JESSICA SIERK
BIO
Jessica Sierk has served as an Editor at Weave News and is an Assistant Professor of Education at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. Her research focuses on concerns of equity in education. She teaches classes on Critical Whiteness Studies, Critical Media Literacy, Sexuality Education, and Contemporary Issues in American Education, among others.
By Jessica Sierk
What happens when high school students in rural northern New York get the chance to speak for themselves, through art, about the pressures they are facing? Jessica Sierk describes the genesis and implementation of a unique community art collaboration bringing together students from Canton Central School and St. Lawrence University.