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This year, we have a collaborative symposium, drawing together the work of five African American and African Studies concentrators. Maryanne Chege, Junius Williams, Jazmine Philips-Acie, Robert Rush, and Sonya Karabel will be presenting their fantastic thesis research, which they have spent the last year developing. The presentations include:
Maryanne Chege, “Contingency, Compromise, Compassion: Ethnography of a Cancer Ward in Kenya”
Junius Williams “Ties of the Past, Deals for the Future: Oman's Contemporary Economic Relationship with East Africa”
Jazmine Philips-Acie, “A Second Chance for Some: Racial Inequality in Placement and Performance in Massachusetts Drug Courts”
Robert Rush “The Subway is for Riding, and your Latest Routine: Worldmaking, Citizenship, and Litefeet in New York City Subways”
Sonya Karabel “Capitalizing on the Carceral Crisis: A Comparative History of Prison Privatization, 1981-2018”
ORGANIZER: African and African American Studies Department
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