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Jaira Harrington

Curator of the Black-Latinx Colloquium

Assistant Professor

Black Studies

Contact

Building & Room:

1221 UH

Email:

jjh7@uic.edu

About

Dr. Jaira J. Harrington is an Assistant Professor of Black Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago. Prior to this faculty position, Dr. Harrington served as a 2017-18 William J. Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar in Brazil. Dr. Harrington earned her doctorate in Political Science in the subfield of Comparative Politics at the University of Chicago. Her current research and writing focuses on the union organizing of domestic workers in unions in Brasília, São Paulo, and Salvador.

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago, 2015
M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago, 2010