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Intersectional Anthropology as an Avenue Toward Praxis, Pedagogy, and New Anthropological Horizons

Anthropology News

Kimberlé Crenshaw stated that in its original formulation, Intersectionality worked to expose “ how single-axis thinking undermines legal thinking, disciplinary knowledge production, and struggles for social justice.” I received my Ph.D. in 2023 from the University of Florida (UF) as part of the “COVID generation” of students.

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How to find minority teachers who want to stay in the job?

The Hechinger Report

The Alumni Teach Project was launched in 2012, when two alumni finished college and followed up on their 2008 PUC graduation-day-letter job offers (PUC started including the letters with students’ diplomas in 2007). The program’s emphasis on social justice has also taught him how to craft better lessons.

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APSA Member Spotlight: Dr. Timothy Lewis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Political Science Now

Lewis (he/him/his) is an identity politics researcher, social justice activist, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in History from the historic Tuskegee University.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue. Only about half of high school graduates go on to college, which makes adult education critical, but since 2012, Kentucky’s adult undergraduate enrollment has fallen nearly 50 percent. Should you not get college credit just because we don’t teach it here?”.

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Universities try to catch up to their growing Latinx populations

The Hechinger Report

It closed its child care center in 2012, citing low demand. Raoul Contreras, a professor who leads the Latino studies program housed in the minority studies department, notes that in the last year, the school cut a Puerto Rican history class he taught.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. Mostly forgotten by history, thousands of Chinese immigrants, who came to the U.S.

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In Memoriam: Dr. Boris E. Ricks, Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, Passes Away

Political Science Now

He also served on the Teaching and Learning Conference Program Committee from 2012 through 2017, helping to organize the structure and content of the meetings. Within this framework, he concentrated on key concepts such as power, conflict, social justice, equality, relative deprivation, and representation. Photo Credit: U.S.