Social Sciences and Education

James Tracy, this year's invited annual Town/Gown scholar, will lecture on the conflict between Islam and the West.

Women in Higher Education: Changing the Workplace is the theme of a graduate research symposium that will be held Friday, March 26, from 2 - 6 p.m. in the Kiva Auditorium of the College of Education.

The nation's major school desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education, is the topic for discussion marking 50 years of influence in today's educational system.

Writers Beverly Donofrio, Laila Halaby and Lisa Schnebly Heidinger also will discuss with some 200 local high school students their works, which center on young women coming of age.

Social forces on Wall Street help shape more lucrative compensation packages for men than women.

Internationally renowned scholars from the United States, Canada and Mexico, including local author Tom Sheridan, will address the history and consequences of the 1853 Gadsden Purchase during a two-day conference.

Indigenous language and education rights is this year's theme to the annual conference and classes.

Research shows that merely being aware can be a handicap, but also that strategies for overcoming stereotyped behavior can be devised as well.

UA anthropology and geosciences Professor Vance T. Holliday and others are examining alternative routes to North America during the last ice age.

Known for his stories on immigrants, Quinones will also speak to Pueblo High School students about his experiences and observations.