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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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Faculty Author Series: Jessica Trounstine February 7, 2019 Join us for an author talk featuring Associate Professor Jessica Trounstine. Jessica will discuss her book, Segregation by Design, which draws on more than 100 years of quantitative and qualitative data from thousands of American cities to explore how local governments generate race and class segregation. Starting in the early twentieth century, cities have used their power of land use control to determine the location and availability of housing, amenities (such as parks), and negative land uses (such as garbage dumps). The result has been segregation - first within cities and more recently between them. Documenting changing patterns of segregation and their political mechanisms, Trounstine argues that city governments have pursued these policies to enhance the wealth and resources of white property owners at the expense of people of color and the... |
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Faculty Author Series: Maria DePrano February 6, 2019 Maria DePrano will discuss her book, Art Patronage, Family, and Gender in Renaissance Florence: The Tornabuoni, which presents a comprehensive picture of how one Florentine family commissioned art to gain recognition in their society, revere God, honor family members, especially women, and memorialize deceased loved ones. This book examines the multi-media art patronage of three generations of the Tornabuoni family, who commissioned works from innovative artists, such as Sandro Botticelli and Rosso Fiorentino.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. KL 397 |