Mark your calendars to join us for a new event, the CLA Featured Scholarship Symposium, an academic panel for faculty, staff, and graduate students. Panel presentations and a moderated Q&A will be followed by a reception with appetizers and drinks.

CLA FEATURED SCHOLARSHIP SYMPOSIUM

Systems and Spaces: 

Institutions, Inequity, and Cultural Responses

Wednesday, October 30, 4- 6:30 p.m.

Lory Student Center, Longs Peak Room  

Featuring:

1. DR. LINDSEY SCHNEIDER (Ethnic Studies) 
   Environmental justice, decoloniality, inter-species relationships and how humans manage/relate to landscapes 
2. DR. YOUNG EUN PARK (Journalism & Media Communication)
   Development of trust in institutions and how this relates to their accessibility and results in social change
3. DR. RAY MILLER (Economics)
   Measuring inequality among the US elderly, incorporating health and economic outcomes 
4. DR. MEARA FAW (Communication Studies)
   How personal relationships and the communication of social support promote health and well-being
5. DR. JESSIE LUNA (Sociology)
   Interactions between cultural politics and capitalism that produce social inequalities and environmental change

The CLA Featured Faculty Symposium highlights the academic work of five CLA faculty in their first 3 years. This event is funded by the Office of the Vice President for Diversity and the College of Liberal Arts, and is part of the VPD mentorship grant program.