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Her professor, a white man with medium brown hair and light brown eyes who has dwarfism, smiles and holds a tablet in his hand. He has short locs and is wearing a red striped sweater, a collared shirt, and dark dress pants. At another table, a Black man with short hair takes notes with focus. A large window with trees showing is at the back of the classroom.",[100,101,102,103,20,104,106,153,118,117,119,120,31,121,107],"\u002Fimages\u002Fphoto_selects\u002F260512_LaVant_16_Professor_Lecture_1016.jpg",{"name":170,"id":171,"description":172,"altText":173,"date":17,"tags":174,"src":176,"width":38,"height":39},"Working the Worksheet (draft)","1155","Two classmates smile as they work through a worksheet together at the lecture table.","Two college students smile and write in a worksheet together at a lecture table. One student, a Black man, has short locs and is wearing a white plaid shirt and a blue knit shirt underneath. The other student, an East Asian young woman, has long curled hair and is wearing a purple, green, and tan striped sweater.",[100,101,20,104,138,117,175,119,120,31,121,107],"colleagues","\u002Fimages\u002Fphoto_selects\u002F260512_LaVant_16_Professor_Lecture_1155.jpg",{"name":178,"id":179,"description":180,"altText":181,"date":17,"tags":182,"src":183,"width":38,"height":39},"Studying Side by Side (draft)","1226","Two classmates study an open notebook together, pencils in hand, comparing notes at the lecture table.","Two college students study notes in an open notebook together at a lecture table. They are both holding pencils. One student, a Black man with short locs is wearing a white plaid shirt and a blue knit shirt underneath. 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