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This paper contributes to scholarship exploring the affective politics of environmental education. Building on Nixon’s (2011) conception of slow violence, I argue that the slow violence of ecological destruction presents not only a representational challenge but also a pedagogical one: how to confront violent systems that degrade and harm particular people and places without reinscribing… continue reading

Dr. Janice Stiglich, a recent Childhood Studies graduate, published an article based on her dissertation titled Where is the solidarity for working girls? on open Democracy.  Working girls in Peru are doing their best to look after themselves. Will adults support them?   The Movement of Working Children, Children of Christian Laborers (MANTHOC) was founded in… continue reading

Elaysel German if featured in Rutgers-Camden NewsNow article titled Camden Native, Ph.D. Student, and Award-Winning Educator Returns Home to Create Postitive Learning Spaces for Children. For the past several years, the Rutgers University–Camden doctoral student had served as an award-winning educator in New York City, designing and implementing culturally sustaining literacy programs with books that reflect New… continue reading

Please join me in extending a big Congrats to Heather Reel – who was awarded a prestigious AAUW Dissertation Fellowship for AY 2021-2022 (American Association of University Women).  The AAUW motto is “Empowering women since 1881.” An excellent sentiment, and a great honor!

Dr. Kate Cairns delivered an invited talk at the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Rutgers-New Brunswick entitled “Feeding Relations: Food as a Lens onto Inequality.”   Here’s a link to the seminar series: https://nutrition.rutgers.edu/seminars.html