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As Missouri University President Resigns, UNF Prof Finds Parallels, Differences In Jax

CNN

University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe stepped down Monday after football players and other students demanded he resign. Wolfe is accused of not doing enough to address racism in that state’s university system.

In Jacksonville, University of North Florida sociologist JeffriAnne Wilder says Missouri is different from her predominantly white campus in some important ways—but parallels exist.

UNF Professor JeffriAnne Wilder is the author of the book “Color Stories”: a look at how women’s skin color affects their lives.

Jessica Palombo oversees local news at WJCT News 89.9 and Jacksonville Today. With a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University and bachelor's in journalism from the University of Florida, Jessica is a nearly lifelong resident of Jacksonville. You may have once seen her on a local community theater stage. These days, you can most likely catch her reading a book in a school pickup line.