Project Title: Learning to Survive: Yurok Well-being in School
Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College
Dr. Mneesha Gellman is associate professor of political science in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College, in Boston. Her research spans human rights and democratization in Latin America and globally. She is the author of many books, including Misrepresentation and Silence in United States History Textbooks: The Politics of Historical Oblivion; Indigenous Language Politics in the Schoolroom: Cultural Survival in Mexico and the United States; and Democratization and Memories of Violence: Ethnic Minority Social Movements in Mexico, Turkey, and El Salvador. She is currently working on the manuscript Learning to Survive: Yurok Well-being in School.
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