Proposal Defense: Anytown, USA: violence of the post-industrial midwest as performed by Omaha, NE

Please join Ph.D Candidate James Filipi while he defends his dissertation proposal on Friday September 28, 2012 - 10:00AM - Arlington Truland Building Room 700A.

His project is looking at the conflicts of the
post-industrial Midwestern urban space in order to understand the structural and direct violence of Urban America. The case in study is Omaha, Nebraska. The ultimate aim of this project will be to better understand the mechanisms of urban conflict in America’s post-industrial age.

Committee Members: Solon Simmons (Chair), Sara Cobb, John Dale (GMU Sociology), Rory Conces (UNO Philosophy)