Associate Professor at the Fordham Graduate School of Social Service
About
Laura Wernick is an associate professor at the Fordham Graduate School of Social Service. Dr. Wernick’s scholarship examines how transformative organizing models creatively address issues of power, privilege and oppression at multiple levels to impact social change while transforming people’s daily lives. Grounded in their practice experience, Dr. Wernick uses participatory action research to investigate innovative organizing models among youth (e.g. LGBTQ* youth, low-income youth of Color), young adult activists with wealth, and those who employ or use the services of domestic workers.
Research Area Keyword(s):
transformative organizing and movement building; domestic work and the care economy; LGBTQI+ youth; power, privilege & oppression; racial, social, economic & disability justice
