To Preston, on-campus press plays an integral role in ensuring that marginalized student voices are heard and their stories are told.
Interests: Multicultural and social justice oriented counseling, underserved and marginalized student populations, trauma-informed care, sexual violence and assault, family of origin, attachment, and relationship concerns, grief and loss, mindfulness, and self-care.
He is a science writer who has written for publications including Wired Magazine and the New York Times, and the founder of the Ad Astra Academy, an educational organization that uses exploration to spark a passion for learning among marginalized students.
Marginalized students have a harder time getting accepted into public research universities in states where affirmative action is banned, according to one 2013 study from the University of Washington.
Some want universities to implement in-class "trigger warnings" when difficult material is being presented and to create "safe spaces" for marginalized students as a sanctuary from the daily struggle with the mainstream culture.
We serve as a pipeline to increase representation of marginalized students in research programs and grad schools, and seek to build a community of researchers of color.
Last week, a pair of journalism students at Toronto's Ryerson University were ordered to leave a campus forum for racialized and marginalized students before it began.
While the debate still remains open about the level of quality that the sector is capable of delivering, it is offering a valid alternative for working adults or marginalized students who would otherwise receive little or no education.
We can take a less politicized example and ask how marginalized students should be expected to protest crippling tuition increases even as the quality of their educations diminishes against a powerful President who has declared emergency powers and effectively neutralized the long-cherished notion of "shared governance". How polite should students really be expected to be in this situation?
I try to put whatever extra energy and attention I have into working with my more marginalized students, knowing that, as a white, middle-class woman, they likely will see me as an agent of a system that reinforces preexisting layers of alienation.
