Past Events

Kenneth Bedell, PhD, sociologist and former senior advisor in the Department of Education in the Obama administration, will discuss his just released book, Realizing the Civil Rights Dream: Diagnosing and Treating American Racism. It has been more than 53 years since Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I Have a Dream" speech. Why has the United States still not been able to make King's dream a reality after half a century of effort and progress? Is there still hope of…

Come network with your sociology colleagues and hear about the current work of Professor Kris Marsh at UMD, "Implicit Bias and Cultural Competency Collaboration between University of Maryland and Prince George's County Police Department." The talk will chronicle the relationship between the University of Maryland and the Prince George’s County Police Department. Current and future research projects with the police department will also be discussed. Our implicit bias project will be highlighted. Implicit bias is simply the association our minds…