CONNIE SNYDER MICK, Ph.D. | Engaged Teacher, Scholar, Administrator

An immersive seminar takes students and professors on a trip to experience human hardship and social justice on the US/Mexico border front lines.

Source: A Transformative Journey // University of Notre Dame

A literature professor who teaches about the U.S.-Mexico border reflects on the troubled lives and deaths of would-be migrants — from the southern side of the desert wall built to keep them out.

Source: Crossing the Border // News // Notre Dame Magazine // University of Notre Dame

In his new memoir, Ed Boland tells of trying, and failing, to make a difference at a public school in Manhattan.

Source: The Myth of the Hero Teacher – The New York Times

Despite advances in medicine, a longevity gap that has long favored wealthy Americans has more than doubled since the 1970s, researchers say.

Source: Disparity in Life Spans of the Rich and the Poor Is Growing – The New York Times

It’s not every day you hear about college students heading their own financial service provider. But one student group at Notre Dame is doing just that, and they’ve helped people in the community get back on their feet.

Go JIFFI!

Source: Notre Dame student group looks to change lives with small cash loans | Latest News – WSBT.com

I like to listen to both sides of the story. Typically, when I read about income inequality, the topic of debate is over which strategies are most likely to solve the problem. Both Republicans and Democrats start battles over this issue in their attempt to win middle-class voters. So when I saw the article sponsored by BridgeND

Source: Widen your gaze to understand income inequality // The Observer

At a rally in Wisconsin in July, in the earlier months of this exciting presidential race, Democratic contender Bernie Sanders proclaimed, “The issue of wealth and income inequality, to my mind, is the great moral issue of our time. It is the greatest economic issue of our time, and it is the great political issue

Source: Is income inequality that bad? // The Observer

After reading Mimi Teixeira’s Viewpoint article “Is income inequality that bad?” I was initially pretty shocked — Did the author really suggest this issue, despite decades of literature on its effects in the United States, is insignificant? After all, Ms. Teixeira wrote, “Why does it matter how much the richest person in the country has, so

Source: Ignoring the root of the problem // The Observer

An excellent response to an article that asked, “Is Income Inequality Really that Bad?”

Death may be humanity’s great equalizer, but there are vast inequalities in how we die.

Source: Unequal Lives, Unequal Deaths – The New York Times