Center for Racial Justice Open House

Join the Center for Racial Justice on Tuesday, September 26 for our Open House! Get acquainted with the upcoming initiatives CRJ has prepared for the academic year, and join us in extending a warm welcome to our AY 23-24 Visiting Fellows: Moya Zakia Bailey, PhD, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northwestern University; Diane J. Wright, Founder of Autastic.com, screenwriter, and media consultant; Clarence Wardell III, PhD, Senior Program Officer, Economic Mobility & Opportunity, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Angela S. Garcia, PhD, Associate Professor at University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. We will also welcome our two CRJ Postdoctoral Fellows, Mo Torres, PhD and Kristina Fullerton-Rico, PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This event will be a great opportunity to connect and engage with our community and learn about the impactful work ahead! A reception will follow brief presentations from the group.

Staff Expert

Dom Adams-Santos

Managing Director, Center for Racial Justice

Dr. Adams-Santos is a qualitative researcher who centers questions of sexuality, intimacy, and belonging in the digital era; in particular, how individuals navigate the racial, gender, and sexual politics of digital and urban landscapes in their search for intimacy and community.

Faculty Expert

Celeste M. Watkins-Hayes

Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy; Director, Center for Racial Justice; Jean E. Fairfax Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor; Professor of Sociology; Research and Community Impact Fellow, Anti-Racism Collaborative

Watkins-Hayes is an internationally-recognized scholar and expert widely credited for her research at the intersection of inequality, public policy, and human service institutions, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS; poverty; and race, class, and gender studies. Dr. Watkins-Hayes has published three books, numerous articles in journals and edited volumes, and pieces in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Chicago Magazine.

Faculty Expert

Mara Ostfeld

Research Associate Professor, Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy and Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research

Faculty Expert

Mo Torres

Assistant prof of public policy and sociology / Postdoctoral Scholar

Torres is a historical sociologist who researches urban political economy and race-class inequality. His current work includes research on urban fiscal crisis, state-local politics, and the sociology of race and racism.

Faculty Expert

Kristina Fullerton Rico

Predoctoral fellow

Kristina Fullerton Rico is a sociologist who studies migration, transnationalism, aging, gender, family, and race and ethnicity. Her research focuses on the experiences of undocumented immigrants and their families who are physically divided but digitally close thanks to accessible communication technologies.

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