TA's Scholarly Work in Urban Housing Serving Her Well as Glorified 'Apple Genius' For Elderly Professor

Doctoral candidate in Political Science and regional expert on equitable urban housing, Jamie Fernandez, is putting her knowledge to good use, serving as a glorified "Apple Genius" for Professor James Thompson, the 75-year-old man teaching PSCI 246: Introduction to Urban Policy.

Over the course of the term, Fernandez has been able to apply her 280-page dissertation by turning on the projector, connecting laptops to the projector, and explaining other details of the projector to Professor Thompson.

“She’s a bright young kid,” said Professor Thompson of the 32-year-old mother who has dedicated the entirety of her recent past to understanding the deep racial injustice within our urban housing systems. “She really knows how to work that YouTube!”