Fall ‘24 Summit on College Social Action

This 90 minute event featured presentations on campaigns being led by students from across the country.

PLEASE REGISTER HERE.

Each team shared their campaign demands, strategy and tactics, and progress to date. We then asked the students and a few faculty to share their reflections on the semester.

December 5, 2024 8:00 PM Eastern Time / 5:00 pm Pacific time

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85828083194

Meeting ID: 858 2808 3194 Passcode: action

Registrations To Date

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Student

School	Name	Course Title	Campaign Title	Department	Title
Bishop O'dowd Highschool	Ariella Garfinkle	Solidarity in Action	FEAR (Fentanyl Education Action and Reduction)
Lasell Univeristy	Eftihia Fotos	Action and Social Justice	J.A.I.L.L ( juvenile advocacy in legal learning)
Rhodes College	Brooklyn Johnson	Collective Urban Policy Change	Chainbreakers
Rhodes College	Naomi
Rhodes College	Qari Silva	Collective Policy Change and Social Action	Divestment	NA	NA
Rhodes College	Trinity Williams		The ChainBreakers
The College of New Jersey	Olivia Gonzalez	SOC346	RoundOUT- TCNJ Land Organic Management	Humans & Social Sciences	N/A
The College of New Jersey	Rebecca Han	Climate Justice & Social Action	Lions Composting
The College of New Jersy	Kayla Ripley	ANT 346	Lion's Composting
University of East Anglia	Lauren Barrett	BA Society, Culture and Media	End Poo-Lution: Protect the River Wensum
University of East Anglia	Rebecca Hardy	Activist campaigning	End Poo-Lution: Protect the River Wensum
University of Michigan	jøn kent	URP 612 \| Turning Theory Into Action to Transform Food Systems	Save the TFS (Transformative Food Systems Fellowship)

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Faculty

School	Name	Course Title	Campaign Title	Department	Title
Adjunct at various places, but mostly Franklin & Marshall College	Eric Usner			American Studies; Music; Environmental Studies	Senior Adjunct Assistant Professor aka Adjunct
ASU The Design School	RJ			Urban and Environmental Design	Assistant Prof
Boston College and Rider University	Beth Godett	Education Law and Policy	Unknown at this time	Lynch School of Education (BC)	Adjunct Professor of Education Law and Policy
Boston College, Rider University	Beth Godett	Education Law and Policy		Lynch School of Education (at BC)	Adjunct Professor of Education Law and Policy
Cal Poly Pomona	Dr. Gyasmine George-Williams	Race sport and social justice		Kinesiology and ethnic studies	Asst professor of race sports and social justice
CSU, Fresno	c quesada			Sociology
Data Science	Gunavathi Ramasamy	Environmental Sustainability and Social Action	National College Summit on Social Action	Data Science	Dr. Gunavathi
DePaul University	Hiba Zakai	Civic Engagement and Global Citizenship Education	ABCD for the Mountains!
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Fiona Gladsotne	Social and Environmental Action	TBD	Social Sciences adn History	Assistant Professor of Geography
Fresno State University	Travis Cronin			Social Work Education	Associate Professor
Hastings College	Amy Black	na	na	Economics	Professor of Economics
Lenoir-Rhyne University	Michael Stephens	Global Inequalities & Development	Transnational Issues: Policy & Activism	College of Humanities & Social Sciences	Assistant Professor of Sociology
Linfield university	Jackie Leung			Health, Human Performance, and Athletics	Assistant Professor
Minnesota State University, Mankato	Omotola Akinsola	Macro Social Work Practice	n/a	Social Work	Assistant Professor
Notre Dame University of Maryland	Janet Glover-Kerkvliet	Career counseling theory for art therapists	TBA	Art Therapy	Adjunct Professor
Pasadena City College	Suzanne Iwanicki			Natural Sciences	Assistant Professor
Pitzer College	Tessa Hicks Peterson	Critical Communiy Studies and Research for Community Change	Liberating the Classroom	Urban Studies	Professor of Urban Studies and AVP of Community Engagement
Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies	Ben Little	Activist Campaigning	End Poo-lution Norwich	Civic/Politics	Dr/Assocaite Professor/Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Civic
Ramapo College of New Jersey	Ashwani Vasishth	First Year Seminar	Still debating the focus.	Sustainability	Professor of Sustainability
Ramapo College of New Jersey	Ashwani Vasishth	ENST 410 — Environmental Seminar	Becoming Effective Change Agent	SUST	Professor of Sustainability
Rhodes College	Austin Harrison	URBN 323: Collective Urban Policy Change		Urban Studies	Asst. Prof.
Rollins College	Jason Surian	No current course	NA	Education	Assistant Professor
Saint Louis University	Sabrina W. Tyuse	N/A	N/A	School of Social Work	Associate Professor of Social Work
Saint Mary's College	Andrew Pierce			Philosophy/Justice Studies	Associate Professor
SJSU	Scott Myers-Lipton			Sociology
Slippery Rock University	Christine Pease-Heranndez	NA	NA	Communication, Media, and Sport Management	Associate Professor
The College of NJ	Miriam Shakow	ANT/SOC 346 Climate Justice and Social Action		Sociology & Anthropology	Professor of Anthropology
The University of Alabama	Cassandra Simon			School of Social Work	Associate Professor
Union Commonwealth University (formerly Union College)	Libby Megna	ENVS 101 People & the Environment	not applicable (yet)	School of Health & Natural Sciences	Assistant Professor of Biology
University of Maryland	Danielle Koonce	SOCY432 Intro to Social Movements	n/a	Sociology	PhD Candidate
University of Maryland, College Park	Katlin Gray			School of Public Policy	Senior Program Manager, Adjunct Faculty
University of Memphis School of Social Work	Katie Norwood	7022	NA	Social Work	MSW Program Director & Assistant Clinical Professor
University of Michigan	Lesli Hoey	Turning Theory Into Action to Transform Food Systems	"Save the TFS" (which stands for Transformative Food Systems Fellowship)	Urban and Regional Planning	Associate Professor

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Campus Staff

School	Name	Department	Title
Bridgewater State University	Jill Beckwith	Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice	Executive Director
West Virginia University	Melissa Calabrese	WVU Center for Community Engagement	Director, Energy Express & Coordinator, Academic Community Engagement
West Virginia University	Whitney Glotfelty	Center for Community Engagement	Assistant Director