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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).

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...

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

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