Lender Center for Social Justice Symposium
Supported by MetLife Foundation

March 30-31, 2023
130 Dineen Hall
Syracuse University College of Law

Thursday, March 30

8:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks

Jamie Winders
Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, Office of Academic Affairs
Professor of Geography and the Environment, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Keynote Remarks

“Dispossession and Restoration”
Kristen Barnes
Professor of Law, College of Law

9:15 a.m.
Session 1: Integrating a Humanities Perspective in Understanding and Addressing the Racial Wealth Gap

Presenters

“How Do the Arts and Humanities Come to Matter for Syracuse’s Racial Wealth Gap?”
Brice Nordquist
Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement and Associate Professor of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, College of Arts and Sciences

“Why Can’t We Laugh About the Racial Wealth Gap?”
Charisse L’Pree Corsbie-Massay
Associate Professor of Communications, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Luvell Anderson
Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences

“Who Gets to Play (for Pay)? Analyzing (Access to) Pickleball through a Socioeconomic Lens”
Alicia Hatcher
Assistant Professor of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, College of Arts and Sciences

“Wealth Disparities in Transatlantic Musical Encounters: Gender, Colorism and Afrobeats in the USA”
Ruth Opara
Assistant Professor of Art and Music Histories, College of Arts and Sciences

Moderator

Kishi Animashaun Ducre
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of African American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

10:45 a.m.
Session 2: Structural and Systemic Impact of Educational and Criminal Justice Systems on the Racial Wealth Gap

Presenters

“Educational Injustice, Criminality and the Racial Wealth Gap”
Danielle Smith
Director, Renée Crown University Honors Program
Professor of African American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

“Racial Disparities in School Poverty and Spending: Examining Allocations Within and Across Districts”
Robert Bifulco
Professor of Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Sarah Souders
Doctoral Student in Public Administration and International Affairs, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

“Mend Syracuse: Writing and Publishing Beyond Prison”
Patrick W. Berry
Co-lead, Social Differences, Social Justice Research Cluster
Associate Professor of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, College of Arts and Sciences

“Criminal Legal Debt: An Overlooked Factor in Racial Wealth Disparity”
Marsha Weissman
Founder and Former Executive Director, Center for Community Alternatives
Adjunct Instructor of Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Emily NaPier Singletary
Co-director, Unchained
Spouse of an incarcerated person

Moderator

Gretchen Purser
Interim Director, Lender Center for Social Justice
Associate Professor of Sociology, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

12 p.m.

Lunch

Welcoming Remarks

Marvin Lender ’63, H’19
Chairman, Baldwin Street Management LLC

Charlie Pettigrew
Director, Corporate Giving and Employee Engagement, MetLife Foundation

1:30 p.m.
Session 3: Racial Wealth Disparities in the Military and Among Veterans

Presenters

“Military Veterans – Stories of Belonging; Dispelling Myths and Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide”
Corrinne Zoli
Director of Research and Associate Teaching Professor, Institute for Security Policy and Law
Linda Euto
Associate Director for Research and Evaluation, D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families

“Food Insecurity in the Military: An Exploration of the Intersectional Consequences of Military Lifestyle and Systemic Marginalization in the U.S.”
Paper by
Jeanette Yih Harvie
Research Associate, D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Presented by
Rosalinda Vasquez Maury
Director of Applied Research and Analytics, D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families

“Racial Patterns in Business Characteristics and Access to Capital for Veteran Entrepreneurs”
Adam Pritchard
Research Associate, D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Rosalinda Vasquez Maury
Director of Applied Research and Analytics, D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families
Mirza Tihic
Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Professional Studies

Moderator

Hamid Ekbia
University Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Director, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

3 p.m.
Session 4: Exploration of Factors Within Organizations That Impact the Racial Wealth Gap in the U.S.

Presenters

“Do Underserved and Underrepresented Communities Pay a Higher Rate Premium in Employer-Sponsored Healthcare Coverage?”
Willie Reddic G’13
Associate Professor of Accounting, Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Susan Albring
Professor of Accounting, Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Patricia Crawford
Doctoral Student in Finance, University of Rhode Island

“Racial Discrimination in Intercorporate Trade: Evidence from Controlled Experiments”
Karca Aral
Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Martin J. Whitman School of Management

“Linking Childhood Socioeconomic Status with Financial and Educational Choices”
Guiyang Xiong
Associate Professor of Marketing, Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Alison Jing Xu
Associate Professor of Marketing and Mary and Jim Lawrence Fellow, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Xiaobo Lin
Doctoral Student in Marketing, Martin J. Whitman School of Management

“Does a Faultline Bias Exist? When and How Investor Perceptions of Startup Team Divisions Influence Funding Decisions”
Jamie Lyn Perry
Assistant Professor of Marketing, Martin J. Whitman School of Management

Moderator

Kira Reed
Senior Research Associate, Lender Center for Social Justice
Co-lead, Social Differences, Social Justice Research Cluster
Associate Professor of Management, Martin J. Whitman School of Management

4 p.m.
Closing Remarks

“Making Culture Work: Dismantling Fear-based Systems with the Power of Love”
Jasmine Bellamy ’92
Vice President of Merchandising, Planning and Allocation and Leader of Reebok Culture, Reebok

Friday, March 31

9 a.m.
Opening Keynote Remarks

dt ogilvie
Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Former Distinguished Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship and Former Dean, Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology

9:15 a.m.
Session 5: Converting Research to Policy Change and Action

Presenters

“Making Common Ground for Living: Strategies for Meaningful Intervention into Systemic and Structural Inequalities”
James Haywood Rolling Jr. ’91
Professor of Teaching and Leadership, School of Education
Professor of Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts

“New Americans’ Pavilion: Addressing the Food Sovereignty Gap for Refugees in Syracuse, New York”
David Shanks
Assistant Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture

“Accessible Materials and Participatory Design for Underserved Communities”
Iman Fayyad
Assistant Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture
Yutaka Sho
Associate Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture
Nina Sharifi
Assistant Professor of Architecture, School of Architecture

“Community-based Interorganizational Collaborations Addressing Factors Impacting Poverty”
Kira Reed
Senior Research Associate, Lender Center for Social Justice
Co-lead, Social Differences, Social Justice Research Cluster
Associate Professor of Management, Martin J. Whitman School of Management
Gisele Marcus ’94
Professor of Practice in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis
Syracuse University Trustee

“Data Resurgence: 2SQTBIPOC Strategies for Abolishing Algorithmic Apartheid”
Srividya Ramasubramanian
Newhouse Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Jasmina Tacheva
Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies

Moderator

dt ogilvie
Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Former Distinguished Professor of Urban Entrepreneurship and Former Dean, Saunders College of Business, Rochester Institute of Technology

11 a.m.
Closing Remarks

Marcelle Haddix
Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives, Office of Academic Affairs

11:15 a.m.
Lunch