Celebrating 5 years of Transform
Asked to personally reflect on this happiness, the inaugural dean of Transform, professor Kathryn Bond Stockton, harks to her early days at the U.
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Understanding critical race theory
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Edmund Fong explains what this theory is and is not, shedding light on the current debate over this approach to understanding systemic racism.
Read MoreMAGNIFYING: Kimberly Jew
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Dr. Kimberly Jew (Ethnic Studies and Theatre) has been featured in the College of Fine Arts’ The Finer Points blog! Get to know our associate professor and her research at the U.
Read MoreIrving K. Zola Emerging Scholar Award
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Dr. Lezlie Frye has won the 2020 Irving K. Zola Award for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies for her paper Cripping the “Crack Baby” Epidemic: A Feminist Genealogy.
Read MoreIndigenous students in STEM
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Associate Professor Hokulani K. Aikau is helping develop strategies to increase STEM engagement in Indigenous communities.
Read MoreStudent voices leading to structural change
Learn how an open dialogue helped create the U’s School for Cultural and Social Transformation.
Read MoreEnriching the Narrative
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Darius Bost, associate professor of Ethnic Studies, shares his experience researching to examine the confluence of activism and literature during the AIDS epidemic in the latest release of University of Utah Magazine.
Read MoreScary Is How You Act, Not Look, Disability Advocates Tell Filmmakers
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“The Witches,” a film in which Anne Hathaway’s character has disfigured hands, has resurfaced the debate over depicting evil as disabled.
Read MoreUtah Women’s Mural
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Dean Stockton can be seen in a new SLC mural by Jann Haworth that honors inspirational Utah women for the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s ratification.
Read MoreNew book questions how we view migrants
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“Migrant Crossings: Witnessing Human Trafficking in the U.S.” by Ethnic Studies Assistant Professor Annie Isabel Fukushima recently received a 2020 book award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Asia and Asian America.
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