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

Political Science Now

Meet Dr. Timothy Lewis APSA Member since 2014-Present Associate Professor Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Dr. Timothy E. Lewis (he/him/his) is an identity politics researcher, social justice activist, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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An After-School Education Program Aims to Diversify the Tech Industry

ED Surge

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. Code Next is a perfect example of how better spaces can create social justice,” Kurani said.

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E-Counseling 2.0: Can a new wave of virtual guidance help?

The Hechinger Report

College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education. The last couple years have brought a renaissance in virtual guidance counseling—both new services and existing ones upping their game with mobile, social media and data analytics.

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Put more gender studies in schools’ sex ed courses

The Hechinger Report

It was the most ever recorded, according to the advocacy group. Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice. While still higher than those of other women, the number of HIV diagnoses among African-American women fell 42 percent from 2005 to 2014, according to the CDC.

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Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice

The Hechinger Report

That’s because few funders are serious about social justice. What makes an organization serious about social justice? Charitable contributions by individuals, foundations, bequests and corporations was $358 billion in 2014, according to the National Center for Charitable Contributions.