About My work is situated at the intersection of studying urban development, governance, and the creation and destruction of cultural spaces in working class communities of color. My research and practice focus on learning from the grassroots as they respond to various forms of inequality and injustice while still building transformative and creative alternatives. In …
About Revel Sims joined the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture (DPLA) and the Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program (CLS) in September 2016. Prior to joining these units, he was an Honorary Fellow at the DPLA and Visiting Assistant Professor in CLS. Revel Sims obtained his …
About Darshana Mini’s teaching and research lie at the intersection of feminist media, gender & sexuality studies, transnational media, migrant media and screen cultures of South Asia. Supported by Social Science Research Council (SSRC), NEH and American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), her first book Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India (UC Press, …
About Before joining the faculty, Don worked as an organizer, representative, negotiator, business agent, communications director, and education director for unions such as the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers (UE), the hotel workers union (HERE), and the Service Employees’ International Union (SEIU). He has also taught labor and employment relations at the University of …
About Susan Engeleiter Professor of Education Law, Policy & Practice; Dean Emeritus of the School of Education, UW–Madison Julie K. Underwood served as dean of the UW–Madison School of Education for over a decade. During her tenure, she increased the diversity of faculty and developed a more inclusive culture at the school. Well-versed in K-12 …
About My book-in-progress, The Labor of Images, aims to be the first study of labor strikes in world cinema as both a representational problem and site of experimentation. Radiating outward from the unprecedented boom in strike films in South American cinema and theory of the 1960s and 1970s, I analyze how this world cinema form navigates the …