UConn Voices
A Candidate Like Me: Historic Firsts in U.S. Politics
Before Obama and Hillary Clinton came Chisholm and Jackson. A look at how trail-blazing candidates bring people into the electoral process.
Same-Sex Marriage and the Law
In a cross-national study, two UConn sociologists found that policy outcomes on same-sex marriage were closely tied to the courts.
Segregated Sundays: Does Email Reveal Unexpected Truths?
Research provides insight into attitudes about race and helps answer the question, 'Do we practice what we preach?'
The Value and Imperative of Embracing Diversity
President Herbst reflects on diversity at UConn, in light of current events in Paris and around the world, and a recent task force report.
UConn Reads: Our Book, The New Jim Crow
In selecting Michelle Alexander's best-selling book on mass incarceration, the committee hopes to stimulate much-needed dialogue on race in America.
Race in America: UConn Reads, The Long List
This year’s nominations reflect an issue that remains all-too-real and all-too-relevant.
UConn Reads: The Great Racial Divide
Sociologist Nancy Naples recounts her own experiences of how discrimination can divide friends and split families.
UConn Reads: The Immigrant Journey
El Instituto director Mark Overmyer-Velazquez discusses migration from Mexico and books that have helped him understand his family's experience as immigrants in the U.S.
UConn Reads: The Realities of Race and Policing
Africana Studies director Jelani Cobb discusses policing as a racial flashpoint in American social history.
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UConn Reads: Wrestling With Race
The chair of the UConn Reads Steering Committee discusses how 'To Kill a Mockingbird,' one of the books nominated, is painfully relevant to the present.