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Reaching out to Latinx populations in Boston’s Archives. The Latinx Literacy in Libraries and Archives project explores how Latinx populations navigate Boston’s geographic environments and social spaces to access information. Using a critical geography lens we are interested in answering...

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Gaining a better understanding about the needs of homeless veterans. The overall aim of this project is to gain a better understanding about the needs of veterans who are homeless who have sought supportive housing services with the goal of...

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Tracing German philosopher Martin Heidegger’s career-long concern over the inadequacy of grammar. Professor Wanda Torres Gregory recalls her interest in the philosopher Martin Heidegger being sparked when, as an undergraduate student, she encountered his idea that language “speaks.” That moment...

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Professor Jane Hughes' innovative course teaches students how to combine financial profits with positive social returns. A group of more than 35 Simmons School of Business within the students traveled from all over the country to Washington D.C. for the...

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In this project Professor Sohrabji is studying the impact of foreign aid on Ghana’s growth. The benefits of aid are fiercely debated in economic development literature. The debate has influenced policy agendas in the development works with implications for economic...

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Professor Thompson’s chapbook of prose poems builds on her scholarship on social justice and her work as a poet. The manuscript takes its name from justonics (justice and ebonics) to create a vocabulary based on turning proper nouns of activists...

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Professor Thomas tells us how Simmons is commemorating Domestic Violence Awareness Month. What inspired you to pursue your academic discipline? I've been committed to anti-violence work for as long as I can remember. I chose to pursue an MSW and...

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Professor Daren Graves researches how students are recognizing and navigating racial inequity, power and privilege. What made you make the move to teach at Simmons? I love to teach, and I knew Simmons to be an institution that valued teaching...

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Investigating the scholarly discourse of Information Behavior (IB) research. Professors Tang and Ni from the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences have been working on a research project investigating the scholarly discourse of IB research, with a focus on...

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Meet Professor Steve Ortega, Associate Professor of History! What do you teach in the graduate program at Simmons? I teach three graduate classes: 9/11 Narratives, Encounters: Contact, Connections and Conflict, and Collective Memory. The first two classes look to understand...

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