• Committee: Elizabeth Grosz, Mary Gossy, Karen Alexander
  • Post-MA Employment/Education: Founder and Designer, Hippocamp Cards, Chicago, IL
  • Thesis/Practicum: Thesis: Repetition, Alignment & Curvature
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Alicia Barks graduated in 2006 from Truman State University with a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies, English, and Communications Studies. After a short time as a newspaper reporter, she worked on issues of women's employment and economic security at a national non-profit in Washington, D.C. She came to Rutgers from a social service position in Durham, NC. Her research interests center around the gender dynamics of poverty.