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Faculty participate in slavery forum
Dr. Erin Castro and Dr. William Smith will be featured at the Hinkley Institute Forum: "What Does It Mean to Abolish Slavery from Utah’s Constitution in 2020?" on October 26.
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BRST offers pandemic parenting tips
The Behavior Response Support Team provides daily tips and teaches skills for managing kids’ behavior amid remote learning, in-person learning and general pandemic conditions.
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Robert Durham named Outstanding Public School Teacher
In May Robert Durham, who teaches Environmental Science, Biology, and Astronomy at East High School, was awarded the Outstanding Public School Teacher Award by the Office of Academic Affairs at the University of Utah.
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Jason Burrow-Sánchez selected as Presidential Leadership Fellow
Jason Burrow-Sánchez, chair of the Educational Psychology Department and Director of the Mountain Plains Region 8 Prevention Technology Transfer Center has been selected by President Ruth Watkins as a Presidential Leadership Fellow.
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION INAUGURAL DIVERSITY LECTURE SERIES
Joan and Loki Mulholland
February 13 civil rights icon Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, together with filmmaker Loki Mulholland, presented The Uncomfortable Truth. Using clips from the 2017 documentary with the same name, the Mulholland’s spoke about the ways in which racism continues to organize life in the United States.
MAX FELKER-KANTOR
March 5 American historian Dr. Max Felker-Kantor explained how the Los Angeles Police Department, faced with restrictions on its discretionary authority during the late 1950s and 1960s, sought to expand its power. Referencing his book Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD, Kantor’s research shows us how historical events connect with what we are seeing with today’s school-to-prison pipeline.
BENJAMIN CRUMP
March 26 Benjamin Crump, attorney at law, spoke to Using the Law as a Weapon. Mr. Crump shared his experiences with the “intellectual justification of discrimination” and highlighted examples of how the law has been used as a weapon again African Americans throughout history. Mr. Crump advised we must work through both education and economic channels to achieve change and equality as one cannot progress without the other.
Alumni, Emeriti, and Friends
Linda Dixon taught biology and chemistry for forty years in high schools and community colleges in the Sacramento, California area. She is a retired Professor of Biology from American River College, and also is an active member of the Foundation Board at ARC which is dedicated to raising money to benefit needy ARC students.
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