Preferred Name: Brendan Hatch Pronouns: he/they Program(s): Gender Studies (major), Psychology (major), Sociology (minor) (alum, BS ’23) Current career: Academic Advisor, University of Utah “I originally took GNDR 3900, Intro Feminist Theories, as a psychology allied course. Ella Myers was my instructor for the course and because of her instruction and the material, I was […]
Read MorePreferred Name: Quincy Brown Pronouns: they/them Program/Major: Political Science (major), Gender Studies (major) “I was introduced to the gender studies program in my first year on campus when I took a course on political economy, race, class, and gender with Dr. Gunseli Berik. That semester I was also in a gender studies course with Dr. […]
Read MoreRecently we caught up with modern dance and gender studies student Terra Killpack-Knutsen on her work as co-curator of the upcoming exhibit Half a Century in Motion: Honoring Chicanx Dance, Art, and Activism. This exhibition was created to honor the 50th anniversary of the “Chicano Awareness Week” held on the University of Utah campus in […]
Read MoreSummer Program for Undergraduate Research Each Summer students from all over the United States come to the University as part of the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR). University faculty participate as mentors for these students and work with them for the 10 week program. Ed Muñoz participated as a faculty mentor for the 2025 […]
Read MoreWe are happy that Professor Tara Quinn is a new a career-line Assistant Professor shared between Gender Studies and the College of Humanities. Welcome and congratulations, Dr. Quinn! What’s your research specialization? What projects are you currently working on? My principal research interests concern processes of socio-economic justice and development in the Global South, including land rights, […]
Read MoreFor much of his life, Andy Murphy (Honors BS ‘08, Gender Studies & Economics) has enjoyed crafting a persuasive argument. As a high schooler, he was a member of the school debate team and enjoyed the challenge of researching and then building a compelling case to support or oppose a position. It was captivating enough […]
Read MoreAt the end of last semester Professor Juliet Reynolds did a short unit on the roles of quilts, flags, and other textiles in a wide range of social movements in her GNDR 1100 course, Gender and Social Change. Over the course of several weeks, class discussion shifted from focusing on the heaviness of oppression to […]
Read Morewritten by Juniper Nilsson, BS’ 27, Gender Studies + Urban Ecology — This semester, I got to go to the 2025 Creating Change conference in Las Vegas, NV at the Rio Hotel and Casino. What an experience! But first, some context. The Creating Change conference was started by the National LGBTQ Task Force in the […]
Read MoreThe School for Cultural & Social Transformation is proud to honor Rosa Pimentel, a senior graduating with dual majors in ethnic studies and gender studies, and Andrea Baldwin, associate professor of ethnic and gender studies, for their outstanding contributions to research and mentorship through the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP). Their work exemplifies the power […]
Read MoreFall 2024 Research Symposium Presenter: Mar Smith Mentor: Kim Hackford-Peer Presentation: Forging Representation in the Wake of Censorship: A “Trans” Analysis of Spider-Man’s Canon Summary: The argument that Spider-Man’s story can be read as a transgender narrative is built on a strong foundation of allegory, body horror, comic history, and censorship. In a time where […]
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