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Talk & Toast: Celebrating Graduating WGSS MA 皇家华人

April 25, 1-3pm
CMC 202T

Research presentations by:

  • Faelyn Cowan: 鈥淚n case I make it: An Autoethnographic Argument for Care, Space, and Utopia鈥�
  • LJ Connolly: 鈥淏reaking Binaries: Gender Non-Conforming Lesbians and the Undercurrent of Biopower on Dating Apps鈥�
  • Lee Davis: 鈥淓xploring the Implications of Identity in Media鈥�
  • Emily Hernandez: 鈥淒ancin' in the Dark: Exploring Queer Joy and Belonging in Trinidad and Tobago's SOTU Nights Rave鈥�
  • Megs Peterson: 鈥淧ersonal Perspectives of Political Action: A Case Study of How Women Discuss the Black Panther Party's Free Breakfast for School Children Program鈥�
  • Charles Suor: 鈥淎ngst, Transgression, and Care: Transgender Community in the DIY Rock Scene of Tampa, 皇家华人鈥�

Also celebrating the graduation of:

  • Natasha Joseph: 鈥淚n Her Words: Megan Thee Stallion and the Multidimensionality of the Black Femcee鈥�

14th Annual WGSS Research Colloquium: Poster Session

April 30, 5-7:30pm
Hybrid: CMC202T and Teams

Our 15 student researchers have prepared a PowerPoint for our online guests, and research Posters for our in-person guests. Please join us to learn about these amazing projects:

Set 1: Incorporating Visuals and Music into Research 

  • Kirsten Lee, PhD Student, Social Psychology, 鈥淒eath and Disidentificatory Art 鈥�
  • Elizabeth Zacharias, MPH student, College of Public Health, 鈥淧arenthood in Practice"
  • Rachael Ermacora, MA student, WGSS, 鈥淭he Story of Me, The Story of Us鈥�
  • Caitlyn Seibert, MA student, History, 鈥溾�橮rettiness at a Premium"
  • Glorya Blair Senart, MA student, History, 鈥溾�橲he was a match for a thousand warriors"

Set 2: Querying Reproduction and the Maternal 

  • Khaila Prather, PhD student, College of Public Health, 鈥淚n Their Hands鈥�
  • Olamide Awoyemi, MA student, Anthropology, 鈥淭weeting for Reproductive Justice鈥�
  • Sarmin Akther, PhD student, Sociology and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, "South Asian migrant women鈥檚 experience of maternal health services "
  • Mavis Freeman Essel, PhD student, Communication, 鈥淒econstructing the 'Bad Mother' Narrative鈥�
  • James Robbins, PhD student, Anthropology, 鈥淟anguage Access and the Experiences of Spanish-Speaking Latina/o/e/x/Hispanic Individuals Seeking Abortion Care鈥�

Set 3: Researching From Marginalization to Change 

  • Jewel Okraku Mantey, PhD student, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, 鈥淭he Feminization of Poverty in Africa鈥�
  • Aleidys Lopez Romero, M.A. student, WGSS, 鈥淩eviewing Domestic Violence Injunctions鈥�
  • Eve Pyatovskaya, PhD student, Communication, 鈥淪tories from the fault line鈥�
  • Abby Blackadar, MA student, WGSS, "Asexual Communities "
  • Roopam Mishra, PhD student, Communication, 鈥淲omen Domestic Workers and their Sense-Making of Health鈥�

To attend via Teams, email us for the meeting link.

50th Anniversary of WGS

The Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 2022-2023 academic year. Visit our 50th Anniversary page, to view more information about the 50th Anniversary Events.