About Scholars
EMR Scholars seminars are collaborative and interdisciplinary opportunities for deep academic engagement. Each one welcomes a small cohort of committed undergraduate students who complete readings and attend a 2-hour workshop with a guest facilitator. EMR first launched the Scholars program in 2022.
Seminar participants commit to completing an assigned set of readings and attending the full two-hour session in person. All reading materials will be provided by EMR.
Selection notes: EMR Scholars accepts 5 students per seminar. Selection is based on a student’s holistic preparation and statement of interest. Members of previous seminars can apply again, but we will prioritize applicants who have not yet participated.
Fall 2024:
“Model Minority Masochism and the Cultural Politics of Resentment,” led by Takeo Rivera (Boston University, English Department). The seminar will be focused around his recent monograph: Model Minority Masochism.
Past Seminars
Spring 2024:
“When was the Afro-Asian Century?: Diaspora, Debate, Decolonization” led by Prof. Tao Leigh Goffe (Hunter College).
Fall 2023:
“Global Indigeneity and Social Media Activism: What Does It Mean to be Indigenous in the 21st Century?” with sociolinguistic scholar-activist Serafín Coronel-Molina (Indiana University).
AY 2022-23:
“Diaspora and Belonging in Afro-Latinx Studies” with Kaysha Corinealdi (Emerson College).
“Global Indigeneities and Disaster Capitalism” with Jorge Sánchez Cruz (Harvard).
“Transnational Migrations” with Lowell Brower (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
“Ethnic and Migration Studies: Convergences and Conversations” with Barbara Sostaita (University of Illinois at Chicago).
Spring 2022:
“Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Latinx Intersections,” with Professor Paula Park (Wesleyan University).