{"id":54110,"date":"2018-01-24T15:56:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T23:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?p=54110"},"modified":"2022-04-06T13:20:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T20:20:09","slug":"amy-cohen-featured-alumnus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/amy-cohen-featured-alumnus\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Cohen &#8211; Featured Alumnus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5m1av5q-375b4cc0f3ba40c389287991997ec121\">\n.avia-section.av-5m1av5q-375b4cc0f3ba40c389287991997ec121{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-5m1av5q-375b4cc0f3ba40c389287991997ec121 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" 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https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/02\/SOAN-Featured-Alumni-Amy-Cohen-Title-Image-BW-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"wp-image-54353 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-54353 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"SOU SOAN Featured Alumni Amy Cohen Title Image\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1jfffpa-4097b44440c35819ca593e727988da30\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-1jfffpa-4097b44440c35819ca593e727988da30{\npadding-bottom:0;\nfont-size:28px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-1jfffpa-4097b44440c35819ca593e727988da30 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-1jfffpa-4097b44440c35819ca593e727988da30 .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:28px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-1jfffpa-4097b44440c35819ca593e727988da30 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(RAMA)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-12my17i-5f4101a0fc4238792cc11122f8f7cdbc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Career Path and Life Passions<\/span><br \/>\nAmy chairs the anthropology program at Okanagan College in British Columbia, and she co-founded Radical Action with Migrants in Agriculture (RAMA), \u00a0a non-profit advocating social justice for migrant and indigenous people.<\/p>\n<p>Amy&#8217;s academic career path and activist passions directly connect to her undergraduate education at Southern Oregon University.\u00a0Her SOU studies explored social inequality and cultural relativism, two features of the social world which are paramount in her current work with RAMA:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none;\">\n<li><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m really interested in how systems legislate inequality\u2026 Those conversations that we had in class as an undergrad definitely made me think about our responsibility to others and our community and the world&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/01\/Sociology-and-Anthropology-Featured-Alumni-Amy-Cohen-in-the-Orchards-for-RAMA-1.jpg 1024w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/01\/Sociology-and-Anthropology-Featured-Alumni-Amy-Cohen-in-the-Orchards-for-RAMA-1-300x169.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/01\/Sociology-and-Anthropology-Featured-Alumni-Amy-Cohen-in-the-Orchards-for-RAMA-1-768x432.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/01\/Sociology-and-Anthropology-Featured-Alumni-Amy-Cohen-in-the-Orchards-for-RAMA-1-705x397.webp 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https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/01\/Sociology-and-Anthropology-Featured-Alumni-Amy-Cohen-in-the-Orchards-for-RAMA-1-705x397.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/01\/Sociology-and-Anthropology-Featured-Alumni-Amy-Cohen-in-the-Orchards-for-RAMA-1-450x253.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54262 sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Sociology and Anthropology Featured Alumni Amy Cohen in the Orchards for RAMA\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  > <\/picture><\/p>\n<p>As a college instructor, Amy notes, her SOU classroom experiences inform her own teaching style:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none;\">\n<li><em>&#8220;It was a model to me of what a professor should be like and I really try to emulate that because I valued it so much at the time as a student. I really want to be somebody who&#8217;s approachable\u2026 I don&#8217;t want to be that aloof person who&#8217;s standing at the front of the class saying, &#8216;Well, I know it all.'&#8221;<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Useful Job Skills<\/span><br \/>\nWhile a student, Amy did archaeological research in the Southern Oregon University Laboratory of Anthropology (SOULA). This experience honed Amy\u2019s data analysis and writing skills, which are essential in her research and advocacy work today. Amy recalls that her SOU professors challenged her to be creative and take risks:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none;\">\n<li><em> \u201cThey really encouraged us to kind of go out on a limb and make bold statements and not be afraid to be wrong. It\u2019s a good thing&#8230;to be brave in what you\u2019re saying.\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"heavy-man\">Advice for Students<\/span><br \/>\nAmy thinks that students considering an undergraduate degree in sociology and anthropology should \u201cdefinitely do it!\u201d The perspectives and skills learned in the program are useful in many career fields and life pursuits. She says that with this degree students will:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style: none;\">\n<li><em>\u201c&#8230;become a person who\u2019s more tolerant, more critical, more self-critical and self-reflective, more aware of the diversity of cultures around the world [and more knowledgeable] about the commonality that we all have.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about RAMA, check out their website or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ramaokanagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2q7jem-34612f4218093017904d03af28fbbc5a\">\n.flex_column.av-2q7jem-34612f4218093017904d03af28fbbc5a{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-2q7jem-34612f4218093017904d03af28fbbc5a av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy chairs the anthropology program at Okanagan College in British Columbia, and she co-founded Radical Action with Migrants in Agriculture (RAMA), \u00a0a non-profit advocating social justice for migrant and indigenous people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"avia-button-wrap avia-button-left\"><a class=\"avia-button avia-color-dark avia-size-large avia-position-left \" href=\"\/academics\/amy-cohen-featured-alumnus\/\" aria-label=\"Sociology and Anthropology Alumnus - 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