In this episode, the Lab is joined by Sophie Wang, PhD from ⁠FreeRads⁠, an "activist collective dedicated to creating a more socially just, equitable, and accountable science," and Taylor Cruz, PhD, a professor of sociology at CSU Fullerton. Sophie and Taylor share a bit about their co-created ⁠zine on AI automation in the Port of LA⁠, as well as generally discuss zines as tools of knowledge production/sharing outside of traditional publishing structures and as tools of political education. Thinking back on their own experiences...

In our new series, Edge Runners, we take you with us out into the field to learn from the experts. For our first episode, join Emancipatory Sciences Lab fellows Brittney Pond and Rebecca Wolfe as they speak with a wide variety of scholars at the American Sociological Association annual conference in Philadelphia, PA. We discuss topics from video games to credit scores, the KKK to hip-hop. Come and learn with us!

In this episode, the Emancipatory Sciences Lab is joined by Dr. Lauren Hunt, Assistant Professor in Physiological Nursing at UCSF and Lab Director of the Life's End Lab. Dr. Hunt discusses the aim of the Life's End Lab to improve the end-of-life experience of vulnerable older adults and their caregivers, particularly persons living with dementia, and the importance of research collaboration in moving social change forward. 

Judy Young is the Executive Director at the UCSF National Center of Excellence (CoE) in Women’s Health and Ramona Laughing Brook Webb is a Poet-in-Residence at the CoE. In this episode, Young and Webb discuss their work at the CoE and their journeys to the academy. They describe their work with the Black Women’s Health & Livelihood Initiative at the CoE and also reflect on strategies for engaging and working with community. Ramona Laughing Brook Webb shares the impact of arts integration in health as well as shares a poem and...