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Elizabeth Sweet
Assistant Professor of Instruction in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies
Temple University
Education/Degree:
1 Public Policy Analysis Public Policy Analysis (University of Illinois at Chicago)
About
Elizabeth L. Sweet is an assistant professor of instruction at Temple University in the Department of Geography and Urban Studies. Her BA is from Boston University in Soviet and East European studies, and her master's in urban planning and policy, as well as her PhD in public policy analysis, are from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Current Work
Using body map storytelling and community mapping, she is currently working with Mexican women in Norristown, PA and Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico to document their individual bodily and collective neighborhood experiences of violence and economic engagement, as well as trace their community mobilizations to end violence against women. She also has a strong and long running interest and publication record on diversity in the academy. She works with the Academic Center for Research on Diversity on project about women of color in the academy.
Research Area Keyword(s)
community economies, Immigrants, Latinas/Latin America, violence against women, Women of color