Newswise — Topics related to Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: civil disobedience, segregation, racial injusticeKesho Scott, associate professor of American studies, Grinnell College; associate professor of sociology, Grinnell College; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Elena Bernal, special assistant to the President for diversity and achievement, Grinnell College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
U.S. foreign policy and "despotic" regimes: North Korea, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Cuba; also Geneva conventionWayne Moyer, professor of political science; Ph.D., Yale University
Immigration: immigrant's rights, individual liberty vs. national securityVictoria Brown, L.F. Parker Professor of History, Grinnell College; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Victoria is an American historian who teaches U.S. immigration history, modern immigration policy, and recently mentored a group of Grinnell students who studied this topic in Washington D.C.
Poverty: socioeconomic disparities, the Darfur, refugeesJeremy Youde, assistant professor of political science, Grinnell College; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Jeremy's research focuses on infectious disease, state failure, and conflicts/conflict resolution on the African continent.
Gender, racial, or sexual inequalities: hiring discrimination, affirmative action, profiling, stereotypingDionne Bensonsmith, assistant professor of political science, Grinnell College; M.A., Syracuse University
Dionne is currently working with a Ford Foundation grant about women and politics.
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