Community Meeting

October 28, 2020

I attended a community meeting where Dr. Inés Valdez spoke about her experiences and her role at Ohio State. She has been very involved at the university and in the world. She is the director of the Latina/o Studies program at Ohio State and she teaches classes such as Introduction to Human Rights (IS 3450) and Racial Capitalism (PS 7410). She used to teach other classes about immigration and feminism. Dr. Valdez has also published two books and is currently writing another book about empire, labor, migration, and the reproduction of western democracy.

I really enjoyed hearing from Dr. Valdez. She has been able to contribute her own research and arguments to the worldwide conversation. In her books, she focuses on differences in race, gender, and religion and how it relates to political theory. This is a concept I had not really considered before hearing her speak. I am interested in working in immigration law some day, so I think it is important that I think about how different policies affect different groups of people. It was also great to hear about how she has continued to research well into her adult life. I often think about college as the last opportunity I have to learn and that isn’t true. Lifelong learning is important and I think Dr. Valdez is a great example of that.

 

 

 

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