Professor Pruitt Talks About Rural Teacher Shortage on KQED

Professor Lisa Pruitt appeared on San Francisco public radio station KQED’s Forum program on Aug. 16 to discuss California’s rural teacher shortage.  Listen to the interview.  

Lisa R. Pruitt, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor at UC Davis School of Law, is a scholar whose recent work explores the legal relevance of rural spatiality, including how it inflects dimensions of gender, race, and ethnicity.  Pruitt's work also considers rural-urban difference in transnational and international contexts. She is the recipient of the law school’s 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award.