Edwin Grimsley to Speak on Structural Racism

The University of Hartford Humanities Center Lecture Series for Spring 2023, focusing on the theme of “Decolonizing the University: Ethnic Studies,” continues Monday, Feb. 20, from 5 p.m. – 6 p.m., in Hillyer 229 (please note room change!).

The third talk in the series, “Structural Racism: Theory, Empiricism and Future Implications of Eradicating Oppression,” will be given by Dr. Edwin Grimsley, Humanities Center Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Hartford. Here, Professor Grimsley will survey structural racism through two lenses: (1) theoretical contributions that maintain white supremacy and the status quo; and (2) empirical analyses that help society understand the contemporary depths of structural racism. This work is part of a wider scholarly project that examines structural racism in the opioid epidemic as a driver of disparities across institutional system for Black opioid users in NYC in an epidemic largely known as a “white problem.”

The Humanities Center Lecture series is developed and led by Dr. Karen Tejada-Peña, Associate Professor of Sociology. For more information, contact Nicholas Ealy, director of the Humanities Center (ealy@hartford.edu), visit our webpage or follow us on Facebook.