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Sanctuary Committee

students on Parrish porch

The Sanctuary Committee envisions Swarthmore as a place where all students, regardless of immigration status, have the same opportunities to learn, live, and enjoy full membership in the College community.

Our task is to identify and remedy areas of College programming and/or practice in which we are not yet fulfilling this vision. 

Members (2022-23)

Sangina Patnaik

Associate Professor

On Leave Fall 2022

English Literature

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8150
  2. Lang Performing Arts Center 304
  3. Office Hours:

    Tue 11:15-1:15

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Elaine Allard

Director, Teaching & Learning Commons

Associate Professor

Educational Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8635
  2. Pearson Hall 203
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Smiling photo of Elaine Allard

Sharmaine LaMar

General Counsel

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5675
  2. 101 S. Chester Road 204
sharmaine lamar

Jennifer Marks-Gold

Assistant Dean and Director of International Student Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8361
  2. Sproul 110
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Jennifer Marks Gold

Salvador Rangel

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Sociology and Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-4823
  2. Kohlberg 245
  3. Office Hours:

    By appointment
    Mondays, 4:30- 6:30pm, in person or via Zoom
     

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Professor Salvador Rangel

Suzy Thornton

Assistant Professor

Mathematics & Statistics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6857
  2. Science Center 136
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  2. Website

Barbara Thelamour

Assistant Professor

Psychology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6318
  2. Office: Singer Hall 203
  3. Lab: Singer Hall 135
  4. Office Hours:

    WASE Scheduler

  1. Thelamour ICI Lab

Interests: Multicultural and Educational Psychology: Racial-ethnic socialization via parents and peers, School contexts, Identity development, Acculturation, Black immigrant adolescents and emerging adults' academic and socioemotional outcomes.

Barbara Thelamour

Student Members (2022-23)

  • Lesly Catota Lopez '25
  • Raia Francisco '25
  • Amy Marcalle '23
  • Lucia Navarro '24
  • Lizbeth Zarate-Hernandez '24

Sanctuary in Practice

The Sanctuary campus designation is rooted in community advocacy, backed by institutional support. Read on to learn more about how Swarthmore became a sanctuary campus and what it means in practice.