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Prof. Sofya Aptekar’s Recent Publications
Prof. Sofya Aptekar recently joined SLU after spending six years teaching in sociology and critical ethnic and community studies at UMass Boston. And she’s had a busy summer publishing articles and presenting papers. Here’s some of what she’s been up to: An op-ed with Shannon Gleeson in In These Times entitled “All Undocumented Immigrants Deserve Citizenship—Not…
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Prof. Freeman on Teaching During the Pandemic
Beloved Prof. Josh Freeman ended his teaching career with a labor history course for masters-level students at SLU during a semester unlike any he’d experienced before. Prof. Freeman reflected on his experience teaching — and saying goodbye to teaching — during a global pandemic in a recent post on Tropics of Meta. My last term…
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Director, Student Support Services, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Student Support Services (SSS) is a federally-funded TRIO grant program and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The mission of the SSS Program is to provide comprehensive academic support services that increase the retention and graduation rates of eligible undergraduate participants by fostering academic success in a supportive educational and holistic advising environment at the University at…
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Policy and Civic Engagement Coordinator, Community Voices Heard (CVH), New York City
Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a member-led multi-racial organization, principally women of color and low-income families in New York State that builds power to secure racial, social, and economic justice for all. Founded in 1994 by welfare recipients in New York City working to fight unjust welfare policies, we have since expanded our organization to…
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