A Tale of Two Colonists
How two people react to a situation can bring about startling changes in their lives. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell’s Abby Chandler considers British colonists in the 1700s.
In today’s Academic Minute, the University of North Florida's Jennifer Wesely discusses the connection between violence against women and homelessness. Wesely is associate professor of criminology and criminal justice at North Florida, co-author of 2010's Hard Lives, Mean Streets: Violence in the Lives of Homeless Women, and author of the forthcoming Being Female: The Continuum of Sexualization (Lynne Rienner Publishers). Find out more about her here.