Symposium Honoring Professor Allison Davis

This event will highlight the groundbreaking work of W. Allison Davis, the first Black tenured faculty member at a predominantly white university. The University of Chicago’s Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity and the Division of the Social Sciences will host this symposium.

Thursday, April 25, 2024
David Rubenstein Forum (1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637)
Beginning at 5:00 PM

Welcome Remarks:

Paul Alivisatos, President, University of Chicago and the John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the College.

Amanda Woodward, William S. Gray Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology and Dean, Division of the Social Sciences

Cathy J. Cohen, David and Mary Winton Green Distinguished Service Professor and Inaugural Chair, Department of Race, Diaspora, and Indigeneity

Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., Professor, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice and Vice Provost, Diversity and Inclusion

Opening Remarks: Centering Allison Davis

Walter E. Massey, former Director of Argonne National Laboratory, former UChicago Vice President for Research, professor and board trustee emeritus, President emeritus of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Morehouse College

 

Keynote and Commentary:

Resurrecting Allison Davis: A Scholar of Race in the time of American Apartheid

Brent Staples, AM’76, PhD’82, Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer for The New York Times

Danielle Allen, the James Bryant Conant University Professor and Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University

Reception to follow