PROF. BENJAMIN CO-HOSTS ‘EDUCATION UNDER FIRE’ FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION ON BU’S HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM
On Nov.15th Prof. Ruha Benjamin addressed over 450 students about BU’s history of human rights activism as part of the “Education Under Fire” film screening and panel discussion with human rights activist and actor Rainn Wilson, Amnesty International’s Northeast Regional Director, Josh Rubenstein, film director Jeff Kaufman, and adjunct professor of social work, Mojdeh Rohani. […]
PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN INVITED SPEAKER AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN AMSTERDAM
Professor Ruha Benjamin has been invited to speak at the International Conference on Contemporary Constructions of Race/Whiteness in a Comparative Perspective on Dec.19th, 2011 at the University of Amsterdam. Registration for this event is now closed.
PROFESSOR RUHA BENJAMIN TO HOLD TALK ON ETHNORACIAL DIVERISTY AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Boston University Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, will be holding a talk today, May 11th 2011 entitled, “From Lab to Village: Mapping & Marketing Ethnoracial Diversity to Personalize Public Health.” The lecture will take place at the Crosstown Center Building on the Boston University Medical Campus, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, […]
BU T.V. FEATURES PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN ON POSTRACIALISM
Professor Ruha Benjamin was recently highlighted on BU T.V. show ‘On That Point’, an award-winning current events discussion program. To hear Professor Benjamin’s perspective on race in America and the significance of President Obama’s election click here.
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS TO JOIN DEPARTMENT
The Department is thrilled to announce the impending appointments of three new faculty members. Joining us from University of Texas-Austin will be Catherine Connell, whose research and teaching focus on the Sociology of Sexualities. Ruha Benjamin will join both the Sociology department and the African American Studies program. She is currently completing a post-doc at […]
NEW FACULTY MEMBERS TO JOIN DEPARTMENT
The Department is thrilled to announce the impending appointments of three new faculty members. Joining us from University of Texas-Austin will be Catherine Connell, whose research and teaching focus on the Sociology of Sexualities. Ruha Benjamin will join both the Sociology department and the African American Studies program. She is currently completing a post-doc at […]