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Tawa, J. & Tauriac, J.J. (2017). Teaching power beyond Black and White: Recognizing and working with student resistance in diverse classrooms. In E. Pinderhughes, P. Romney, & V. Jackson (Eds.). Understanding Power: A Human Service Imperative. Washington D.C.: National Association of Social Work Press.
Tawa, J., Ma, R., & Katsumoto, S. (2016). “All lives matter:” The cost of colorblind racial attitudes in diverse social networks. Race and Social Problems, 8 (2), 196 - 208.
Tawa, J., Negrón, R., Suyemoto, K.L. & Carter, A.S. (2015). The effects of resource competition on Blacks’, Asians’, and Whites’ social distances: A virtual world method. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 18 (6), 761 – 777.
Telegrafi, F. (2025) Mystic Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, Best Narrative Short for "An Occurrence"
Vo, D., Telegrafi, F. (2025). Local Film Night at LAVA Center in Greenfield, MA, Sept. 11, 2025. Guest artist presentation, including screenings of recent films made in and around Western Massachusetts, and a talk-back with the audience. Co-presented with Flonia Telegrafi.
Telegrafi, F. (2025) Panelist on The Producers: Behind the Scenes with Western Mass Movie Makers, part of the Pioneer Valley Picture Show exhibit at Deerfield Memorial Hall.
Telegrafi, F. (2025) Local Film Night at LAVA Center in Greenfield, MA, Sept. 11, 2025. Guest artist presentation, including screenings of recent films made in and around Western Massachusetts, and a talk-back with the audience. Co-presented with Dien Vo. https://thelavacenter.org/events/lava-film-night-2025-09-11/
Mellon New Directions Fellowship, 2023-2026
Faculty Fellowship, Mount Holyoke College, 2022-2023
Australian Research Council Indigenous Discovery Project (Partner Investigator), 2020-2023
