{"id":63593,"date":"2010-10-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/prominent-anthropologist-to-address-role-of-media-images-of-latinos-in-immigration-reform-debates-oct-26\/"},"modified":"2010-10-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T00:00:00","slug":"prominent-anthropologist-to-address-role-of-media-images-of-latinos-in-immigration-reform-debates-oct-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/10\/prominent-anthropologist-to-address-role-of-media-images-of-latinos-in-immigration-reform-debates-oct-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent anthropologist to address role of media images of Latinos in immigration reform debates, Oct. 26"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 18, 2010 \u2013 Leo Chavez, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine and director of the Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society, will speak at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. His lecture, \u201cWhy Immigration Reform is so Difficult: Latinos as Threat in the Media,\u201d will be delivered in Edwards Auditorium, 64 Upper College Road, Kingston. The talk, free and open to the public, is part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s ongoing Honors Colloquium on race. Those unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online 溏心vlog免费B站 Live!<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n


\n\tThe cultural anthropologist\u2019s research has focused on the migration of Latin American immigrants and how the media frames American understandings of Latino immigration. His most recent book, The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation, examines the role the media plays in shaping Latinos as a threat to the nation and how such media representations undermine Latinos\u2019 inclusion in American cultural citizenship. <\/p>\n


\n\tChosen to speak at the colloquium for his sophisticated analysis of the media\u2019s influence on public opinion, Chavez will specifically address how media representation of Latinos shape many Americans\u2019 stance on the issue of undocumented workers. (Americans who may not have much knowledge or experience of Latinos or the complex history of Latin immigration)<\/p>\n


\n\tFor a complete, up-to-date schedule of the colloquium, visit www.uri.edu\/hc. For further information, contact Deborah Gardiner at 401.874.2303 or deg@uri.edu. For information about ways to support the Honors Colloquium, contact Tom Zorabedian at 401.874.2853 or sman@foundation.uri.edu.

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\nHonors program, Office of the Provost, College of Arts and Sciences, Richard and Jean Harrington and the Harrington School of Communication and Media, Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, College of Engineering, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, College of Human Science and Services, Office of the President.<\/p>\n


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\nThe Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment, the Thomas Silva and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment. <\/p>\n


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\nDivision of University Advancement, College of Business Administration, College of Pharmacy, Department of Communication Studies, Center for Students Leadership Development, Office of the Dean of Students, Women\u2019s Studies Program, Athletics, Multicultural Center, Office of the Vice President of Administration and Finance, Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs, University College \u2013 Phi Eta Sigma, Department of Kinesiology. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 October 18, 2010 \u2013 Leo Chavez, professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine and director of the Center for Research on Latinos in a Global Society, will speak at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. His lecture, \u201cWhy Immigration Reform is so Difficult: Latinos as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}