The First Generation Guardian Award

Presented to an Ithaca College Faculty Member who has routinely promoted the goals and supported the first-generation community.

Our 2024 Recipient

The 2024 First Generation Guardian Award is presented to Carlos Figueroa, Associate Professor of Politics. 

Carlos Figueroa

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Carlos Figueroa, Associate Professor of Politics

Carlos Figueroa holds a dual Ph.D. in Political Science and Historical Studies from the New School for Social Research. He is an Associate professor of politics at Ithaca College (USA) who researches and writes on race, religion, and class politics, interpretative policy analysis, Public and Practical Leadership, the politics of Quakerism, U.S. Puerto Rico affairs, the Quakerism of Bayard T. Rustin, and his work has appeared in the Journal of Public Affairs Education, Journal of Race and Policy, Political Science Quarterly, Annales: Ethics in Economic Life, Fair Observer, Common Dreams, the University of Virginia Press, Kansas University Press, and Routledge Press.

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