Border and Migration
Categories:
Dr. Alborz Ghandehari’s Fall 2019 students in “Borders and Migration” course exchanged stories of daily life, activism and struggles for migrant justice with refugees in Greece.
Read MoreTag: News
Archiving Latino/a/x Life in the U.S.
Categories:
Associate Professor Lourdes Alberto recovered, digitized, and built an indigenous Oaxacan archive based on the activism of female Oaxacan community members in L.A. between 1970 and 1990.
Read MoreA powerful transformation
Categories:
When Disability Studies moved into Transform, there were 21 declared disability studies minors at the U. After just one year in the school, there are 44 declared disability studies minors.
Read MoreTransform Professor featured on Netflix
Categories:
“Explained,” a Netflix-and-Vox-produced series, features Professor Lisa Diamond in an episode entitled “The Female Orgasm”.
Read MoreNew associate vice president for faculty
Categories:
U of U Senior VP Dan Reed announced that Professor Sarah Projansky has accepted an offer to serve as associate vice president for faculty.
Read MoreBuilding an Educational Bridge
Categories:
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.
Read MoreCriticizing the “Born This Way” Argument
Categories:
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.
Read MoreColonizing Histories and Museums
Categories:
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.
Read MoreSexual violence is everywhere
Categories:
Sarah Projansky, U of U professor of film & media arts and gender studies, and her book, “Watching Rape”, are highlighted in an article about the constant presence of sexual violence in popular media.
Read MoreA Personal Moment with Anita Hill
Categories:
Our Gender Studies class, “Medusa and Manifesto: Identity and Activism in the Information Age”, had the opportunity to watch a portion of Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony with Anita Hill.
Read More