Dr. Kendra Strauss

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Biography

Kendra Strauss is a geographer and feminist political economist with teaching and research interests in areas of labor regulation, social reproduction, migration, urbanization, and social infrastructures. Strauss explores how categories of social difference shape the valuation and regulation of wage labor and unpaid work, focusing on pension politics, financialization, and precarity in contemporary labor markets. Kendra is currently involved in initiatives addressing multidimensional precarity in British Columbia through community-academic partnerships, including the Understanding Precarity BC project. She has previously held academic positions at Birkbeck College (University of London), the University of Glasgow, and the University of Cambridge. Strauss has published numerous works, investigating the intersections of labor, social reproduction, and policy responses to contemporary economic challenges.

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Master Program
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GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:93
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy or related field
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Department of Philosophy