MURFREESBORO — Student, faculty and visiting
scholars will discuss how society reacts to injustices in the United States and
abroad in the 22nd annual Tennessee Undergraduate Social Science Symposium at
MTSU Nov. 13 and 14.
With a
theme of “And Justice for All?”, the two-day research symposium inside MTSU’s
James Union Building is free and open to the public. It features a Wednesday,
Nov. 13, keynote address from attorney and activist Amy Bach, founder of
Measures for Justice and a visiting professor at the University of Buffalo Law
School.
Bach’s
talk is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. Wednesday in the JUB. She’ll
also sign copies of her book “Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court”
after her speech.
Dr. Ruth
Gomberg-Munoz, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology at
Loyola University Chicago as well as an author and activist, will speak
beginning at 9:40 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 14, in the JUB. She’s the author of “Labor
and Legality: An Ethnography of a Mexican Immigrant Network.”
The
symposium also includes a panel discussion, “Challenging Indifference toward
Injustice,” at 12:40 p.m. Wednesday and a 2:20 p.m. screening of the HBO
documentary “Gideon’s Army,” an official selection of the 2013 Sundance Film
Festival that follows the work of three young public defenders in the South.
Student
research presentations are scheduled throughout both days of the symposium. The
top three undergrad papers will be announced and prizes awarded at 9:30
Thursday morning.
Conducted
at MTSU since 1993, the event is modeled after a typical professional
conference and was designed to prompt students’ scientific study of human
interaction and encourage their professional growth as well as provide
opportunities for scholars to exchange ideas.
For more details
and a complete schedule, visit the symposium’s home page at http://www.mtsu.edu/soc/socsymp. A searchable
campus map with parking notes also is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap13-14.
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