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Faculty Author Series: Tanya Golash-Boza


January 12, 2024


Join us for a Faculty Author Series Talk on March 5th with Professor Tanya Golash-Boza as she discusses her book, Before Gentrification: The Creation of DC's Racial Wealth Gap. Registration is now open.

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Faculty Author Series December 6, 2023: Dr. Nicosia Shakes


November 1, 2023


Co-sponsored with the Center for Africana Studies - Dr. Nicosia Shakes will discuss her recent book: Women's Activist Theatre in Jamaica and South Africa. Read more...

Faculty Author Series: Assistant Professor Meredith Van Natta
Author: Kelli Abrescy


March 20, 2023


On April 5, 2023 Assistant Professor Meredith Van Natta will discuss her recent book Medical Legal Violence: Healthcare and Immigration Enforcement Against Latinx Noncitizens.

Faculty Author Series Donald Barclay
Faculty Author Series: Donald Barclay


February 2, 2022


Join us for a Faculty Author Series Talk with our very own Deputy University Librarian, Donald Barclay on April 5, 2022.

Faculty Author Series: Dr. Muey Saeteurn


January 31, 2022


Join us for a Faculty Author Series talk with Associate Professor of History, Dr. Muey Saeteurn on March 17, 2022.

Faculty Author Series: Dr. Carolyn Dicey Jennings


January 31, 2022


Join us for a Faculty Author Talk with Associate Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Sciences, Dr. Carolyn Dicey Jennings on March 9, 2022.

Faculty Author Series Dr. Michael Spivey
Faculty Author Series: Dr. Michael Spivey


October 20, 2021


Join us for a faculty author talk with Dr. Michael Spivey, Professor of Cognitive & Information Sciences on November 3rd. Dr. Spivey will discuss his recent book published by MIT Press --- Who You Are: The Science of Connectedness. 

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Faculty Author Series: Dr. Sidra Goldman-Mellor


January 5, 2021


Join us for a faculty author talk with Dr. Sidra Goldman-Mellor on February 11, 2021 (this event is rescheduled from April 2020). Dr. Goldman-Mellor will discuss her research and recent article focused on the effects of emergency department presentation and suicide and mortality risk.

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UC Merced Library Faculty Author Series: Dr. Iris Ruiz


November 20, 2019


Faculty Author Series: Dr. Iris Ruiz. Dr. Ruiz will discuss her new book, Viva Nuestro Caucus: Rewriting Forgotten Pages of Our Caucus (Working and Writing for Change) on February 4, 2020.

Spring 2019 Faculty Author Series


May 21, 2019


The Library hosted another successful semester of Faculty Author Series talks this past spring featuring two of our amazing female faculty here at UC Merced. If you missed these events, here is a brief summary of each talk. Be sure to catch next semester's Faculty Author Talks (more info to be released at a later time).

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