alumni faculty

Corey Denenberg Dehner ’09 appointed Co-Director of the Worcester Community Project Center

Corey Denenberg Dehner (Ph.D. '09) was recently appointed Co-Director of the Worcester Community Project Center at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The Worcester Community Project Center works with its many community partners on issues of social, environmental and economic significance to the city of Worcester, its many distinct neighborhoods and region. Corey will also be a faculty member in the Interdisciplinary and Global Studies Department.

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Jennifer Balboni ’06 published

Dr. Jennifer Balboni, (Ph.D. '06) has authored her first academic book, Clergy Sexual Abuse Litigation: Survivors Seeking Justice, now published by FirstForumPress. Dr. Balboni is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice at Simmons College.

Jennifer Balboni explores the experiences of clergy sex abuse survivors who sought justice through the court system, highlighting the promise and shortfalls of civil litigation in providing justice. Balboni draws on cases across the country such as the landmark 2002 lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Church to show how legal procedures that focused on financial settlements overlooked the survivors’ overarching desire to see the Church publicly

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  • Alumni Spotlight

    Amanda Schwartz

    Amanda Schwartz, MS '11

    Partnerships Manager
    Partners in Health

    Amanda works with partner organizations who can help Partners in Health further their mission to break the cycle of poverty and disease. Partners In Health is a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-quality medical care and social justice to the destitute sick living in some of the world's poorest places.