Jenna Smith

Resume

Two Major and Compounding Crises in the US Examined: COVID-19 and Racial Injustice

This research project investigates the COVID-19 health crisis in the US, how it is connected to racial injustice with health and social inequities placing racial minorities in disproportionate harm, on top of how the Trump administration’s actions/inactions have heightened these issues in such a way that the compounded crisis exposes the most severe, long-lasting and deadly consequences of the politics of structural racism.

Review of the RD2B Conference

Review of the RD2B Conference held by the Northeast Association of College and University Housing Officers. Review includes personal insight, highlights of the conference, and quotes from attending students.

Collection of Haikus

Poetry published in the Spring 2018 issue of The Idol, Union College's literary magazine. Access to the full magazine is available at https://digitalworks.union.edu/idol/1/

Chill Out, It’s Just Winter Term

Satirical article written for the Union College student newspaper pertaining to the treacherousness of winter term. Highlights include a polar vortex, campus emails advising students to walk like penguins and to beware of "falling ice off of building roofs,” and a petition to cancel classes that day being ignored despite temperatures of -22 degrees Fahrenheit.

Two Major and Compounding Crises in the US Examined: COVID-19 and Racial Injustice

Essay submitted for Union College's Summer Research Fellowship 2020, which goes alongside published poster presentation on the intersection of the COVID-19 crisis and racial injustice in the US.