Loren Henderson & Cedric Herring Present at United Nations

Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:25:04 -0500

Loren Henderson, Assistant Professor of Sociology, and Cedric Herring, Professor and Director of the Language, Literacy, and Culture PhD Program, presented their research on the cultural and structural sources of racial disparities in wealth at the United Nations conference on “Poverty, Inequality, and Global Conflict.”

The conference, sponsored by the United Nations Academic Impact Programme, featured speakers such as Her Excellency Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, President of Malta; former President of the American Sociological Association Frances Fox Piven; President of the Russel Sage Foundation Sheldon Danziger; and Member of the European Parliament Glyn Ford.

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