John Russo
John Russo is the Coordinator of the Labor Studies Program in the Williamson College
of Business Administration at Youngstown State University. He received his doctorate
from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he also served as a postdoctoral
research fellow at the Labor Relations and Research Center. Dr. Russo has written
widely of labor and social issues and is recognized as a national expert on labor
unions. His current research interests involve a comparative study of automobile
assembly plants in Mexico and the United States and the study of representations
of the working-class in popular culture. For his research and community activities,
Dr. Russo has been awarded Distinguished Professorship Awards in both scholarship
and public service by Youngstown State University.
Dr. Russo is also a co-founder and the director of
the Center for Working-Class Studies at Youngstown State University. The Center
is an interdisciplinary center for research, teaching, and community activity
on working-class life, work, culture, and thought. Since its inception, the
CWCS has provided a regional and national forum for scholarly activities; supported
YSU faculty research; fostered collaborations within the academic institution
and between the university and community; developed an annual lecture series;
and become a national and international clearinghouse for information on working-class
culture and pedagogy
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