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Phoebe Ho is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the sociology of education and family, specifically the experiences of minority and immigrant families. (Photo: Marcus Wright)

Teachers view immigrant and minority parents as less involved in their children’s education

A study from Penn Sociology revealed that such perspectives from educators can end up hampering the academic trajectory of the students.

Listening to the needs of Black male teachers

In researching his forthcoming book, Ed Brockenbrough revealed Black male teachers have a strong sense of responsibility to students, and they feel uniquely alone in that challenge.

Woody Allen and Academic Freedom

Valerie Ross of the Critical Writing Program weighs in on the tricky relationship between studying problematic public figures and recent calls for accountability from the #metoo and Time’s Up movements.

Sigal Ben-Porath, a professor at the Graduate School of Education

The importance of free speech on college campuses

Running Penn’s Committee on Open Expression has given Sigal Ben-Porath an up-close look at free speech on campus—and even inspired her to write a book on the topic.

Staff Q&A with Lisa Warshaw

Public speaking strikes fear in many. But for business leaders, communicating with the public is an unavoidable and essential part of the job.

Q&A with Howard Stevenson

For some people, experiencing a racial encounter can be so stressful that it’s as if they are facing a tsunami or a venomous snake. The episodes can be as minute as an inadvertent microaggression, or as malignant as being pelted with rocks and called the N-word.