a school for cultural and social transformation
Announcements
Planning Ahead
Have a suggestion for a future Distinguished Lecture topic or speaker? Tell us what, who and why. We’d love to hear it!
Distinguished Lecture 2/11
Come hear from Tendayi Achiume, whose work focuses on global governance of racism and xenophobia and implications of colonialism for migration.
Transformative Perspectives
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Current News
Building an Educational Bridge
A new $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will allow major foundation acceleration for a Pacific Islands Studies initiative at the University of Utah.
Criticizing the “Born This Way” Argument
Are people really born gay? At the latest TEDx Salt Lake City, Lisa Diamond – professor of psychology and gender studies – deconstructs the “born this way” argument and shows why it doesn’t advance LGBTQ+ equality.
Colonizing Histories and Museums
Maile Arvin, assistant professor of history and gender studies, reflects on the National Museum of the American Indian and challenges curators to reflect the complexities of indigenous people.
What is
?
Our full name is the School for Cultural and Social Transformation, but that’s awfully long, so we’ve adopted the nickname Transform. We feel like it embodies what we are, do, and feel.
We are a new college home for the Divisions of Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies and the Disability Studies Program, which share cutting-edge concepts, faculty, and space. Our goal is to forge the wave of the future for the study of shifting sexualities, changing genders, dynamic immigrations, and emergent struggles against all racist thought and actions.
What We Do
Innovative Scholarship
• Interdisciplinary Research
• Faculty
• Publications
Coalition Building
• Policy
• Service Projects
• Leadership
• Community Relationship
Practical Expertise
• Types of Courses
• Praxis
• Events
People
We have a really great group of faculty, staff, and administrators. Come meet us!
Contact
Gardner Commons, Suite 4200
260 Central Campus Dr
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: 801-581-7569
Fax: 801-585-3312