Institute of American Cultures Fall Forum & Reception
UCLA Institute of American Cultures
Fall Forum and Reception
Thursday, December 1, 2016
4:30 pm – 7:00 pm
UCLA Faculty Center, California Room
480 Charles E. Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1617
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN CULTURES VISITING SCHOLARS
Vanessa Diaz, Ph.D.
IAC Visiting Scholar, Chicano Studies Research Center
“Manufacturing Celebrity: Whitewashed Red Carpets, Latino Paparazzi, and the Political Economy of Hollywood Media Production.”
Tanachal Mark Padoongpatt, Ph.D.
IAC Visiting Scholar, Asian American Studies Center
“Flavors of Empire: Food and Race in the Making of Thai American Los Angeles.”
Courtney S. Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Bunche Center for African American Studies
“The Racial Self-Awareness Framework: Reducing Risk and Enhancing Resilience to Improve the Health of African Americans across the Life Course.”
Natale Zappia, Ph.D.
IAC Visiting Scholar, American Indian Studies Center
“Food Frontiers: Indigenous Borderlands and Continental Landscapes.”
We hope to see you at our annual event.
THE INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN CULTURES AT UCLA
American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Chicano Studies Research Center, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies
UCLA Institute of American Cultures: http://www.iac.ucla.edu