By Gail Hairston
(Jan. 15, 2016) — A team of faculty from across campus have developed an initial proposal to create a University of Kentucky Center for Equality and Social Justice.
Inspired and led by psychology Associate Professor Chrisitia Spears Brown with Robert E. Harding Jr. Professor of Law Melynda J. Price, the goal of the center is to create a space on campus to explore issues of equality and social justice from multiple perspectives, disciplines and research traditions.
The genesis of the center comes at a time when institutions across the country are debating issues of equality, diversity and inclusion.
At UK, those conversations are taking place across the campus among faculty,