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Jonathan Zimmerman is a professor of the history of education at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. in urban studies from Columbia University, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins...

BPR Interviews: Jonathan Zimmerman

Jonathan Zimmerman is a professor of the history of education at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a B.A. in urban studies from Columbia University, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins...

Peter Moscowitz is an author and journalist from New York City. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, VICE, Slate, and Al Jazeera America. In addition, he is the author of How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight...

BPR Interviews: Peter Moscowitz

Peter Moscowitz is an author and journalist from New York City. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, VICE, Slate, and Al Jazeera America. In addition, he is the author of How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight...

Professor Douglas Massey is a professor at Princeton University and has been a faculty member at both University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the president of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and has...

BPR Interviews: Douglas Massey

Professor Douglas Massey is a professor at Princeton University and has been a faculty member at both University of Chicago and University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the president of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences and has...

Dr. Eric Knost, superintendent of the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County, MO, has spent more than 30 years in public education. These roles include that of teacher, principal, and currently, superintendent. During the 2017-2018 school year,...

BPR Interviews: Dr. Eric Knost

Dr. Eric Knost, superintendent of the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County, MO, has spent more than 30 years in public education. These roles include that of teacher, principal, and currently, superintendent. During the 2017-2018 school year,...

Debbie Veney works as Director of Communications for NewSchools, a nonprofit venture philanthropy that invests in innovative education models with the goal of “reimagining learning,” particularly for underserved communities. NewSchools has a wide...

BPR Interviews: Debbie Veney

Debbie Veney works as Director of Communications for NewSchools, a nonprofit venture philanthropy that invests in innovative education models with the goal of “reimagining learning,” particularly for underserved communities. NewSchools has a wide...

BPR: What was your journey to Brown like, and what was your education like before becoming incarcerated? AI: I was always a really good student, but I grew up in distressed areas where people were generally low-income. In those environments, there’...

BPR Interviews: Andres Idarraga

BPR: What was your journey to Brown like, and what was your education like before becoming incarcerated? AI: I was always a really good student, but I grew up in distressed areas where people were generally low-income. In those environments, there’...

Andre Perry is an activist, founding dean, professor, and award winning journalist in the field of education. He is currently a fellow at the Brooking Institution, focusing his research on race and structural inequality, economic inclusion, and educa...

BPR Interviews: Andre Perry

Andre Perry is an activist, founding dean, professor, and award winning journalist in the field of education. He is currently a fellow at the Brooking Institution, focusing his research on race and structural inequality, economic inclusion, and educa...

Jessie Handbury is Assistant Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, NBER Research Fellow, and Penn UIR Faculty Fellow. Professor Handbury’s work has been quoted in publications such as the New York Times and T...

BPR Interviews: Jessie Handbury

Jessie Handbury is Assistant Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, NBER Research Fellow, and Penn UIR Faculty Fellow. Professor Handbury’s work has been quoted in publications such as the New York Times and T...

Hank Herrera is President & CEO of the Center for Popular Research, Education & Policy (C-PREP), a non-profit community-based organization that conducts participatory research, education, and policy in low-income and vulnerable communities. A...

BPR Interviews: Hank Herrera

Hank Herrera is President & CEO of the Center for Popular Research, Education & Policy (C-PREP), a non-profit community-based organization that conducts participatory research, education, and policy in low-income and vulnerable communities. A...

Monica Ramírez is a civil rights attorney, public speaker, and life-long activist who has spent the majority of her professional career defending female farmworkers. A graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ramirez is the Co-Founder a...

BPR Interviews: Monica Ramírez

Monica Ramírez is a civil rights attorney, public speaker, and life-long activist who has spent the majority of her professional career defending female farmworkers. A graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ramirez is the Co-Founder a...

Alissa Rubin currently works as the Paris bureau chief of The New York Times. In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize, “for thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties....

BPR Interviews: Alissa Rubin

Alissa Rubin currently works as the Paris bureau chief of The New York Times. In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize, “for thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties....

Ernie Stevens III is a council member on the Business Committee of Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. Councilman Stevens was named one of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Native American 40 Under 40 award winners for 20...

BPR Interviews: Ernie Stevens III

Ernie Stevens III is a council member on the Business Committee of Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. Councilman Stevens was named one of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Native American 40 Under 40 award winners for 20...