Staff & Employee

Marlén Rosas: "Unity is like an ear of corn:" The Intergenerational Legacies of Indigenous Political Narratives in Ecuador - presented by CTSJ's the Matrix

Join CTSJ's the Matrix for a conversation with Prof. Marlén Rosas.

Talia Lavin - "Into the Abyss: Studying the White Nationalist Movement Online" presented by CTSJ's The Matrix Podcast

Join CTSJ's the Matrix for a conversation with author and journalist Talia Lavin.

Talia Lavin is the author of Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, an in-depth exploration of far-right extremism on and offline. She is a freelance journalist who writes about the far-right and other topics for the Washington Post, the New Republic, GQ, MSNBC Daily and other publications.

MLK Day(s) of Service 2021

Join the 2021 Initiative with Oxy and Hunger Free America

Due to the current health and economic crisis, more than 54 million people in America are struggling with hunger. But seasonal and charitable work can’t end hunger alone. Higher impact work, like volunteering professional skills at an anti-hunger organization or advocating for a stronger safety net or higher wages can make a bigger difference in the fight to end hunger.

CTSJ's The Matrix - Dr. Lisette Garcia - Poderosa: Conversations with Extraordinary Ordinary Women

Lisette Garcia holds a PhD in experimental psychology from Tufts University with an expertise in the impact of culture and identity on individual decision-making. She has taught at Harvard and Columbia University and she later became a Post-Doc and Professor at John Jay College Of Criminal Justice. She is founder of the World Migration Fund that is dedicated to restoring dignity to the immigrant and migrant experience through education, advocacy and legal support services.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan War & the Crisis in Artsakh - CTSJ's the Matrix hosts an Expert Panel

with Panelists

Dr. Shushan Karapetian, Deputy Director of the USC Dornsife Institute of Armenian Studies. Dr. Karapetian has recently returned from Armenia. She will share her expertise and her on-the-ground knowledge about the situation. She is the host of this podcast about Karabakh / Artsakh – the significance of names.

CTSJ's The Matrix - Director & Screenwriter Christine Swanson - Black Women in Hollywood Series

A Detroit native, visionary storyteller and multiple award-winning filmmaker, Christine Swanson earned her MFA in Film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, one of the nation’s top-ranked graduate film programs. CNN identified Christine as one of the most promising filmmakers to emerge from NYU’s graduate film program since Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Oliver Stone, and Spike Lee (Christine’s NYU directing teacher). Christine also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, double majoring in Communications and Japanese.