Student Work
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A Migrant Worker Mother’s Day
Image courtesy of Damayan Migrant Workers Association The real Mother’s Day present is ending forced family separation – says working Filipino mothers who labor as domestic workers in the US while their children are in the Philippines. It was the day before Mother’s Day at the People’s Forum in Manhattan. Fifty, mostly women, migrant workers…
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SLU Urban Studies student Natalie Cassar explores social problems in New York City’s housing market
In SLU’s Urban Studies undergraduate program, students deepen and explore their interests in social, economic, and political issues affecting city residents. Students in URB 340: Contemporary Urban Social Problems with Professor Sofya Aptekar helped select which social problems they would study together as a class, then chose one issue for a deep-dive final project.
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Locke’d Out
Written by: Alvin Baugh In my first semester at the School of Labor and Urban Studies I was asked to read some writings by John Locke, a philosopher whose ideas are fundamental to the founding of the United States. As I read Locke, I saw an intersection between his ideas and my own life. Whether…
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Master of Arts in Labor Studies Capstone Presentations
On Monday, MA students in Labor Studies presented their capstone projects on a wide array of subjects. Pictured above are, from left to right, Prof. Maria Figueroa, Rachel Feldman, Crystal Garcia, Mark Thornton, Natasha Yee, Robert Master, Norma Heyward & Mark Casner. Congratulations, students! PROJECTS Mark Casner: Ageism in New York? Evaluating the Effectiveness of…
