciplines will discuss and answer questions surrounding increased racism and violence in our communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The “Racism and Other Forms of Violence in Times of COVID-19” presenters include:

• Cristina Alcalde, associate dean of inclusion and internationalization and professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies;
• Frances Henderson, associate professor in Gender and Women's Studies;
• Claire Renzetti, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology;
• Karrieann Soto Vega, assistant professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies, and Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Program;
• Melissa Stein, associate professor in Gender and Women's Studies;
• Sharon Yam, assistant professor in Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, and the Center for Equality and Social Justice; and
• Srimati Basu, professor in Gender and Women’s Studies and the Department of Anthropology.

To register for this Zoom event, go here.

Additionally, videos with helpful advice and resources from faculty members in the Department of Psychology are available here:

• Tom Adams, assistant professor and clinical psychologist, “Anxiety Advice During COVID-19”;
• Christal Badour, assistant professor, “Maintaining Psychological Health During Pandemic”;​ and
• Shannon Sauer-Zavala, assistant professor of clinical psychology and licensed psychologist, “Mental Health Resources.”

These talks and resources are free and available to the public. Events will continue to be added. For more information, visit the virtual speaker series website.