Professor Armando Solórzano collected the speeches made by city officials, religious leaders and community members at the march and created an archive of interviews, newspaper clippings and analysis surrounding the event.
Read MoreOn 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 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 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.”
Read MoreWilliam Smith ranked in the top 200 educational scholars in the United States for public influence.
Read MoreFor the Day of Disability and Neurodiversity, a panel of campus experts provided brief overviews and demonstrations of basic accessibility practices for communications and event planning.
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