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Susan Birden, professor and chair of the Adult Education Department, has found that her research is making a difference in the lives of students around the world.

Recently, a special school counselor from Israel wrote to Birden about the impact that her book, Rethinking Sexual Identity in Education (2005), has had on Eyal Ben-Ami’s day-to-day work as an advocate for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth) anti-bullying activism in Israel.  

“Your book is always on my desk and in my practice,” Ben-Ami wrote, “Indeed, as a young school counselor and LGBTQ activist, I have learned a lot from your important insights. Thank you for your courageous book.”

“I’m so pleased,” said Birden, “to know that a book that was published almost 10 years ago is continuing to make a difference in the lives of students. It is encouraging to hear that my philosophical work is bearing fruit ‘on the ground’. There is no better reward for a scholar and a teacher.”