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Anita Gallers
Senior Academic Advisor
Contact
agallers [at] umass [dot] edu
Location
Lederle Graduate Research Center Lowrise
740 N. Pleasant Street
Amherst , MA 01003
United States
LGRC A114E
About
Anita Gallers's career in education has spanned over 20 years, largely focusing on at-risk students. For the last ten years, she worked as an Academic Advisor for the Gateway to College Program at Springfield Technical Community College. She is a published poet and serves on the Editorial Board of the Florence Poets Society's annual poetry anthology, Silkworm. She also enjoys studying and conversing in Yiddish. She holds a PhD in Spanish and African American Studies from Yale University.