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Professor Barbara Ransby and Elizabeth Todd-Breland Works Named Best Books in 2018
“Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century,” by Barbara Ransby, UIC professor of African American studies, gender and women’s studies, and history; LAS distinguished professor; and director of the…
Education Week Interviewed Professor Elizabeth-Todd Breland
Education Week interviewed Elizabeth Todd-Breland, UIC assistant professor of history, in an article about teacher unions seeking charter teachers to become members while simultaneously pushing anti-charter school policies within public education. Todd-Breland addresses…
Professor Beth Richie Quoted in HuffPost
HuffPost quotes Beth Richie, UIC professor and head of criminology, law, and justice, in an article on black female victims of domestic violence being hesitant to notify police about their attackers. “There is…
Professor Roderick Ferguson Was Interviewed by Truthout
Professor Roderick Ferguson discussed the radical roots of the LGBTQ movements as well as the capitalist motivations for commodifying queerness. In the interview, he examines how the movement today can combat those motivations to…
AAST Students Spoke on Illinois Bicentennial Panel
African American Studies students Alexandra and Frederique Desrosiers spoke in a panel discussion with students about their experiences and the benefits of being active citizens. The student discussed how AAST has shaped their…
Professor Barbara Ransby selected for ASA Award
The Angela Y. Davis Award for Public Scholarship recognizes scholars who have applied or used their scholarship for the “public good.” This includes work that explicitly aims to educate the lay public, influence…
Chronicle of Higher Education Features Professor Barbara Ransby
In a Chronicle of Higher Education feature, “Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision” by Barbara Ransby, UIC professor of African American studies, gender and women’s studies, and history;…
Professor Roderick Ferguson Interviewed by Los Angeles Review of Books
Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB) senior editor Sarah Mesle spoke with ASA president Rod Ferguson about the possibilities of what might emerge — politically, subjectively, spiritually — from intellectual engagement with American…
NPR interviewed Professor Amanda Lewis and Professor David Stovall
The NPR news show “1A” interviewed Amanda Lewis, director of UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy and professor of African American studies and sociology; and David Stovall, professor of African…
Professor Barbara Ransby Joined Chicago Public Radio's Worldview
Barbara Ransby, UIC African American studies professor, gender & women’s studies, & history; LAS distinguished professor; and director of the Social Justice Initiative at UIC, joined Chicago Public Radio’s “Worldview” program for a…
Dr. Barbara Ransby Interviewed on Democracy Now!
Dr. Barbara Ransby  joined the program “Democracy Now!” to discuss the Anita Hill hearings in the context of the current hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. She explains, “I see a…
The Washington Post Interviewed Dr. Barbara Ransby
The Washington Post interviewed Barbara Ransby, UIC distinguished professor of African American studies, gender and women’s studies, and history; and director of the Social Justice Initiative at UIC, in a story about the…
Professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland Featured in The New Yorker
Professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland was quoted in an article in The New Yorker. Her research is being featured in course materials in Chicago Public Schools that teach the history of police torture in the…
Professor and Department Head Janes Rhodes book Featured in NY Times Article
Professor and African American Studies Department Head Jane Rhodes book was recently featured in a NY Times series. Her book Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century was…
Professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland Featured on The Takeaway podcast
Professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland talks about why education should not lean so heavily on philanthropy and the recent donations by Lebron James and Kevin Hart.    
Professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland Publishes Article in The Undefeated
UIC history professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland discusses Lebron James partnering with Akron Public Schools to open a new elementary school on The Undefeated. She notes, “Besides more funding, the community-control movements of yesteryear and…
Professor Roderick Ferguson Featured in New York Review of Books
In the June 28, 2018 issue of The New York Review of Books, NYU School of Law Professor Jeremy Waldron reviews Professor Ferguson’s book We Demand: The University and Student Protests in his…
Berfrois Magazine Publishes Article by Professor Roderick Ferguson
Professor Ferguson’s piece “Subjugation of the Gay Mainstream” was featured in Berfrois, in which he discusses his forthcoming book One-Dimensional Queer. “Indeed, the historical record provides reasonable doubt that Stonewall did not arise…
Chicago Tribune Article Features Professor Andy Clarno
A Chicago Tribune article about the Chicago Police Department's Strategic Subject List includes comments from Andy Clarno, UIC associate professor of sociology.
Professor Amanda Lewis Co-Authors Perspective Column for The Chicago Reporter
The Chicago Reporter features a perspective column co-authored by Amanda Lewis, director of UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP) and professor of African American studies and sociology;