2024 Lecture for the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship
Dr. Robert Sellers
The National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Sellers — James S. Jackson Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Professor of Education, Marsal Family School of Education at the University of Michigan — was selected as the 2023 recipient of the James S. Jackson Distinguished Career Award for Diversity Scholarship.
On Monday, October 28, please join us as we honor Dr. Sellers with a series of insightful panels, a distinguished lecture, and celebratory activities.
DAY'S AGENDA
-9:00–10:00 AM: Registration
-10:00 AM–12:00 PM: Panel I (Rackham Graduate School - Assembly Hall)
-1:00–2:30 PM: Panel II (Rackham Graduate School - Assembly Hall)
-3:00–4:30 PM: James S. Jackson Career Award Lecture (Rackham Graduate School - Amphitheatre)
-5:00–6:00 PM: Reception (Rackham Graduate School - Assembly Hall)
ASL and CART services will be provided.
ABOUT DR. SELLERS
Robert Sellers is the James S. Jackson Distinguished University Professor of Psychology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Professor of Education in the Marsal Family School of Education at the University of Michigan. His research has focused on the role of race in African Americans’ psychological lives. He and his students have developed a conceptual and empirical model of African American racial identity. He also has investigated the processes by which African American parents transmit messages about race to their children, as well as how African Americans suffer from, and often cope with, racial discrimination. Sellers co-founded the Center for the Study of Black Youth in Context.
On Monday, October 28, please join us as we honor Dr. Sellers with a series of insightful panels, a distinguished lecture, and celebratory activities.
DAY'S AGENDA
-9:00–10:00 AM: Registration
-10:00 AM–12:00 PM: Panel I (Rackham Graduate School - Assembly Hall)
-1:00–2:30 PM: Panel II (Rackham Graduate School - Assembly Hall)
-3:00–4:30 PM: James S. Jackson Career Award Lecture (Rackham Graduate School - Amphitheatre)
-5:00–6:00 PM: Reception (Rackham Graduate School - Assembly Hall)
ASL and CART services will be provided.
ABOUT DR. SELLERS
Robert Sellers is the James S. Jackson Distinguished University Professor of Psychology in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Professor of Education in the Marsal Family School of Education at the University of Michigan. His research has focused on the role of race in African Americans’ psychological lives. He and his students have developed a conceptual and empirical model of African American racial identity. He also has investigated the processes by which African American parents transmit messages about race to their children, as well as how African Americans suffer from, and often cope with, racial discrimination. Sellers co-founded the Center for the Study of Black Youth in Context.
Building: | Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) |
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Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
Tags: | AEM Featured, Diversity Equity and Inclusion |
Source: | Happening @ Michigan from National Center for Institutional Diversity, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion |