Honoring Excellence in Research & Mentorship: Celebrating Rosa Pimentel & Dr. Andrea Baldwin

The School for Cultural & Social Transformation is proud to honor Rosa Pimentel, a senior graduating with dual majors in ethnic studies and gender studies, and Andrea Baldwin, associate professor of ethnic and gender studies, for their outstanding contributions to research and mentorship through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP). Their work exemplifies the power […]

Read More

Undergraduate Research | Fall 2024 – Spring 2025

Fall 2024 Research Symposium Presenter: Mar Smith Mentor: Kim Hackford-Peer Presentation: Forging Representation in the Wake of Censorship: A “Trans” Analysis of Spider-Man’s Canon Summary: The argument that Spider-Man’s story can be read as a transgender narrative is built on a strong foundation of allegory, body horror, comic history, and censorship. In a time where […]

Read More

Putting Drag to Werk

When Colin Baker (they/them) started at Utah Valley University as a musical theater student in 2020, they had their sights set on stage productions and Broadway shows, unaware of the glitzy and glamorous drag scene. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns the following summer, they fell down a veritable rabbit hole of drag. “Drag was always […]

Read More