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UC Council of Chief Diversity Officer’s Distinguished Scholar Webinar – May 11, 2021

A UC Distinguished Scholars Webinar | May 11

Please join your UC colleagues for the second speaker in the UC Council of Chief Diversity Officer’s Distinguished Scholars webinar. The speaker series features UC scholars who have made significant contributions to the study of racial inequality in their research, teaching, mentorship and publicly engaged scholarship.

Professor Beth Rose Middleton: Native American Environmental Policy and Site Protection, UC Davis
Dr. Beth Rose Middleton will present her research on Native environmental policy and Native activism for site protection. She will also discuss her training of graduate students in applying participatory action research on contemporary land claims in California.

Beth Rose Middleton is a professor of Native American studies at UC Davis. In addition to her Native environmental policy research and activism for site protection, her broader research interests include intergenerational trauma and healing, rural environmental justice, indigenous analysis of climate change, Afro-indigeneity and qualitative geographic information systems (GIS).

The webinar is open to all members of the UC community and will be recorded. Dr. Middleton’s presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

12–1 p.m. PDT

Register for the webinar (required)