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diversity, justice and sustainability in action—both within an academic context and within activism,” says Jennifer Smith, director of the Women’s Center. “He demonstrates how to put thought and theory into action. Additionally, his work is explicitly intersectional, focusing on race, class, sexuality and gender simultaneously.” Before joining the faculty of Seattle University, Spade was a Williams Institute Law Teaching Fellow at UCLA Law School and Harvard Law School, teaching classes related to

picture stereotypes paint of students who are commonly viewed as “underprivileged,” especially students of color. However, Cushman also says it’s important to confront the real-life systemic problems that negatively affect education. He believes these issues should be highlighted in the classroom and discussed on a deeper level — something he strives to do in his own classroom. Cushman uses real-life situations to influence how he educates his students. He once prompted a discussion in his classroom

subculture of gaming — humor about nerds who are the heroes, not the butt of the jokes. “This is the antithesis of ‘The Big Bang Theory,’” he said. “Showing people who feel real and grounded who you can identify with.” Dobyns said “The Gamers” isn’t the first film about gaming culture, but it treats nerds as people as opposed to stereotypes. “We really work hard to create projects that you don’t have to feel guilty about laughing at,” he said of his production company, Zombie Orpheus Entertainment

on justice, I’m fortunate to be at PLU, an institution with a strong commitment to social justice,” Levy says. “Other institutions wouldn’t support expert witness work for faculty. But PLU does.” At PLU, Levy teaches anthropology courses that explore how Latin America studies inform anthropological theory, the impact of free trade policies; the state from an ethnographic perspective; and how international migrants build lives in more than one nation-state. Many of his students go on into migrant

students should also care about low voter turnout. Low turnout means a small percentage of the population are deciding issues that affect everyone. “It’s hard to say the outcomes represent the voice of the people when so few people are voting.” Sill also said students shouldn’t overlook local elections. While many consider national presidential races to be most important, local elections provide individuals more power to impact outcomes. She said city council races, for example, rely heavily on