Resha Swanson

Doctoral Student

The University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

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Resha is a proud Southerner and Black woman currently pursuing her PhD in Social Welfare and Social Policy at the University of Chicago. She is interested in job quality, Black, Latinx, and immigrant workers, community organizing, and the use of preemption in the South to roll back worker rights. She is incredibly proud to merge her experiences as an organizer, low-wage worker, and Black woman in her research.