Please join us for the next installment of Amplified Voices

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Event Date: 3/16: 3:30-5:00
Zoom Replay Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kcn5s0P059kzCYHJ_9aamuy0vkO43NDb/view
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Talk Title:
Leveraging developmental and behavioral genetic approaches to understand ethnic/racial minoritized adolescents’ resilience

Talk Description:
Ethnic/racial socialization represents the behaviors, practices, and worldviews children receive about ethnicity/race. Although ethnic/racial socialization is theorized to be a means to prepare children to cope with ethnic/racial discrimination, empirical studies have found mixed and conflicting results. In my talk, I will present how I integrate developmental frameworks and behavioral genetics to understand how ethnic/racial socialization predicts children's resilience following ethnic/racial discrimination. Specifically, I use multi-method, interdisciplinary, and collaborative approaches to elucidate: (1) why distinguishing between perpetrators of ethnic/racial socialization matters for children's development and (2) the direct and intergenerational consequences of involvement in the criminal justice system. I will conclude with my future directions utilizing behavioral genetic approaches to study race-related dynamics among adolescent-aged siblings of color. Throughout my presentation, I will discuss how my research supports efforts promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Preparation:
To better understand the background for Dr. Del Toro’s talk, please read the following chapter that he selected. Access provided by the ASU Library (attached pdf).

Hughes, D., Rivas, D., Foust, M., Hagelskamp, C., Gersick, S., & Way, N. (2008). How to catch a moonbeam: A mixed-methods approach to understanding ethnic socialization processes in ethnically diverse families. In S. M. Quintana & C. McKown (Eds.), Handbook of race, racism, and the developing child (pp. 226–277). John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Calls to Action:

(1) Increase cross-disciplinary collaborations to capture the intergenerational nature of racism
(2) Research family-level processes and don't over-rely on samples of unrelated individuals 
(3) Measure the multiple perpetrators of influence in adolescents' lives, including peers, siblings, and educators

4/28 3:30-5:00
Jameson D. Lopez, PhD
Indigenous Statistics and Survey Research
Zoom Replay Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WjWwHHr3u3Q2erFAOTcvaY-EnXoNSREl/view?usp=sharing

Bio:

Jameson D. Lopez is an enrolled member of the Quechan tribe located in Fort Yuma, California. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor. He studies Native American postsecondary education using Indigenous statistics and has expertise in the limitations of collecting and applying quantitative results to Indigenous populations. He carries unique experiences to his research that include a 2010 deployment to Iraq as a platoon leader where he received a bronze star medal. Most importantly, he is a proud father of two beautiful children, Luna and Gordon, and proud husband to his partner Ashley.

Description:
In this talk, JD will present his scholarship that carves out approaches to Indigenous quantitative methods and demonstrates scholarly impact that thematically develops how we can speak to Native nation building and Indigenous data sovereignty using statistics.  He reinforces the idea that quantitative research also belongs to Indigenous people and fundamentally is changing how we conduct Indigenous research in the field.
 
To prepare for the talk, attendees are encouraged to watch the following 10-minute short film: Kwanamii | Protectors of the Quechan https://vimeo.com/372466640

3/31 3:30-5:00 Lory Janelle Dance, PhD. 
INTERSECTIONA-LEE-TY: How Bruce Lee Models Intersectionality As Critical Praxis 
Replay ZOOM LINK: https://asu.zoom.us/rec/share/DEfZhLTpgs40TvUAB76tTxQal-r3pCYEA_jOi5-KR3fiXF4uk7Ki1posz3j1vusU.LATm_bx5jXWR9ESI

Call to Action: Think of recent instances of bullying. Is there an anti-bully action you can take, if so what is it? Can you turn your artistic/creative/poetic/athletic ability or genius into an axis of activism around which solidarity can be built? If so, what is the first step you will take?
 

Bio
Born in Niagara Falls, New York but reared in Southern Virginia, Lory Janelle Dance is now a Husker and Associate Professor of Sociology and Ethnic Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Her areas of specialization include Racial and Ethnic Groups, Qualitative Methods, and Comparative and Cross-National Case Studies. Dance's publications include “Ideal Dialogues with Immigrants of Color in Sweden and the United States,” Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in 2019, “Performativity Pressures at Urban Schools in Sweden and New York,” Ethnography and Education in 2014, and “More Like Jazz Than Classical: Reciprocal Interactions Among Educational Researchers and Respondents,” Harvard Educational Review in 2010. Dance is currently completing a book manuscript titled Gone With the Neo-Liberal Wind: Minority Teens, School Reform, and Urban Change in Sweden and the U.S.

When not in the U.S., Dance is a Visiting Senior Researcher in Sweden at Lund University’s (LU) Human Rights Studies Program. Through her work at LU, Dance has established a symposium series called Streetposia, which refers to cross-national symposia that use poetic expressions to engage youths from marginalized urban backgrounds in critical debates, empowering dialogues, and life changing experiences. For more information see www.streetposia.org.

Description:
In these times that fuel Abusive Power, we need models of Synergistic Power; awe-inspiring athletes of the past like Bruce Lee. As an Asian American often treated as an “oriental” stereotype, Bruce Lee once said: “You know what I want to think of myself? As a human being. Because…under the sky, under the heavens there is but one family. It just so happens that people are different” (Nguyen 2020). Lee had multiple and intersecting identity differences from the White American mainstream (e.g., in regard to race, perceived nationality, religion). Lee used his knowledge of these intersecting identities to fight bigotry instead of dehumanizing those with less power. Though Bruce Lee may have never uttered the concept “Intersectionality,” his anti-racist, anti-colonial, and anti-nativist approaches to dealing with actual inequities, parallel the problem-solving approaches of intersectionality as critical praxis.

Preparation:
To prepare for the talk, attendees are encouraged to watch the following video: Intersectionality, Activism, and Political Solidarity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1je9h4zzHc to gain familiarity with Patricia Hill Collins’ notion of extended definitions of activism