Feb. 20 - April 23, 2008
Multimedia Building, Room 6

The mission of the Center for Social and Environmental Justice is to catalyze collaborations between WSU faculty, students and community partners to foster rigorous analysis of social, economic, racial and environmental justice issues and promote human rights and conflict resolution at the local, national and global levels.

All of the events are free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Desiree Hellegers at (360) 546-9643 or helleger@vancouver.wsu.edu

Spring Research Colloquium

Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008
12:00 to 1:15 p.m. in Multimedia Building, Room 6

Prof.  Stephen Bollens (Earth & Environmental Sciences), "Shrimp and Oysters in Willapa Bay: Integrating Applied and Basic Sciences"

Prof. John Harrison (Earth & Environmental Sciences), "No Dumping, Flows to Bay: Using Spatial Models to Understand Nutrient Sources and Sinks Within Watersheds"

Prof. Paul Thiers (Political Science),  "Animal Waste, Water Pollution and Regulation in Southwestern China"

Monday, March 3, 2008
4:15-5:30 p.m. in Multimedia Building, Room 6, Research in action, a solo performance  piece:

Prof. Luz Maria Gordillo (Women’s Studies), "Cowboy Boots, Shanty Hotels, and Hot Senoritas: Memoirs de una Wetback"

Thursday, March 20
12:00-1:15 p.m. in Multimedia Building, Room 6

Prof. Rebecca Portnoy (Marketing), "Underemployed and Satisfied: The Moderating Effects of Immigrant Status, Family and Acculturation Style "

Prof. Elizabeth Soliday (Psychology), “Pregnancy Care Today: A Motherist Perspective”

Prof. Dana Baker (Political Science), “Autism, Health Care and Public Policy”

Wednesday, April 2, 2008
12:00-1:15 p.m. in Multimedia Building, Room 6

Prof. Thabiti Lewis (English), "Hip Hop as a Tool for Social Justice in the Humanities"

Prof. Wendy Olson (English), "Mired in Rhetorics of Crisis: Toward a Literacy of Sustainability"

Prof. Pavithra Narayanan (English), "The Economics of Publishing”

Wednesday April 23, 2008
12:00-1:15 in Multimedia Building, Room 6

Alison Cliath (Sociology),  "Push, Pull and Ignore: The School of Americas and Changing Human Rights Practices in Latin America, 1976-2005"

Prof. David Carrier (Sociology), "The Mondragon Cooperative Network: How Social Entrepreneurship and Cooperative Management Led to the Most Successful and Stable Economic System Ever Tried”

Prof. Dan Jaffee (Sociology), "Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability and Survival"