Dr. Alondra Nelson presents at the 17th annual Albert Morris Lecture
On Thursday March 27th, Dr. Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study) traveled to BU to present Reimagining Resistance in the “Black Box Society” at our department’s 17th annual Morris Lecture. We were honored to meet Dr. Nelson and hear more about her recent research on artificial intelligence and “the relationship between the possibilities of knowing […]
Pamela Zabala Ortiz named North Star Collective Faculty Fellow
The North Star Collective is a regional organization BU belongs to that aims to support member institutions in diversifying their faculty and retaining diverse faculty. Each year two BU faculty are chosen to participate in their annual faculty fellowship for BIPOC faculty and for 2025, Pamela Zabala Ortiz was selected as one of the fellows. […]
Pamela Zabala Ortiz publishes new article in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Assistant Professor Pamela Zabala Ortiz has published a new article in the journal Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. In “We’re Expected to Be Homogenous”: Contesting Latinidad and the Myth of Panethnic Inclusion, Zabala Ortiz explores “the kinds of ethnoracial contestations that occur among Latines as they negotiate what it means to take on that panethnic […]