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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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Learn more about: How has Federalism Shaped (and Constrained) Native American Political Rights?

Political Science Now

Her research has also been published by Brookings Institution Press, and in Political Research Quarterly , State Politics and Policy Quarterly , Public Opinion Quarterly , Social Science Quarterly , American Politics Research , the Journal of Policy History , and the Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship.

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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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Call for Applications: 2025 APSA Institute for Civically Engaged Research (ICER) | Deadline: April 20, 2025

Political Science Now

ICER Fellows will network with other like-minded political scientists, and together, learn best practices for conducting academically robust, mutually beneficial scholarship in collaboration with communities, organizations, and agencies outside of academia.

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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.