Subject: Intersections of Urban Inequality (IUI)

Description: Welcome to the listserv for a new working group at UVA dedicated to interdisciplinary research on urban inequality, Intersections of Urban Inequality (IUI).

Who are we?
Founded by a group of faculty and graduate students in history, African American Studies, environmental sciences, and engineering, IUI seeks to promote interdisciplinary approaches to the study of race, space, and urban environmental inequality. We aim to bring scholars and students broadly interested in questions related to race and inequality and/or conducting research centered on urban spaces together to share data, interpretation, and research methodologies. In so doing, we hope to enrich each other’s work and gain new insights into the racial dimensions of inequality in urban spaces. We are guided by the belief that those whose work occupies the same physical space (in this case, cities), no matter the focus or approach, have much to learn from each other, and by providing a venue for discussion of mutual interests, we can gain new insights into our own work, as well as contribute to the intellectual and methodological enrichment of each other and our respective disciplines.

We will be using this email distribution list (iui@virginia.edu) to send out announcements of upcoming IUI workshops and other talks and events of interest. The schedule of upcoming meetings is listed below. We will be sending out a separate announcement closer to each meeting with room location and a link to RSVP so that we'll know how much food to order. At all events, lunch will be served!

Please forward this announcement to any colleagues or students who might be interested in joining our group. If you received this as a forwarded message and would like to join, please contact Andrew Kahrl (awk6n@virginia.edu) and ask to be added to the list. Or, if you would like to be removed from this list, please email Andrew and he will take care of it.


All the best,

Kimberly Fields (Assistant Professor, African American Studies)
Andrew Kahrl (Associate Professor, History and African American Studies)
Sally Pusede (Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences)
Malcolm Cammeron (Ph.D. student, History)
Angelique Demetillo (Ph.D. student, Atmospheric Chemistry/Environmental Sciences)
Ciara Horne (Ph.D. student, Systems Engineering)
Founders, Intersections of Urban Inequality


Intersections of Urban Inequality: Spring 2020 Calendar of Events
All times 12noon-1:30pm
Room locations TBA
Lunch will be provided


January
Fri. Jan. 24: LaDale Winling (Associate Professor of History, Virginia Tech), "Mapping Inequalities: Using Spatial Data in Research on Cities"

February

Fri. Feb. 28: Barbara Brown Wilson (Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, UVA School of Architecture), Jeana Ripple (Associate Professor, UVA School of Architecture), Alissa Ujie Diamond (Ph.D. Candidate, UVA School of Architecture), and Jordy Yager (journalist and Digital Humanities Archivist, Jefferson School African American Heritage Center), roundtable discussion on community-engaged research in Charlottesville

March
Fri. March 20: Kai Parker (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, UVA), discusses his research on race, religion, and the Black Metropolis


April
Wed. April 1: Richard Schragger (Perre Bowen Professor of Law, UVA School of Law), "Urban Law and Policy Today"

Fri. April 10: workshop on environmental and health data and models, organized by Sally Pusede (Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, UVA)

Fri. April 24, 8am-2pm, The Corner Building, New Directions in Research on Urban Inequality: A Graduate student conference hosted by IUI. More details to follow.