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Jim Saliba

Jim SalibaJim is a doctoral student in sociology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He received a bachelor's degree with honors from Stanford University, studied and taught poetry with June Jordan at the University of California, Berkeley, and studied sociology and linguistics at San Francisco State University.

His research interests center on the intersection of politics and education, specifically the influence of social forces on educational funding and policy.

  • Selected Presentations

  • Saliba, J., and Warren, J.R. (August, 2010). “In what contexts do people support raising taxes? Voter support for school funding referenda.” Panel presentation, accepted for the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA.
  • Saliba, J., and Warren, J.R. (December, 2009). In what contexts do people support raising Taxes? Voter support for school funding referenda.” Presented at the Sociology Workshop Series, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota.

    • June 2010


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