The call of the life that wasn’t

“Russ Ellis has led the kind of life they write books about. The first full-time Black professor at California’s Claremont Colleges. Acclaimed sociologist. Celebrated sculptor and painter. Even a recording artist. But as he reveals in this episode, even the fullest life can be haunted by a single event half a century earlier.” Listen to the full story on Meditative Story with Rohan Gunatillake.

“It’s Never Too Late to Record Your First Album. For a celebrated architecture professor at the University of California, Berkeley, an album of 11 original songs, in a variety of genres, was eight decades in the making…” (FULL ARTICLE)

“Russ spent 20 years teaching sociology in Berkeley’s School of Architecture before he was tapped to navigate the sociology of the university itself as Cal’s vice chancellor for undergraduate affairs…” (READ MORE)