Nick Juravich
Assistant professor of history and labor studies at UMass Boston and Associate Director of the Labor Resource Center; author of Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education (University of Illinois Press, 2024).
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Mar 29, 2026 • 60min
Nick Juravich, "Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education" (U Illinois Press, 2024)
Nick Juravich, assistant professor of history and labor studies at UMass Boston, explores how paraprofessionals transformed U.S. schools. He traces their rise in the late 1960s, ties to Black and Latino community struggles, and roles in classrooms and unions. The conversation highlights origins, union choices, political coalition shifts, and connections to today’s education labor movements.
