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Activism and the Academy: Campus Activism

Activism and the Academy: Campus Activism

Update: 2011-09-24
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Colleges and universities are experiencing the effects
of the economic downturn and our political climate in numerous ways.
This panel of students and faculty discuss how activists on their
campuses are working to combat budget cuts and the undermining of the
public sector, provide alternatives to neoliberal restructuring in
higher education, and fight against racism and gender inequities.
Panelists include Abigail Boggs (University of California, Davis),
Debanuj Dasgupta (Ohio State University), Stephanie Luce (Murphy
Institute, CUNY), Sandra K. Soto (University of Arizona), and Jesse
Kadjo (Loyola University). This discussion, moderated by Catherine Sameh
(BCRW), took place on the second took place on the second day of
Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship
and Action, a two-day conference held September 23-24, 2011 in honor of
the 40th anniversary of the Barnard Center for Research on
Women.
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Activism and the Academy: Campus Activism

Activism and the Academy: Campus Activism

Barnard Center for Research on Women