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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 27, 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 7, 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...
Oct 5, 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 30, 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 25, 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 23, 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 22, 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 15, 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 14, 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 2, 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...
Sep 1, 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 31, 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 26, 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 25, 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 24, 2015


Immersion is Vital to Understanding Health Challenges
By Kjersti Kleine, Furman University (2017) Driving into Helena-West Helena, Arkansas was like nothing I have ever experienced. As we...
Aug 24, 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...
Aug 19, 2015
Student-led Discussions for Monday, 2:45 PM
2:45 PM Session E, Washington & Lee University, Science Center 1) Parmly 307 “The Ethics of Freedom: Consequences for...
Aug 2, 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 21, 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...
Jun 22, 2015
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