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Tamara Alsace
Tamara Alsace, PhD, is a career-long educator and scholar. Alsace is retired from Buffalo Public Schools, where she held various positions over 32+ years, including […]
Read AnalysisRukhsana Ahmed
Rukhsana Ahmed is an associate professor of communications and research associate at the Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities at the State University […]
Read AnalysisJoana Winningham
Joana Winningham has a passion for helping those with language barriers gain access to equitable and upward mobility in the workforce. Being multilingual and the […]
Read AnalysisMarsha Webster
Marsha Webster, EdD is an experienced multilingual educator and program director with over 20 years of experience in foreign language education, curriculum development, and youth […]
Read AnalysisHazel Velasco Palacios
Hazel Velasco Palacios is a PhD candidate in rural sociology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State University. Her research examines how structural […]
Read AnalysisJacob Richard Thomas
Jacob Thomas (PhD, UCLA, MA University of Chicago, BA, UC Berkeley) is an assistant professor in the Sociology Department of Corvinus University of Budapest and […]
Read AnalysisRobert Smith
Professor Robert Courtney Smith (Marxe School, Baruch College; Sociology Department, Program in Social Welfare, Graduate Center, CUNY) wrote Mexican New York: Transnational Worlds of New […]
Read AnalysisMargaret Shrager
Margaret Shrager (she/her) is the director of adult education at Prince George’s Community College. She has over a decade of experience in adult education and […]
Read AnalysisEsmeralda Sánchez Salazar
Esmeralda Sánchez Salazar is a postdoctoral fellow in sociology and criminology and an affiliate of the Population Research Institute at Penn State. In fall 2025, […]
Read AnalysisSasha Richardson
Sasha Richardson serves as the assistant program coordinator for CUNY’s Innovative Career Opportunity and Research Program (ICORP) at Medgar Evers College. In her role, she […]
Read AnalysisDavid Monda
David Monda is completing a PhD inpolitical science at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center. His doctoral training is situated at the intersection […]
Read AnalysisChristian Matheis
Christian Matheis serves as director of monitoring, evaluation, and training development for Every Campus A Refuge, and he is faculty in Community and Justice Studies […]
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