35th Year Anniversary Celebration

UCSD Ethnic Studies Department 35th Anniversary Celebration

Date: Friday, November 7th, 9:30AM-6:30PM

Location: International House Great Hall, UC San Diego

Program

9:30 - 10:00 am | Coffee and Conversation

• Check-in
• Welcome remarks by Yến Lê Espiritu, Distinguished Professor and Chair, Ethnic Studies

10:00 -11:15 am | “UCSD/Ethnic Studies: Where Have We Been, Where Are We Going?” 

Panelists: 

• Ana Celia Zentella, Professor Emerita, Ethnic Studies 
• Danny Widener, Professor, History
• Lisa Cacho ‘02, Associate Professor, American Studies, University of Virginia

Moderator: Daphne Taylor-Garcia, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies

11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Undergraduate Panel 

Panelists: 

• UG alum: Joseph (JoJo) Allen Ramirez ‘08  
• UG alum: Jennifer Ganata ‘03 
• UG alum: Jenee Darden ‘02 

Moderator: Edwina Welch, Former Director of the Cross Cultural Center

12:30 - 2:15 pm | Lunch and PhD Alumni Author Spotlight

• 12:30-1:00 pm: Lunch
• 1:00-2:15 pm: PhD Alumni Author Spotlight
  • Authors: 
    • Displacing Kinship (Linh Nguyen ‘16, Associate Professor of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, Seattle)
    • Post/Revolutionary Conditions (Alborz Ghandehari ‘18, Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Utah)
    • The Violence of Love (Kit Myers ‘13, Associate Professor, Department of History & Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, UC Merced)
    • Disreputable Women (Christina Carney ‘16, Associate Professor, Department of Women's & Gender Studies, University of Missouri)
  • Moderator: Natchee Blu Barnd ‘08, Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture, UC Santa Barbara

2:15 - 2:30 pm | Tribute to the Memory of Dr. Martin Boston ‘19, Assistant Professor of Pan African Studies and Ethnic Studies, Sacramento State University

2:30 - 3:15 pm | Collaborative Collage-making Session

• Intention: create a tangible art piece to mark the 35th year celebration. 
• The activity will be accompanied by a performance and poetry reading by our current and former students: Christina Acosta and Hope Czbas ‘16

3:30 - 5:00 pm | Keynote Address by Lisa Lowe, UCSD Professor Emerita of Literature & Samuel Knight Professor of American Studies, Yale University

Introduction by Joo Ok Kim, Associate Professor, Literature

5:00 - 6:30 pm | Reception and Celebration 

• The reception will begin with a performance by bkSOUL, directed by grace shinhae jun (UCSD ’98/’14) and Jesse Mills ('08, Professor and Chair, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of San Diego) with Ant Black, Shivon Carreño, Miesha Rice, and Keomi Tarver.

All Day | PhD Alumni’s Book Table & Showcase