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INVITATION: In Pursuit of Justice: Conversations on Inequality and Activism – Racial Injustice in the Criminal System, Friday, November 6 (12-1:00pm)

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Greetings Rossier Students,

 

Dean Noguera would like you to know about this event that is hosted by the Gould School of Law on November 6. Please see below the invitation:

 

 

 

The final installment of this semester’s three part discussion series In Pursuit of Justice: Conversations on Inequality and Activism is Racial Injustice in the Criminal System, on Friday, November 6, 12-1pm.  Please join us for this important conversation with Gould’s own Post-Conviction Justice Project advocates for change who will discuss their lived experience with systemic racism in our criminal penal system.

 

Please see the flyer below for additional details. Students, staff, and faculty are all warmly welcome to attend.  And students are especially encouraged to do so.

For questions, email: AcademicOperations@law.usc.edu

Join Zoom Meeting:

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Meeting ID: 952 7856 2958

Passcode: 057273

 

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Webinar: Teaching Opportunities in Higher Ed for EdD Graduates

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Hear from a panel of EdD alumni in teaching positions in higher education share their insights and advice on securing faculty positions. Opportunities from adjunct to full-time faculty roles in 4-year institutions and community colleges will be discussed as well as online teaching opportunities. Join us for this informative discussion to get practical advice on finding your first position and building your teaching resume.

Panelists

Patricia Dickenson EdD ’09

Associate Professor, National University

Karen Escalante EdD ’16

Assistant Professor, California State University, San Bernardino

Ilin Magran EdD ’15

Adjunct Professor, University of La Verne

Alberto Pimentel, Jr. EdD ’18

Tenure-Track Sociology Professor, Los Angeles Harbor College

Moderator

Maria Ott PhD ’94

Professor of Clinical Education, USC Rossier School of Education

6th Annual Research & Fellowships Week 11/2-11/6

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You are invited to the 6th Annual Research and Fellowships Week happening on November 2–November 6, 2020, hosted by Academic Honors and Fellowships, the Graduate School, and the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. The goal of the week is to discuss opportunities that support research, graduate study, language learning, teaching, and internships within the U.S. and abroad!

Open to students of all academic levels, staff, and faculty, attendees participate in interactive panels and workshops to explore USC programs and external post-graduate possibilities.

View the 2020 Research and Fellowships Week Schedule and RSVP at https://ahf.usc.edu/rfw

If you have questions, please email ahfstaff@usc.edu

 

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,
Academic Honors and Fellowships
Office of Undergraduate Programs

Upcoming Virtual Talk: Abena Mackall, Wednesday, October 28th 12pm-1pm

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Abena Mackall will give a talk, “Disloyal & Fake: Making Sense of Social Isolation Following Youth Arrest ” as part of the 2020-2021 Rossier Scholars of Color Lecture Series on Wednesday, October 28, 2020 from 12pm-1pm.  

 Please RSVP here:

https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6G0luu3Q6fJuvwV

A Zoom link will be sent one day before the event.  

Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations to attend this event may contact Deborah Karpman at dkarpman@rossier.usc.edu.  It is requested that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days prior to the event.  Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.

USC Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity Workshops

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Hello Trojans!
Are you looking for assistance on how to best adjust to an online/hybrid learning environment, combat ‘Zoom fatigue’, improve time management skills, and alleviate stress, please come to our workshops and Drop-in hours hosted by the USC Kortschak Center for Learning and Creativity. No reservation or appointment is required for our workshops and drop-ins.

KCLC has workshops with weekly theme of time management, reading strategies, stress management or test-taking. The workshops will be interactive with great tips and resources (Tues-Fri 10 AM Pacific Time). We are also having Feelin Connected Friday workshops on fun topics at 11 AM Pacific Time on 10/16, 10/30 and 11/13.

Drop-in hours are available Monday-Friday at different times each day. During drop-in hours, you can individualized assistance in 20-30 minutes. Please note: these may be held in a group format depending on staff availability and demand.

For more information, see the attached flyers with dates, times, and Zoom links. Please note all session times are Pacific Time.

KCLC will have more events throughout the semester and you can check out the most up to date workshop and drop-in schedule on their website https://kortschakcenter.usc.edu/events/

If you have any questions, please email us at kortschakcenter@usc.edu.

Library workshops for grad students

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Using Zotero to Organize Your Research

At this workshop, get an introduction to, and hands-on practice using, the free, open-source software Zotero, which can help you organize and cite sources. Zotero is particularly good at capturing web content and for creating group and public “libraries” of sources. Bring a laptop or tablet that you normally use for research. RSVP for login details.

 

Presented by Elizabeth Galoozis, Head of Information Literacy, USC Libraries

Overcoming Research Anxiety: A Mindful Approach to Literature Review Searching

Presented by Kevin Klipfel, Instructional Design & Assessment Librarian, and Elizabeth Galoozis, Head of Information Literacy

 

This workshop will discuss psychological strategies for approaching literature reviews, such as adopting a process-oriented “growth” mindset toward research, as well as several practical search techniques that will help you feel confident both getting started with your research and knowing when your literature review is complete. Though this workshop is intended for graduate students, all are welcome. RSVP for login details.

2020 Women’s Leadership Counts Conference

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Free to all USC students: the 2020 Women’s Leadership Counts Conference!

Organized by the Japan America Society of Southern California, the theme of this year’s conference is: “Activating Your Kaizen Mindset.” Conference participants will explore “kai-“ (meaning change) and “zen” (meaning good) in terms of maximizing leadership as well as professional and personal growth.

Thursday, November 5, 2020 PST/Friday, November 6, 2020 (JST)
Program: 3-5 p.m. PST / 8-10 a.m. JST
Networking: 5-5:30 p.m. PST / 10-10:30 a.m. JST

Please see attached for details.

To register, visit https://jas-socal.org/women

Be sure to choose the “Student Registrant” option to take advantage of the discount and remember to note that you are from USC.

Enjoy the conference!

Spoken Justice: 10/22/20

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Rossier’s Center for Education, Identity and Social Justice will be hosting our first virtual Spoken Justice on October 22 at 6:30pm PST! They have created a Facebook event (available here). Anyone who is interested in attending and/or performing can register at bit.ly/OctoberSpokenJustice and the zoom link along with additional information will be emailed a few days before the event to all registered attendees.

USC Rossier Book Club

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Dear USC Rossier Faculty, Staff, and Students,

 

I’m pleased to share the next book we will be reading and exploring as a community in our USC Rossier Book Club: The Water Dancer, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Please join us for our School-wide discussion in the USC Hotel’s Central Ballroom, Wednesday, April 15, from noon to 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

 

Please note: Book Club meetings are always accessible online! Just choose that option when you RSVP.

 

RSVP by Friday, March 27 by clicking on this link.

 

Complimentary copies of the book will be available in WPH 1102 Tuesday, March 10, 10 a.m.‒noon and 2 p.m.‒4 p.m., through Friday, March 27.  *** Please note that by accepting the book, you are indicating your commitment to read it and participate in our discussion! *** At this time, we do not have audio copies available.

 

You are also welcome to join our discussion remotely. Please provide a mailing address if you will need the book shipped to you. A link to our virtual classroom will be provided closer to the date of our gathering.

 

You can find a brief synopsis of The Water Dancer here. Reviews of the book include:

 

  • Rolling Stone: “What’s most powerful is the way Coates enlists his notions of the fantastic, as well as his fluid prose, to probe a wound that never seems to heal. ‘To forget is to truly slave,’ one character says. ‘To forget is to truly die.’ There’s an urgency to his remembrance of things past that brims with authenticity, testifying to centuries of bone-deep pain. It makes The Water Dancer feel timeless and instantly canon-worthy.”
  • The Los Angeles Times: “Using a touch of magic to explain an effort of unimaginable terror and courage in escaping slavery, The Water Dancer at times feels like a spiritual companion to Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Underground Railroad. But instead of imagining a literal railroad in place of a treacherous, multi-stop effort to pull innocent people from the depths of slavery, Coates envisions the transcendent potential in acknowledging and retelling stories of trauma from the past as a means out of darkness.”

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a renowned American essayist, writer, and journalist. His non-fiction novel, Between the World and Me, won the 2015 National Book Award, the 2015 Kirkus prize for nonfiction, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist, and a New York Times #1 Bestseller. Coates has written for The Atlantic, Time, Washington City Paper, and The Village Voice, and contributed to The Washington Post, O, The Washington Monthly, New York Times Magazine, and other publications. He lives in Paris, France. The Water Dancer is his first novel.

 

The Book Club is part of our initiative, “The Rossier Way,” which is designed to cultivate a culture of caring and support amongst faculty, staff, and students. I am hosting the Book Club events in partnership with Darline Robles, Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion. Our goal is to select a work of fiction that helps us explore themes relevant to our mission to advance educational equity.

 

We look forward to hearing your perspective and a lively discussion in April.

 

Fight On!

 

Sincerely,

Karen Symms Gallagher, Ph.D.
Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean