The Center for “Race,” Culture and Social Justice at Hofstra University

Good Afternoon Hofstra! My name is Dr. Jonathan Lightfoot and I am the Director of the Center for “Race”, Culture and Social Justice. My remarks will be brief as I welcome you all to our first public lecture for spring 2018. Dr. Kristal Brent Zook answered our call for faculty summer research grant proposals designed to promote campus inclusion and enhance the scholarship and research profile of the Center. Her work on the multiracial student experience speaks to the struggle many students face as they navigate construction of their racial identity in a nation where the black-white binary often requires them to make hard choices. For all faculty who are interested in submitting a proposal for the 2018 Summer Research Grant of the Center for “Race”, you have until May 1. The call for proposals can be found on the Center’s website. For those who are curious as to why the word “race” is in quotes, I encourage you to visit our website too, where we credit the American Anthropological As