About the chapter
Boston SSN brings together scholars from a broad range of policy fields at Harvard, MIT, the University of Massachusetts Boston, Tufts, and other Boston area universities. Members are particularly interested in strategies to address rising economic inequality, strengthen the integrity of American democracy, and ensure the successful implementation of health care reform. Other interests include the challenges faced by low-income mothers, the consequences of the prison boom, environmental policy, immigration policy, and school reform.
Leaders
- Colleges & Universities
- Race & Ethnicity
- Gender & Sexuality
- Civic Engagement
- Inequality
- Housing
Salem State University
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"College Admission Pressures Lead to Ethnic Tensions in Affluent Suburbs," Natasha Warikoo, Politics, Teen Vogue, May 18, 2022.
Payal Chakraborty quoted by Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, "Ohio Research: Post-Roe Scenario Would Increase Travel for Abortion Care" Public News Service, May 14, 2022.
"The Change Higher Education Needs Today," M. Gabriela Torres (with ), Inside Higher Ed, May 13, 2022.
Joan Fitzgerald's research on "Climate Change: The Technologies That Could Make All the Difference," The Wall Street Journal, April 22, 2022.