I strive to connect my research, teaching, and community engagement. My graduate Qualitative Methods course involves students in participatory-action research with local community partners. We collaborate to address local social problems through mutual learning, active engagement, and data-driven research.

Through the DU Just Wages Project, my students and I collaborate with non-profits, lawyers, and legal agencies to provide a holistic understanding of wage theft in Colorado while we help devise possible solutions and bolster enforcement. This includes volunteering with the Wage Theft Direct Action Team, to help workers directly recover wages and inform policy-makers of systemic challenges.

I was a member of the DU Collective Impact Cohort on Migration, which brought together faculty, staff, students, and community partners to improve daily living and opportunities for immigrants and refugees in the Denver metro area.

I am the co-director of the new DU Center for Immigration Policy and Research (DU CIPR) with Lisa Martinez, funded by a Knowledge Bridge Grant. Check out our new website here. For more info, please email cipr@du.edu

I supervise the DU Immigrant and Refugee Rights Colectivo (see Facebook Discussion group and instagram (duirrc) to learn about organizing for immigrant rights in Colorado, nationally, and globally. Email cipr@du.edu with header: Colectivo to get involved.

You can read more about CIPR in Denverite and the DU Newsroom (website coming soon!)

I served as chair of Korbel's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee from 2021-2023. 

I have completed training with the Faculty Institute for Inclusive Teaching (FIIT) through the Office of Teaching and Learning and the Neurodiversity Institute. You can see my Badge here and learn more about my approach to inclusive teaching. I look forward to connecting on strategies for fostering inclusive classrooms and increasingly accessibility for all students.

You can learn more about my Laboring for Justice art exhibit here: https://duclarion.com/2023/05/university-of-denver-museum-of-anthropology-is-changing-the-conversation-on-wage-theft-all-thanks-to-dr-galemba/, on display in the DU Musuem of Anthropology until June 9, 2023.