Video PUP Speaks: Jennifer Carlson on the racialization of gun policing July 07, 2022 When asked their policy preference on guns, police prioritize gun rights over gun control on a ratio of 3:1. The application of the law is therefore governed by the same biases found in all areas of American society鈥攁nd particularly by racial disparity. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Eddie Cole on town and campus conflict June 30, 2022 锘匡豢In recent months the media have closely followed the issues of student housing at Berkeley, highlighting the tensions that frequently arise between university campuses and those living around them. Here, PUP Speaks speaker Eddie R. Cole explores the racialized history of campus expansion and community conflict, and the role that university leadership has played鈥攆or better and worse鈥攊n the battle for racial equity on campus. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Marybeth Gasman on poor faculty diversity June 08, 2022 The diversification of the academy will not be achieved under within the current academic environment. In this video, PUP Speaks speaker Marybeth Gasman explains what must change for equity to be achieved. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake on correcting economic disappointments March 18, 2022 The past two decades have witnessed sluggish economic growth, mounting inequality, dysfunctional competition, and a host of other ills that have left people wondering what has happened to the future they were promised. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: 鈥淭he neighborhood is no longer what it used to be鈥� February 09, 2022 鈥淭he neighborhood is no longer what it used to be. The experience of blackness is not either.鈥� Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr. explains how talking to Jacksonians about their food choices helped him to understand more about their changing racial and cultural identities. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Cynthia Miller-Idriss on the anniversary of the January 6th Capitol attack January 05, 2022 The 2021 attack on the Capitol changed the face of the United States. As the events of January 6th unfolded they were televised across the world, allowing a global audience to experience a violent response to an election held in what was once considered the world鈥檚 foremost democracy. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Chryl Laird on the social experiment that helped her understand Black voters December 15, 2021 Steadfast Democrats聽author聽Chryl N. Laird聽explains what a social experiment taught her about the way group behavior of Black voters is shaped by social networks.聽锘� Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Kyle Harper on a germ鈥檚-eye view of history November 30, 2021 In the immortal words of the rock band The Doors, people are strange. From nature鈥檚 perspective, human beings are highly unusual. Kyle Harper shows how humans became the irresistible hosts of so many diseases, and how it has shaped us as a species. Read More
Video PUP Speaks: Rachel Gable on The Hidden Curriculum October 11, 2021 Are universities designed to trip up those individuals they should most be trying to include? Rachel Gable, PUP Speaks speaker and author of聽The Hidden Curriculum: First Generation Students at Legacy Universities, presents the results of her investigation into the difficulties first generation students must overcome to succeed. Read More
