Earlier this month, Emerald Christopher—a Language, Literacy and Culture PhD student at UMBC—was recognized at a reception honoring Women’s Research and Education Institute (WREI) 2013 Congressional Fellows on Women and Public Policy (see photo). Through this fellowship program she has served as a legislative assistant in the Office of Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut’s third district.
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