Colleges and universities are experiencing the effects

of the economic downturn and our political climate in numerous ways.

This panel of students and faculty discuss how activists on their

campuses are working to combat budget cuts and the undermining of the

public sector, provide alternatives to neoliberal restructuring in

higher education, and fight against racism and gender inequities.

Panelists include Abigail Boggs (University of California, Davis),

Debanuj Dasgupta (Ohio State University), Stephanie Luce (Murphy

Institute, CUNY), Sandra K. Soto (University of Arizona), and Jesse

Kadjo (Loyola University). This discussion, moderated by Catherine Sameh

(BCRW), took place on the second took place on the second day of

Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship

and Action, a two-day conference held September 23-24, 2011 in honor of

the 40th anniversary of the Barnard Center for Research on

Women.