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Judith Lasker

Judith Lasker is a professor in the departments of sociology and anthropology at Lehigh University. Her most recent book was Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering, published in 2016.

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Do Volunteer Vacations Do More Harm Than Good?

It’s peak ‘voluntourism’ season—but does dropping into a foreign country for a few weeks to ‘help others’ actually do anything?

Judith Lasker

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