Prof. Pruitt, Joanna Cuevas Ingram '12, Rachel Ray '11 Present at LatCrit XVI
Professor Lisa R. Pruitt, Joanna Cuevas Ingram '12, and Rachel Ray '11 presented papers at the LatCrit XVI conference held in San Diego October 6-9.
Professor Pruitt presented "Diminishing Access to Higher Education and Class (im)mobility Among the White Working Class." Ray presented "Insecure Communities: Examining Local Government Participation in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement." Ingram presented "The Color of Change: Voting Rights in the 21st Century and the California Voting Rights Act."
Lisa R. Pruitt is a professor at UC Davis School of Law whose recent scholarship explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity. Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts.