At Cornell University, Graham Rengert studies the politics of oppression and social justice movements with particular focus on the struggles of Black America and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender community.  Outside the classroom, he works as a part of the movement to end the oppression and injustice of the prison industrial complex.  He takes part in programming with inmates in nearby facilities, is an editor for an online prison magazine (S.C.O.P.E.), and has established a partnership between Cornell students and local parolees through the Community Justice Center.  Within the Cornell University chapter of the Roosevelt Institution, he is involved with both the equal justice challenge and the public awareness group.  He is a Resident Advisor and a member of Chosen Generation Gospel Choir.  He grew up in Philadelphia, and has studied in Peru and worked abroad in China and Malawi.