University of Detroit Mercy

4001 W. McNichols Road, Detroit, MI 48221-3038

Room 209, Commerce & Finance Building, McNichols Campus

 

I would like to remind you once again about our special one-day mini-conference, to be held at University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) on April 19 2016, from 1-5:30, at the Commerce and Finance Building, Room 209, at the McNichols campus, entitled "Race and Policing in Detroit."

 

The conference will be keynoted by Deputy Mayor Isaiah "Ike" McKinnon and will include faculty from various departments at UDMlike psychology, philosophy and history. Please join us! 

 

Refreshments will be served.

 

Below is the tentative schedule,

 

Keynote Address:

1-1:45 p.m. Isaiah "Ike" McKinnon, Deputy Mayor of the City of Detroit and Professor of Education, UDM

 

Panel 1: Perspectives on Policing

2:00-2:15 Charles Wilson, Criminal Justice, The Perspective of Policing

2:15-2:30 p.m. Harold Greene, Psychology, Policing and Visual Attention

 

Panel 2: Race, Justice and Restoration

2:40-2:55 p.m. Dave Koukal, Philosophy, On White Privilege and Police Brutality

2:55-3:10 p.m. Gail Presbey, Philosophy, Alternative Approaches to Policing

 

Break

3:15-4:00 p.m.

 

Roundtable, 4:15-5:15 p.m.

Roy Finkenbine, History

Greg Sumner, History

Joel Stone, Detroit Historical Museum

 

 RSVP: Unnecessary

 

All the best,

Alex Zamalin,

Director of African American Studies, University of Detroit Mercy

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 http://www.udmercy.edu/events/2016/04/19/race-and-policing-in-detroit-conference.php