In the News

During time spent in Cuba over the years, Associate Professor Benjamin Waddell has seen how U.S. sanctions have negatively affected Cubans. Put in place as foreign policy tools, Waddell writes about how the sanctions have not effectively opened up avenues for political participation, but rather may well have led to more repression for Cubans.

Alumna Violette Cloud (Philosophy, '13) has joined the Policy Research Associates criminal justice team as a project associate. PRA is a national leader in behavioral health and research that works to create positive social change for people and communities through technical assistance, research, and training.

Center of Southwest Studies Director Shelby Tisdale has edited a new book with author Federico Jiménez Caballero, an Indigenous Mixtec jewelry artist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist whose story brings readers on his remarkable journey from Oaxaca, Mexico to Los Angeles.

Alumna Kelly Koskie (Accounting, '96) has returned to the Four Corners after 15 years in the Midwest to serve as the new finance director of the City of Cortez, Colorado.