On Sept. 14, 2023, join us at the Black Cultural Center to engage with Phillis Wheatley Peters’ complex life and even more complex legacy as the second Colonial American woman—and the first of African descent—to publish a book of poetry.
Read MoreProjects now underway are aimed at taking the theory of intersectionality out of the classroom and into the public sphere as part of the U’s Transformative Intersectional Collective initiative.
Read MoreTransform is currently in year one of implementation of our Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant activities toward the creation of an intersectional studies collective. The initiatives and fellows convened on April 11 at the NEXUS for a Place-in.
Read MoreEthnic Studies’ Liu served as an expert witness in a consequential voting rights case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Provost Mitzi M. Montoya announced that Ruma Chopra has accepted an offer to serve as dean of the School for Cultural and Social Transformation.
Read MoreSmith’s research focuses on racial battle fatigue, a framework he created to describe the cumulative emotional, psychological, physiological and behavioral effects of racial micro- and macro-level aggressions experienced by people of color.
Read MoreAna C. Antunes, an assistant professor of gender studies, answered some questions about the origins of sexism and objectification, the larger issues they are a part of and how students can thoughtfully engage in humor and flirting without harming others.
Read MoreOn U Giving Day (March 28 – 29) Transform will focus on raising funds toward the Marilyn and Edward Stockton Endowed Scholarship and the Transform Huerta Scholarship for Community Engagement. Help us reach our goals so that we may provide financial support to our incredible students.
Read MoreDr. Ella Myers is an Associate Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies. In this interview, Dr. Myers shares details on her new book, “The Gratifications of Whiteness: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Enduring Rewards of Anti-Blackness.”
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