MAT, or Movement for Affordable Textbooks, is an Engaged Pluralism Working Group composed of faculty, students, and administrators. MAT works to address the high cost of textbooks and other course materials for Vassar students by gathering information and raising awareness around textbook affordability challenges and solutions.
Accomplishment to date include:
Awareness has been raised through:
For the academic year 2023/24 MAT members decided to focus on 4 projects:
Now co-chaired by Sarah Pearlman, Elizabeth Salmon and Pambanisha Whaley, MAT meets to plan initiatives. MAT is looking for new members! If you are interested in working with other members of the Vassar community to find solutions to the high cost of course materials at Vassar, contact one of the committee members below to express your interest.
Sarah Pearlman |
sapearlman@vassar.edu |
Professor and Chair, Department of Economics; MAT Co-Chair |
Elizabeth Salmon |
esalmon@vassar.edu |
Social Science Librarian, Vassar College Libraries, MAT Co-Chair |
Pambanisha Whaley |
pwhaley@vassar.edu |
Head Users Services, Vassar College Libraries, MAT Co-Chair |
Mary Ellen Czesak |
maczesak@vassar.edu |
Advisor to the Class of 2025; Senior Lecturer and Laboratory Coordinator, Biology Department, |
Lioba Gerhardi |
ligerhardi@vassar.edu |
Dean of First-Year Students and Advisor to the Class of 2027; Visiting Assistant Professor, German Studies Department |
Kirandeep Gill |
kirandeepgill@vassar.edu |
Assistant Store Director, Vassar College Store |
Simon Hoellerbauer |
shoellerbauer@vassar.edu |
Postdoctoral Fellow in Data Science and Society |
Jose Inoa |
jinoa@vassar.edu |
Textbooks, Vassar College Store |
Bianca Keesler |
bkeesler@vassar.edu |
House Advisor for Cushing & Noyes Houses; Assistant Director of Community Expectations |
Michelle Quock |
mquock@vassar.edu |
Director, Transitions Program |
Izzy Rico |
irico@vassar.edu |
Office of Sustainability Coordinator for Data and Programs |
Emma Ritter |
eritter@vassar.edu |
Senior Assistant Director of Student Financial Services |
Becca Rodriguez | rrodriguez@vassar.edu | EP student intern |
Catherine Tan |
ctan@vassar.edu |
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology |
Tianyu Xiong |
txiong@vassar.edu |
EP student intern |