Emory Law Presents

Conversations about Racism in the 21st Century

"Emory Law Presents: Conversations about Racism in the 21st Century" is a lecture series open to Emory University faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Held over Zoom in three sessions between September and November this fall and several others during spring semester, this series will feature the following scholars who will, after their lectures, entertain audience questions pre-submitted through the registration link. All lectures are from 12 to 1:15 p.m.

Part 1: Fred Smith On Policing And Qualified Immunity

Thursday, September 3: Associate Professor of Law Fred Smith Jr. discussed policing and qualified immunity. Professor Smith, a native Georgian, received his BA from Harvard College, JD from Stanford Law School, clerked for Justice Sotomayor of the U.S. Supreme Court, is on the Board of Invest Atlanta, has published in the Harvard, Stanford, and Columbia Law Reviews, among others, and was named the law school’s Outstanding Professor of the Year in 2019.

Part 2: Kimberly Jacob Arriola on Disparities in Healthcare

Thursday, October 1, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Kimberly Jacob Arriola discussed racial disparities in healthcare. After graduating from Spelman College in 1994, Arriola earned an MA in 1996 and PhD in 1998 from Northeastern University, both in Social Psychology. She earned an MPH in Epidemiology in 2001 from RSPH. For the past 20 years, her work has focused on social and behavioral factors that impact the health of African Americans. More specifically, she has examined and intervened on social factors that drive racial disparities in access to renal transplantation. She has also helped evaluate interventions that seek to reduce racial inequities in HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other chronic diseases. Aside from being a faculty member, she serves as the Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the Rollins School of Public Health.

Part 3: Carol Anderson On Voting And Race

Thursday, November 5, Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies Carol Anderson discussed voting and race. Professor Anderson received her BA from Miami University, her Ph.D. from Ohio State University, is on the Advisory Board of the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, and is the author of 5 award-winning books including the New York Times bestseller and National Book Critics Circle Award winner White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide and, most recently, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying our Democracy, which was a PEN/Galbraith Award finalist and National Book Award Longlist finalist.