Tom Arcaro, Professor of Sociology and director of Project Pericles, had an essay published in The Guardian.
Tom Arcaro, Professor of Sociology and director of Project Pericles had his essay, “Escapism or altruism: what really motivates aid workers?” published in The Guardian on April 29. The article is part of a larger project focusing on the lives of humanitarian aid workers around the world. Arcaro has been writing about this research on his blog “AidWorkerVoices” and is near completion on a draft version of a book by this title. He co-presented with senior political science major Laura Murphy “Aid Worker Voices: Survey Results and Commentary” at the Spring Undergraduate Research Forum (SURF)poster session this spring.