kohlarenas_pictureErica Kohl-ArenasAssistant Professor at the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy will present her research at a “Contemporary Issues in Design and Planning Lecture Series” at Iowa State this week.

Prior to her graduate studies, Kohl-Arenas worked as a popular educator and community development practitioner in a variety of settings including urban public schools, immigrant nonprofit organizations. Her work in communities and classrooms is inspired by a lifelong relationship with Myles Horton and the Highlander Research and Education Center. She has also been a fellow with the Coro Foundation and the Sustainable Communities Leadership Program.

Kohl-Arenas is currently working on a manuscript for her book on the history of philanthropic investments in addressing migrant poverty across California’s Central Valley. Her primary research areas include critical studies of philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, participatory community development, and the intersection of American and global poverty studies.

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Darrick Hamilton, Associate Professor at the Milano School for International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy will deliver a keynote address at the White Privilege Conference this coming April in Seattle.

His work focuses on the causes, consequences and remedies of racial and ethnic inequality in economic and health outcomes, which includes an examination of the intersection of identity, racism, colorism, and socioeconomic outcomes.

His remarks regarding the economic future for Black Americans were recently included in a Washington Post article about the African American Economic Summit at Howard University.