Janice Fine holds a Ph.D. from MIT in Political Science and is Associate Professor of Labor Studies and Employment Relations at the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University. She teaches and writes about low-wage immigrant labor in the U.S., historical and contemporary debates regarding federal immigration policy, dilemmas of labor standards enforcement and innovative union and community organizing strategies. Prior to coming to Rutgers in 2005, Fine worked as a community, labor, and electoral organizer for more than 25 years. Her ground-breaking book, Worker Centers: Organizing Communities at the Edge of the Dream, was released in January 2006.
