Join us in Copley's beautiful Journals Reading Room to celebrate the Right to Read with two distinguished guest speakers from the University of San Diego; Dr. Noelle Norton (Dean, College of Arts & Sciences) and Dr. Odilka Santiago (Assistant Professor, Sociology).

• 1:00pm Welcome & Refreshments
• 1:10pm "A Dean's Perspective on Censorship and Her Own Banned Book" with Noelle Norton, PhD 

  • Dean Norton is a distinguished political science researcher who has been published in a variety of journals. Her book, Creating Gender: The Sexual Politics of Welfare Policy was recently banned at the United States Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library. The book covers the ways in which public policy actively shapes and reinforces gender roles. In her presentation: "A Dean's Perspective on Censorship and Her Own Banned Book", Dr. Norton will discuss the current trend of censorship within academic spaces and its broader implications.

• 1:35pm "The Violence of Silence: Censorship, Power, and the Politics of Voice from the Margins" with Odilka Santiago, PhD
  • Dr. Odilka Santiago will explore her research on homelessness, housing insecurity, and housing injustice, drawing from ethnographic work with individuals experiencing homelessness in San Diego. Through their personal narratives, she reveals how lived experiences challenge dominant rhetoric and public discourse that often dehumanize and criminalize poverty.

This event is open to all USD students, faculty, administrators, and staff. Light refreshments will be served.