Shepherd Student: Katie Kingsbury

For eight weeks last summer, I worked in Baltimore at Students Sharing Coalition, a non-profit youth education organization. Working alongside the middle school director and the other SSC staff, I helped create and run a service-learning camp for middle school-age children, most of whom were African American and living in low-income neighborhoods in the city. From getting to know these kids and the schools that they attend, I realized how dire is the need for better education in America, especially for children from low-income and minority families . . . more

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability began in 1997 with support from Nancy and Tom Shepherd '52. The program is designed to supplement all majors, offering a sustained combination of academic studies and practical experience focusing on fostering human development to alleviate poverty. Graduates of this Program are not only sensitive to the serious problem of poverty but also know what questions to ask so that their decisions as professionals and engaged citizens will impact favorably on impoverished communities and persons.

The academic study of poverty from an interdisciplinary perspective enables students to pursue professional careers with a critical social consciousness, prepares students for objective analysis of ethics and poverty, and inspires a commitment to addressing human capabilities in the community.

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