Author: Sarah Melecki

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Health & Social Policy

Military Sexual Trauma Among Female Service Members: Prevalence, Procedure, and Possible Solutions

Students from Dr. Jacqueline Angel’s LBJ School seminar “Women and the Changing World of Work,” address obstacles faced by women in the military in this series. To view more of the series, please click the “Women in the Military” tag below.  Author’s Note: *Trigger Warning* This piece discusses sexual assault. Congress, military leadership, and the American […]

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Education Policy Health & Social Policy LBJ School

Diversity at the Civil Rights Summit

April 8-10, 2014 marked some of the best and most important days in my time as a student at the LBJ School. I am extremely proud that our school had a significant role in the creation and implementation of the Civil Rights Summit, marking the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act. […]

Who Was Barbara Jordan?

  Who was Barbara Jordan? A basic Internet search will tell you that she was “an American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights movement.” Who was Barbara Jordan? If you dig a little deeper, you will find that she “was a lawyer and educator who was a congresswoman from 1972 to 1978 – the first […]