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Sherry Fukuzawa

Teaching Anthropology

Editor Sherry is the Associate Chair and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in pedagogical research in biological anthropology, and community-engaged learning with the local Indigenous community.

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Sherry Fukuzawa

Teaching Anthropology

Editor Sherry is the Associate Chair and Assistant Professor Teaching Stream in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga, specializing in pedagogical research in biological anthropology, and community-engaged learning with the local Indigenous community.

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Inviting Community College Students to See Themselves as University Researchers

ED Surge

She hopes to eventually earn a master’s degree and work at a nonprofit in her community. The experience “helped me want to continue with community engagement,” she says. “It It was refreshing to see all the perspectives in my community — in my county — that I never knew.”

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

“Teaching about civic engagement only once in a while is like teaching someone how to swim without ever putting them in the water.” Heather Van Benthuysen, director, Chicago Public Schools Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement.

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Recognizing the Merit of our Peers: 2025 APSA Award Nominations Open | Deadline: February 12, 2025

Political Science Now

.* Career Awards Proposal and Dissertation Awards Paper, Poster, and Article  Book Awards  Teaching and Learning Awards APSA Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement for significant civic or community engagement activity by a political scientist APSA Distinguished Teaching Award for contributions to undergraduate and graduate teaching (..)

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APSA Career Award Nominations Open: Nominate a Political Scientist | Deadline: February 12, 2025

Political Science Now

APSA Community College Faculty Award for exemplary contributions to advance the multi-faceted goals of community college faculty. Charles Merriam Award for an individual whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science research.

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College student voting is way up

The Hechinger Report

Seventy-five percent of students at private, nonprofit colleges voted in 2020, for instance, compared to 57 percent at community colleges. Students majoring in education, social sciences, history and agricultural and natural resources turned out at the highest rates; those in engineering and technical fields, at the lowest.