RESI Week
RESI Week is the Race and Ethnic Studies Institute’s (RESI) annual commemoration of research and creative activity that centers the salience of race and ethnicity. During RESI Week students, faculty and staff have the opportunity to explore and learn about the various ways race intersects with everyday life experiences. This year’s theme – Disrupting Racism: Transformation, Transparency and Collaboration – explores the various ways we can challenge persisting racial disparities within society. Events include guest speakers, unique programming and range from in person and online formats. Don’t miss RESI Week happening October 31-November 3, 2022.
Get to Know RESI
At RESI we focus on – highlighting research relating to the study of race and ethnicity; backing scholarship that contributes to the salience of race and ethnicity; pursuing interdisciplinary and intellectual partnerships; and cultivating an environment that fosters relationships between graduate students and faculty.
Events
Monday, October 31 – Race and Space Tour
12:00 PM | At Academic Building
The Race and Space Tour explores Texas A&M University to highlight and challenge its complex history. This 60-minute tour visits locations throughout campus to show you the unseen racial tensions present within it. This tour is designed to provide new insights into some of the university’s most prolific buildings, landmarks and spaces. Limited spaces available. Registration required. Register here.
Virtual Launch of Race and Space Tour.
Tuesday, November 1 – Roots and Raices: Race, Migration and Home
07:00 PM | Online via Zoom
Dr. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California, examines the ways Latino immigrants negotiate challenges across multiple realities. She’s authored and edited multiple books with support from the Rockefeller Foundation for the Humanities. Dr. Hondagneu-Sotelo’s presentation reports on research from her latest book, South Central Dreams, which focuses on Black-Brown relations and Latinidad in South Los Angeles. Registration required. Register here.
Wednesday, November 2 – Technology’s Matchmakers: Recruiting and Selling Candidates during a Pandemic
12:00 PM | Online via Zoom
Dr. France Winddance Twine, professor of Sociology at the University of California Santa Barbara, is an ethnographer, documentary filmmaker, visual artist and accomplished author. Drawing upon interviews with forty recruiters who match job applicants to open positions in the industry, this talk examines the challenges recruiters identified when they attempted to ‘place’ candidates from underrepresented groups in what are referred to as the “superstar” metropolitan technology hubs. Twine is currently writing a book on recruiters in the technology industry. She is a feminist race theorist and her research is intersectional, international and innovative. Join us here.
Thursday, November 3 – Race and Space Tour
04:00 PM | At Academic Building
The Race and Space Tour explores Texas A&M University to highlight and challenge its complex history. This 60-minute tour visits locations throughout campus to show you the unseen racial tensions present within it. This tour is designed to provide new insights into some of the university’s most prolific buildings, landmarks and spaces. Limited spaces available. Registration required. Register here.