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Immigration, Politics, Race and Ethnicity, Social Science, Uncategorized

Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti

March 22, 2016July 10, 2020by NPR Source of the Week

Dr. Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti is a professor and chair of the Department of Political Science at Pace University in New York, NY. She is an expert on how public policy is impacted by gender, race, ethnicity- specifically on how Latino youth are impacted by technology, the military system and immigration policy. Monforti is the former president of the APSA Latino Caucus- an association pushing for the promotion and protection of professional development of Latina/os in political science. She has contributed to several news articles and broadcasts including NPR’s All Things Considered.

Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Pace University

Areas of Expertise: Public Policy Impacts by Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Impacts of Technology, Military System and Immigration Policy on Latino Youth

Location: New York, NY

Contact Information:

Email: jlavariegamonforti@pace.edu

Phone: 917-724-6769 (cell)

Twitter:@dralavariega

Heard on NPR’s All Things Considered: In Texas Borderland, Security Is No Simple Goal

Culture, Law, Race and Ethnicity

Kimberlé Crenshaw

January 20, 2016July 10, 2020by NPR Source of the Week

Kimberlé Crenshaw is a professor at Columbia Law School and UCLA Law School. Her work focuses on racial and social justice and gender equality. Intersectionality and Critical Race Theory are academic disciplines that have emerged from her work. Crenshaw is also the Executive Director and Co Founder of the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies at Columbia Law School. She has been instrumental in international organizational events such as the United Nations’ World Conference on Racism and the conference for Expert Group on Gender and Race Discrimination. She has also been an influential voice in racial justice campaigns such as “Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women” and “Black Girls Matter”. Crenshaw’s articles can be found in Ms.Magazine, Harvard Law Review, National Black Law Journal, Southern California Law Review and has appeared on MSNBC, NPR and “The Tavis Smiley Show”.
The American Bar Foundation named Crenshaw the 2016 Fellows Outstanding Scholar.

Professor of Law at Columbia and UCLA

Areas of Expertise: gender equality, race, social and racial justice, affirmative action, violence against women. structural racial inequality

Location: New York and Los Angeles

Contact Info
Email: crenshaw@law.columbia.edu
Twitter: @sandylocks

Heard on NPR’s Morning Edition: The Promise of Diversity Is Yet To Be Fulfilled

Culture, Law, Social Science, This Week's #NPRSource

This Week’s #NPRSource: Kimberlé Crenshaw

January 20, 2016July 10, 2020by NPR Source of the Week

Kimberlé Crenshaw is a professor at Columbia Law School and UCLA Law School. Her work focuses on gender equality, race, social and racial justice, affirmative action, violence against women as well as structural racial inequality. She has also been an influential voice in racial justice campaigns such as “Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women” and “Black Girls Matter.”

Crenshaw co-founded the African American Policy Forum to house a variety of projects designed to deliver research-based strategies to better advance social inclusion. She has also served as a member of the National Science Foundation’s committee to research violence against women and has consulted with leading foundations, social justice organizations and corporations to advance their race and gender equity initiatives. The American Bar Foundation named Crenshaw the 2016 Fellows Outstanding Scholar.

You can contact Crenshaw directly at crenshaw@law.columbia.edu, or tweet her at @sandylocks.

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Profiled by #NPRSource: Dr. Valerie Lundy-Wagner

February 12, 2015July 10, 2020by NPR Source of the Week

Dr. Valerie Lundy-Wagner of the Columbia University Teachers’s College Community College Research Center

Current research focus: The role of minority-serving institutions in closing post-secondary attainment gaps by ethnicity/race

Uncategorized

February 4, 2014July 10, 2020by NPR Source of the Week

Patricia Williams: Law and Civil Rights

“The civil rights movement was…about a form of pressure that was civic; it wasn’t personal. And I do frequently hear the word ‘grievance’ used as though it only means whining or complaining.”

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Uncategorized

Dorian Warren: Race & Ethnicity, Labor & Social Movements, and Politics

September 2, 2013July 10, 2020by NPR Source of the Week

Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs at Columbia University

Areas of Expertise: Labor Organizing, Politics, Policy, Race & Ethnic Politics, African-American Politics, Urban Politics and Policy, American Political Development, Community Organizing, Social Movements, Social Science Methodology
Location: New York, NY

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