Center for Critical Race Studies
Director of the Center for Critical Race Studies
Dr. Vida Robertson
CCRS Assistant Director
Dr. Jonathan Chism
Center for Critical Race Studies
The Center for Critical Race Studies (CCRS) is an academic center open to all for scholarly inquiry and teaching development that cultivates scholarship, facilitates public discourse, and fosters community engagement opportunities with a particular focus on the history and social impact of race in society. CCRS prepares students to become vital participants in Houston’s social and economic future and the global community at large.
Mission
By providing opportunities for knowledge creation and dissemination, the Center for Critical Race Studies transforms lives and empowers communities. The Center produces scholar-citizens who are equipped to understand and engage the complex challenges of the twenty-first century.
Vida Robertson, Director of CCRS
Dr. Robertson brings to this position research and teaching expertise in African American
literature and racial representations. His work is deeply rooted in the field of critical
race studies, and will thus offer a strong foundation on which to build the Center.