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Nov 16, 2015

How the Shepherd Program Shaped my Career Path

By Rebecca Dunn, Washington and Lee University (2016) Ms. Dunn is a Sociology major and a Poverty and Human Capability Studies minor. She...

Oct 27, 2015

Discovering Connections between Poverty and Race and Criminal Justice

By Leah Travis Ms. Travis is a junior sociology major anticipating opportunities in undergraduate and graduate school to expand on what...

Oct 7, 2015

Learning to Listen to Community Needs

By Katja Kleine Ms. Kleine is a Teach for America high school math teacher and is working towards a Master’s Degree in Education at Johns...

Oct 5, 2015

Poverty Studies and Business: A Seamless Integration

By Kate Donnelly Ms. Donnelly works for Raffa, P.C., a public accounting firm specializing in nonprofits. She is a 2011 graduate of...

Sep 30, 2015

Possessing a High Sense of Public Service

By Cabell Willis Cabell Willis is a 2014 graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in...

Sep 25, 2015

Fresh Tomatoes, Street Musicians, and Quantum Mechanics Come Together for an Anthropology Major

By Matt Germaine Matt interned at the Atlanta Community Food Bank the summer before his senior year at The College of Wooster. He is a...

Sep 23, 2015

From “Vague Notion” to Purposeful Plan for Healthcare

By Rachel Tullio Ms. Tullio is serving at ARTEZ (Allegheny River Towns Enterprise Zone) working on several community development...

Sep 22, 2015

Still Learning From Poverty 101 Sixteen Years Later

Claiborne Taylor works with Teach For America alumni in Philadelphia. He taught 4th grade in Houston, Texas through Teach For America;...

Sep 15, 2015

Poverty Studies Leads to Policy Research Aspirations

By Morgan Hobbs Ms. Hobbs works at Mathematica Policy Research in Washington, D.C. as a Research Assistant. She is a 2015 graduate of...

Sep 14, 2015

“It sounds like a whisper.”

By Paige Coomer Ms. Commer attends Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where she serves on the executive board for the Public...

Sep 2, 2015

My Journey Pursuing Solutions to Child Health

Kelly with a group of children in DC after completing the Alliance for a Healthier Generation’s curriculum on nutrition and physical...

Sep 1, 2015

Poverty Studies Deepened Passion for Holistic Healthcare to Underserved

By Allison Behrndt Ms. Allison Behrndt is currently a MS Candidate (2015) in Medical Physiology at Case Western Reserve University. She...

Aug 31, 2015

“Insight into the Convoluted Systems” Leads to a Career in Improving Service Delivery

By Vanessa J. Ndege Ms. Ndege is currently a Housing Services Specialist in the Housing Stabilization Department- Emergency Services...

Aug 26, 2015

Poverty Studies Unveils Concern for the Health of Marginalized Peoples

By Katherine H. LeMasters Ms. LeMasters is researching the pregnancy experiences of Roma women in Romania through the Edwin A. Morris ’26...

Aug 25, 2015

How Poverty Studies Informed My Legal Education

By Jake Elijah Struebing, JD Candidate, Yale University School of Law. Mr. Struebing graduated from Washington and Lee University (2014)...

Aug 24, 2015

“Opening My Eyes” to Suffering Inspires Professional Response

By Kelsey Hoffman, Lynchburg College (2015); MSW Candidate (2017), Virginia Commonwealth University I woke up to the ringing of my too...

Aug 19, 2015

Using Privileged Positions to Eradicate Barriers

By Molly Snell-Larch, AmeriCorps Member Service Fellow, LIFT (DC). Ms Snell-Larch is a 2015 Graduate of the College of Wooster and a...

Jul 21, 2015

Poverty Studies has led to Conscious Living and a First Job

By Eleanor Paige Bacon As an intern at HomeAgain in Richmond, Virginia, a non-profit organization that provides transitional and...

Jul 15, 2015

From Poverty 101 to Professor of Sociology

By Jill Waity, Ph.D. When I first began college at Washington and Lee University, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. I had always done...

Jun 22, 2015

Discovering the Intersection of Social Justice and HIV Holistic Healthcare

In the spring of 2014, I applied for the Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty Internship Program, not knowing how valuable it...

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