Resha T. Swanson-Varner

Doctoral Student

reshas@uchicago.edu

Address

969 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637

Resha Swanson CV

Areas of Expertise

Community Organizing and Development

Health

Poverty and Income

Race, Ethnicity, and Culture

Work and Family Policies

Research

Research interests: Labor Policy; Job Quality; Mental Health; U.S. South; Preemption; and Racial Capitalism

Selected Publications

Swanson, R. T., & Carreon, E. D. (2024). Uncovering the Transformative Labor in Black Women's Community Work. Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work, 08861099231223935.

Swanson, R. T. (2021). Still fighting: The relationship between contemporary preemption in the South and the continued struggle for Black worker rights. Columbia Social Work Review, 19(1), 62–79. https://doi.org/10.52214/cswr.v19i1.7288

Lambert, S., Haley, A., Cho, H., & Swanson, R. T. (2022). Seattle’s Secure Scheduling Ordinance 2022 employer implementation report. In City of Seattle. Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. https://www.seattle.gov/documents/departments/cityauditor/auditreports/secureschedulingreport2022.pdf