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Professor Quigley, '87, Talks About Workers Health on WFYI Radio's All IN
06/28/2021
Professor Fran Quigley, ’87, was a guest on the WFYI radio program All IN, where he discussed precarious employment and the health and rights of workers in low quality jobs. The program aired on June 23.
In addition to Professor Quigley, the program included Professor Emily Ahonen of the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health, along with Tom Sizemore, who discussed his work with the LGBTQ community in Indiana.
Professor Quigley is a clinical professor of law and teaches in the Health and Human Rights Clinic. Clinic students advocate for the rights of the poor, with a focus on individual and systemic barriers to accessing healthcare and the social determinants of health. He is the author of several academic journal articles on social justice and human rights, multiple mass media articles and columns, and four books, including most recently Prescription for the People: An Activist's Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All (Cornell University Press, 2017). Prior to his work at the law school, he served as the first Chief of Staff for Congresswoman Julia Carson and as the executive director of ACLU of Indiana. He edits the newsletter Faith in Healthcare and contributes to and helps edit the publications of the Religious Socialism working group of the Democratic Socialists of America.
