Nusrat Islam

Nusrat Islam is currently serving as a Program Navigator at Canal Alliance since June 2023, focusing on the College to Career program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, particularly in the Latinx community. Concurrently, Nusrat holds a part-time faculty position at Menlo College, providing writing assistance and guidance to a diverse student body at the Writing and Oral Communications Center. From September 2015 to June 2023, Nusrat was a Graduate Student Research Assistant at The University of Akron, conducting research on low-wage healthcare workers while also holding the role of Graduate Student Instructor, teaching courses related to sociology. Additionally, Nusrat has experience as an Associate Center Director at Mathnasium and as a project intern at Stark Education Partnership, Inc. Nusrat holds a PhD in Sociology from The University of Akron, an MA in Sociology from The New School, and dual bachelor's degrees in Sociology and Neuroscience from Wesleyan University.