Maxwell School News and Commentary
Filtered by: Social Justice
Heflin Explores Patterns of Earnings and Employment Based on Worker Characteristics in New Study
"Patterns of Earnings and Employment by Worker Sex, Race, and Ethnicity Using State Administrative Data: Results from a Sample of Workers Connected to Public Assistance Programs," co-authored by Professor Colleen Heflin, was published in Race and Social Problems.
See related: Civil Rights, Gender and Sex, Income, Labor, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice
Research Paper Co-Authored by Purser, Hennigan Receives Working Class Studies Association Award
“Both Sides of the Paycheck: Recommending Thrift to the Poor in Job Readiness Programs," co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Gretchen Purser and Brian Hennigan '13 M.A. (Geog)/'21 Ph.D. (Geog), was awarded the John Russo & Sherry Linkon Award for Published Article or Essay for Academic or General Audiences by the Working-Class Studies Association.
See related: Awards & Honors, Civil Rights, Income, Labor, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice
Drake Talks About Academic Apartheid on FreshEd Podcast
See related: Civil Rights, Education, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, United States
U.S. State Policy Contexts and Physical Health among Midlife Adults
See related: Health Policy, Longevity, Social Justice, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Elizabeth Cohen Talks About Time and Other Political Values on Mindscape Podcast
Professor Elizabeth Cohen was interviewed on the Mindscape podcast about the role of time in politics and citizenship.
See related: Social Justice, United States
Heflin Discusses Teen Food Insecurity, Education on This Week in Sociological Perspective Podcast
Professor Colleen Heflin was interviewed on the This Week in Sociological Perspective podcast about her upcoming paper, "Exposure to Food Insecurity during Adolescence and Educational Attainment."
See related: Children, Adolescents, Food Security, Social Justice, U.S. Education, United States
Drake Addresses Long-Standing Problems of Educational Inequality in New Book
In his new book, "Academic Apartheid: Race and the Criminalization of Failure in an American Suburb" (University of California Press, 2022), Sean J. Drake looks at how race and class intersect, contributing to educational inequality and modern school segregation.
See related: Civil Rights, Gender and Sex, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice
In Memoriam: Charles Willie G’57, H’92, A Champion for Social Justice
See related: Civil Rights, In Memoriam, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice
Jackson Discusses Police Use of Tasers in Asbury Park Press
See related: Civil Rights, Crime & Violence, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, United States
Students Help Build Food System Rooted in Social Justice, Equity
See related: Civil Rights, Food Security, Nutrition, Promotions & Appointments, Social Justice