Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Scholarship
Volume 1 (2019) Bright Future or Cautionary Tale? How the Bay Area Shapes the Future of the U.S.
Eighteen university scholars representing different academic fields provide their expertise in critical issues to underscore how the Bay Area’s stories of success and troubling challenges may forecast what our country could and would become. Although many of us share Manuel Pastor’s optimism in his book State of Resistance, we also focus on the experiences of marginalized communities which allows us to envision a version of success that is inclusive.Voices of Hope and Trepidation: USF scholars tackle critical issues concerning the future of the San Francisco Bay Area
Saera R. Khan and Christine J. Yeh
Money Bail Criminalizes Poverty
Lara Bazelon
Going to Jail to Receive Mental Healthcare?
Lisa De La Rue
Queering California’s K-12 History Curriculum
David Donahue
Bay Area Resistance to Trump’s Anti-Immigrant War
Bill Ong Hing
California is the Home of the Multiracial Movement
Saera R. Khan
Why Aren’t There More Female University Leaders?
Shirley McGuire
Data Science: Past, Present, and Future
Vijay Mehrotra
Climate of Transformation: Pursuing Carbon Neutrality and Economic Equity in San Francisco
Stephanie A. Siehr
Breathing Dangerously
Christine J. Yeh
A New Model of Art Commerce
John Zarobell
Realizing the Promise and Potential of Free City
Desiree D. Zerquera
Balancing Sustainability and Scale in California Agriculture
Naupaka B. Zimmerman