{"id":4,"date":"2025-06-10T11:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T15:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:47:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:47:25","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignwide has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center has-x-large-font-size\" style=\"min-height:70vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-264\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Counter-narratives.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient has-gradient-2-gradient-background\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\" id=\"h-how-we-share-the-world-matters\">How we share the world matters<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull wp-element-caption is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Slide presentation by interdisciplinary artist, Alexandra Bell, showing the public art series,&nbsp;<em>Counternarratives<\/em>, MoMA PS1 courtyard. The event was part of the Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies seminar series, Democracy, Repression, and Resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center intro section\">Striving for a just and equitable future requires knowledge, practice, and imagination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull section-intro triple-bottom-margin has-light-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"background-image:url(&apos;https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Toby-Sisson-Hero-1340x550-1.jpg&apos;);background-position:50% 50%;background-size:cover;\" class=\"wp-block-group padded lifted has-white-background-color has-background wp-container-content-69bc4bdf is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:25.625rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-element-caption lifted\">Deconstructed American, by Toby Sisson, Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-charcoal-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0c118b73ab3c83b6e4472212071cd26f is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">We\u2019re a community of students, scholars, and practitioners who come together to engage in shared inquiry around topics such as violence, war, peace, genocide, prisons, structural racism, militarism, migration and displacement, adoption, trans identity and rights, social movements, resource extraction, and land rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/about\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"Ousman Power-Greene and and colleague confer at an academic symposium on race, gender, and ethnicity\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Race-Gender-Ethnicity-card.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-about\">About<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the work of the center, including our annual symposium and opportunities to collaborate.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/academics\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"Students attend a class on American LGBTQ history.\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/American-LBGTQ-History.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-academics\">Academics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pursue a major or concentration in one of our areas of study or connect with a mentor who can provide guidance in your field of interest.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">    <a\n        class=\"clarku-block-card \"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/housing\/on-campus-housing\/first-year-and-transfer-students\/\"\n    >\n                    <div class=\"clarku-block-card-img-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                \t\tloading=\"lazy\"\n                    alt=\"Jonathan Soloman worked with Professor Ousmane Power-Greene on mapping municipalities or organizations that are involved in reparations efforts, from grassroots initiatives to education or activism.\"\n                    class=\"clarku-block-card-img clarku-block-card-img-full\"\n                    src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Jonathan-Soloman-opportunities.jpg\"\n                \/>\n            <\/div>\n                            <div\n                class=\"clarku-block-card-content\"\n            >\n                \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-opportunities\">Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Center provides support for undergraduate research and creative work, as well as travel grants and funding for study abroad.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n            <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stagger-left no-gap section is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b757edec wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center goods has-small-font-size\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-89 size-large\" alt=\"Image of an anonymous audience listening to a lecture.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/lecture-series-placeholder-1024x682.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-darker-blue-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group goods has-true-black-color has-dark-yellow-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-9bf5447538cecc7c84c36e7e55a62df6 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:inherit\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Join the conversation<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-migration-seminar-series-0\">Migration seminar series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-true-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d2a8c366eed98700b21167896a7afa25\">Our 2025 seminar series brings together scholarly work and student discussion about a variety of types of movement, including displacement, deportation and emigration from the US to places where those who have been targets of intimidation, violence, and harassment might find safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-gray-600-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/migration\/\">Speakers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group stagger-left no-gap section is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b757edec wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-center goods has-small-font-size\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-569 size-large\" alt=\"Two people engaged in discussion\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/discussion-683x1024.avif\" style=\"object-position:50% 75%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 75%\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-darker-blue-background-color has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-listen-in\">Listen in<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e983a829ecf1ff6692e2719ebb5dfcde\">The Challenge. Change. podcast offers a glimpse into the discussions that happen at the Center for Race, Gender, and Area Studies and the type of scholarship supported within our community.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group goods has-true-black-color has-darker-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-0d99e083bca7e86f2f0d8672581044c9 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><iframe title=\"podcast\" allow=\"autoplay *; encrypted-media *; fullscreen *; clipboard-write\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" style=\"border:0;width:100%;max-width:720px;overflow:hidden;background:transparent;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/queer-lives-true-crime-and-the-criminal-justice-system\/id1608025510?i=1000637190060&amp;itscg=30200&amp;itsct=podcast_box_player&amp;ls=1&amp;mttnsubad=1000637190060&amp;theme=auto\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f373f9a903c3394e5ba03497c2b03ed6\">In this episode, Psychology Professor, Abby Goldberg and her colleagues Danielle Slakoff and Carrie Buist discuss the depiction of queer and trans people in true crime TV, movies, and podcasts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull padded has-warm-gray-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4d569fc5d6a0609a7dca2dbf5957ba14\" id=\"h-news\">News<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-stretch is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-470 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;min-height:unset;\" class=\"wp-block-cover has-custom-content-position is-position-bottom-left has-aspect-ratio\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim has-background-gradient has-gradient-2-gradient-background\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Bad_Bunny_30_OCT_2025-7.avif\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-post-image\" alt=\"Juan Pablo Rivera talks about the significance of the controversy surrounding the choice of Bad Bunny to perform at the superbowl\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Bad_Bunny_30_OCT_2025-7.avif 2000w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Bad_Bunny_30_OCT_2025-7-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Bad_Bunny_30_OCT_2025-7-1024x682.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Bad_Bunny_30_OCT_2025-7-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Bad_Bunny_30_OCT_2025-7-1536x1024.avif 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 style=\"font-size:1.3em;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-4775a09f03a9e430356769cb80039104 wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegram.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/10\/31\/clark-professor-juan-pablo-rivera-speaks-about-bad-bunny-controversy\/86988009007\/\" target=\"_self\" >Juan Pablo Rivera in the Worcester Telegram &amp; Gazette<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:1em;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-892c16c012c2c946cbb426a3af847fef wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Bad Bunny 101: Clark professor discusses entertainer, controversy over Super Bowl show.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegram.com\/story\/entertainment\/music\/2025\/10\/31\/clark-professor-juan-pablo-rivera-speaks-about-bad-bunny-controversy\/86988009007\/\">Read the article<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-463 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1;height:170px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/30\/enloe-the-truth-is-hard-but-must-always-be-pursued\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:170px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Feminist_Curiosity_is_for_These_Dark_Times_2025-62.avif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2018The truth is hard, but must always be pursued\u2019\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Feminist_Curiosity_is_for_These_Dark_Times_2025-62.avif 2560w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Feminist_Curiosity_is_for_These_Dark_Times_2025-62-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Feminist_Curiosity_is_for_These_Dark_Times_2025-62-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Feminist_Curiosity_is_for_These_Dark_Times_2025-62-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Feminist_Curiosity_is_for_These_Dark_Times_2025-62-1536x1024.avif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Feminist_Curiosity_is_for_These_Dark_Times_2025-62-2048x1366.avif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 style=\"font-size:1.2em;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-a35b94c3eb3b84031724d17ff9046818 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-white-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/30\/enloe-the-truth-is-hard-but-must-always-be-pursued\/\" target=\"_self\" >\u2018The truth is hard, but must always be pursued\u2019<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:0.9em;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f29b1fd96e6921db89b38280e3e91e14 wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-white-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Cynthia Enloe, longtime professor and researcher delivered her final scheduled lecture, \u201cFeminist Curiosity is for These Dark Times.\u201d <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-460 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1;height:170px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/goldberg-receives-award-for-contributions-to-family-science\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:170px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Research-placeholder.avif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Goldberg receives award for contributions to family science\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Research-placeholder.avif 1000w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Research-placeholder-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Research-placeholder-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/Research-placeholder-768x768.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 style=\"font-size:1.2em;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-a35b94c3eb3b84031724d17ff9046818 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-white-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/goldberg-receives-award-for-contributions-to-family-science\/\" target=\"_self\" >Goldberg receives award for contributions to family science<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-size:0.9em;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-f29b1fd96e6921db89b38280e3e91e14 wp-block-post-excerpt has-text-color has-white-color\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Psychology Professor Abbie Goldberg has received the 2025 Social Justice Award for Contributions to Family Science from the Inclusion and Diversity Committee of the National Council on Family Relations. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-498 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure style=\"aspect-ratio:1;height:170px;\" class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/19\/history-professors-new-novel-plunges-into-issues-of-racial-justice\/\" target=\"_self\"  style=\"height:170px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022-Ousmane-Power-Greene-0016-1200x800-1.avif\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"History professor\u2019s novel plunges into issues of racial justice\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022-Ousmane-Power-Greene-0016-1200x800-1.avif 1200w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022-Ousmane-Power-Greene-0016-1200x800-1-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022-Ousmane-Power-Greene-0016-1200x800-1-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/gender-race-and-area-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2022-Ousmane-Power-Greene-0016-1200x800-1-768x512.avif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h2 style=\"font-size:1.2em;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-a35b94c3eb3b84031724d17ff9046818 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-white-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2022\/09\/19\/history-professors-new-novel-plunges-into-issues-of-racial-justice\/\" target=\"_self\" >History professor\u2019s novel plunges into issues of racial justice<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div 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Change. 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