Review: All Is Not as It Seems: A Critical Film Review of Bureaucracy, Democracy, Social Equity and Justice in Zootopia
Karen Sweeting
University of Rhode Island
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6211-4682
Schnequa Nicole Diggs
North Carolina Central University
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8519-4737
Del Bharath
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5724-4845
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jsepa.v2i1.5633
Keywords: Bureaucracy, Democracy, Inclusion, Social Equity
Abstract
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Author Biographies
Karen Sweeting, University of Rhode Island
Dr. Karen D. Sweeting (she/her) (ksweeting@uri.edu) is an assistant professor at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Sweeting views her research as a duty to public service, striving to examine how public service can be more equitable, inclusive, and just to better serve all people from all walks of life, specifically vulnerable, suffering, minoritized, and marginalized populations.
Schnequa Nicole Diggs, North Carolina Central University
Schnequa Nicole Diggs, PhD (she/her) (sdiggs1@nccu.edu) is an assistant professor at North Carolina Central University. She is the vice president of the COMPA, co-chair for the NASPAA DEI committee, and an SDSJ board member.
Del Bharath
Del M. N. Bharath, PhD, MPA (she, her, hers) (delmnb@gmail.com) is an independent researcher. Her research seeks approaches to a more humanistic public administration, both in pedagogy and practice.
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