Portillo to speak at Hall Center Place, Race & Space Seminar: Oct. 19

HALL CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES SEMINAR SERIES event

Monday, October 19, 2015 at 3–5 p.m.
Hall Center for the Humanities
Hall Center Seminar Room 1

Associate Professor Shannon Portillo will present in a Place, Race & Space seminar hosted by the Hall Center for Humanities on Monday, October 19. The title of the presentation is, "Street-Level Bureaucracy Theory and the Myth of 'One Bad Apple': Policing in Local Communities."

The seminar is open to faculty, graduate students and staff, and takes place in Hall Center Seminar Room 1 from 3-5 p.m. View the event details here: https://hallcenter.ku.edu/calendar#/?i=1

About the Series

Place, Race, and Space, co-directed by Shawn Alexander (African & African American Studies), David Roediger (American Studies), and Ludwin Molina (Psychology). This seminar explores the interplay of social, historical, psychological, and spatial forces in configuring racial formations, identities, and experiences throughout the world. Its thematic concerns are shaped by work in African & African American Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, Critical Race Theory, Geography, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Psychology, and Urban Studies. This seminar will meet from 3:30-5:00 p.m. on the second Monday of each month.