Professors Pruitt, Saucedo Speak at USC Law Conference on 'Reframing the Welfare Queen'

Professor Lisa R. Pruitt and Professor Leticia Saucedo spoke at USC Gould School of Law on April 24 as part of a conference on "Reframing the Welfare Queen: Work, Privacy and Reproductive Freedom."

Professor Pruitt took part in a panel discussion of "The Political Deployment of the Welfare Queen: Poverty, Privacy and Reproductive Liberty." Professor Saucedo was a panelist for a session on "Welfare, Workfare and the Criminalization of Poverty."

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. Leticia Saucedo is also a Professor of Law and Director of Clinical Legal Education at UC Davis School of Law, and an expert in employment, labor, and immigration law.