The Center for Human Rights and Social Justice at Illinois Wesleyan will sponsor its fourth annual Human Rights Undergraduate Research Workshop on Feb. 26-27, 2016.
The theme for the workshop is Inequality and Inequity - emphasizing the economic, social, and political aspects of those issues. Undergraduate students from liberal arts institutions across the country come together for two days, presenting their independent research that relates to this year’s theme.
Students who are in the process of investigating topics within inequality and inequity are encouraged to apply and participate in this program. Research projects do not need to be completed by any means. The research is well structured for student in the process of research to share their findings, self-critique, and receive constructive feedback from peers and faculty mentorship to help create a worthy end product.
A keynote speaker will be announced in the next month. Previous attendees include students and faculty from Luther, Beloit, Macalester, Grinnell, Vassar, Albion and George Mason University. Previous speakers include Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago), Jon Ebel (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Alfred Babo (Smith College), John Wilson (AAUP) and Semahagn Gashu Abebe (University of Connecticut).