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Women in History Spotlight

Ramona Faith Oswald

Ramona Faith Oswald became a faculty member in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in 1998 and in 2001 she was promoted to Professor. Now, she is head of the department. As a scholar, Ramona is a nationally recognized leader in LGBT family life and processes. She leads a USDA supported multistate project examining the quality of life forrural LGBTQ youth and families–a first ever for this federal agency. Her survey data on LGBTQ lives in downstate Illinois has been shared with state legislators and used to advocate for human rights protections. For over 20 years, Ramona has...
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Alumni Spotlight

Aida orgocka

Aida Orgocka University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Alumna GRID Minor, 2002 PhD in Human and Community Development, 2003 Current Position Project Manager, Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada What is the focus of your current work and/or subject of your current research? I am the Manager of the Borderless Higher Education for Refugees (BHER) project, an initiative of Canadian and Kenyan universities and one Kenyan non-governmental organization to bring university...