Accomplishments: Department of Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies
Christopher D. E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender & Ethnic Studies) and Elodie Edwards-Grossi (Associate Professor, American Studies and Sociology, Université Paris Dauphine) published their Research and Analysis article, "Slavery and Its Afterlives in US Psychiatry," in a special issue of the American Journal of Public Health on…
On March 11, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave an invited lecture for the Science Studies Colloquium at the University of California, San Diego. In this presentation, Willoughby discussed his book, Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical Schools.
On March 7, Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a lecture at the Clark County Public Library. Parry examined the history of the "Great Migration" to the Las Vegas Valley, in which thousands of African Americans moved to Southern Nevada for economic opportunity and to…
Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) was interviewed on KNPR's State of Nevada to discuss a new documentary titled, "Across the Tracks: A Las Vegas Westside Story," that explores the history of Las Vegas' Westside and the African American experience in southern Nevada. Parry…
On January 11th, Christopher D. E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) presented on a panel on "Medical Reparations" at the University of California, Davis' African American Studies Winter Symposium on the theme of "Reimagining Repair." Willoughby's paper was titled "Learning from Human Remains: Medical Schools and the…
Christopher D. E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, & Ethnic Studies) presented a paper at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in San Francisco, California, on January 4, 2024. With his co-author Elodie Edwards-Grossi (Paris Dauphine University), Willoughby discussed new research on the history and afterlives of…
Christopher D.E. Willoughby (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) and his recent book "Masters of Health: Racial Science and Slavery in U.S. Medical School" were quoted in a December 3rd article in the Washington Post, entitled "How U.S. institutions took an African teen’s life, then lost his remains." The article traces life and death…
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) gave a presentation entitled "Other People's Storied Objects" at the American Folklore Society Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. This presentation was part of a panel honoring the work and legacy of Amy Shuman. Bock also sat on a panel titled "Meet the Editors: Demystifying the Journal…
Patricia Heisser Metoyer (Psychology; Interdisciplinary Studies) will be inducted into the University of California "Golden Anteater Society" on March 1, 2024. She graduated with a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California Irvine over 50+ years ago and specialized in neuroscience and disease of the brain. She also was awarded an…
Sheila Bock (Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) published a chapter titled, "Beyond the Deliberate Infector: Emergent Categories of Infector Narratives during COVID-19," in the edited volume, Behind the Mask: Vernacular Culture in the Time of COVID (University Press of Colorado).
Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) joined co-editor, Robert Greene, II of Claflin University to discuss their 2021 co-edited volume, Invisible No More: The African American Experience at the University of South Carolina, on the New Books Network, a podcasting…
Tyler D. Parry (African American and African Diaspora Studies Program; Interdisciplinary, Gender, and Ethnic Studies) appeared in a documentary that examines the use of attack dogs in U.S. prisons, produced by the news site Insider.com. Parry provided historical context for the racist roots of canine-to-human violence, including the violent use of…