Education and Career
Juravich, a former mechanic, received a Ph.D. in sociology in 1984 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
From 1984 to 1993 he was an assistant professor in the Department of Labor Studies at Penn State University. While at Penn State, he also directed a workers' education program for wage-earners in the Philadelphia area.
In 1994, Juravich obtained an appointment as a professor of labor studies at UMass Amherst.
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