In early January, the School for Cultural & Social Transformation and the College of Humanities hosted a panel discussion on intersectionality, bookending a three-year Transformative Intersectional Collective (TRIC) grant from the Mellon Foundation. The panel brought together distinguished scholars to discuss the state of intersectional work in Utah, reflect on successes and challenges, and look […]
Read MoreThe vibrancy of intersectionality as a body of thought has resided in the ways its pathways are rooted in local contexts, lived experiences, and felt needs. Thus, our third year focused on fostering ecologies of place by highlighting the density of intersectional thoroughfares already being built by community organizations in collaboration with faculty in Transform, […]
Read MoreThe TRIC grant supported seven intersectional signature initiatives that exemplified intersectional research conducted by multi-scholar groups. These teams demonstrated commitment to intersectional inquiry and potential benefit to local and regional communities. Awardees organized at least one “idea exchange” meeting that incorporated scholars from the University of Utah alongside local, regional, and national partners.
Read MoreIn year two, our the TRIC focus shifted to support intersectional research, while providing an overlapping teaching focus through workshops. Our 2023 fellows came from across the University of Utah campus to support a broad range of scholarship, creating a cohort of fellows that represented those who had a track-record of intersectional scholarship or creative […]
Read MoreWe launched our collective plans by creating an in-state cohort of Intersectional Pedagogy Fellows. With Mellon funds, and in special partnership with Utah State University’s Center for Intersectional Gender Studies and Research, we gathered 14 scholar-teachers who together represent Utah State University, Weber State University, Salt Lake Community College, and the University of Utah. Our […]
Read MoreDr. Nirmala Erevelles is Professor of Social and Cultural Studies in Education at the University of Alabama. Her teaching and research interests lie in the areas of disability studies, critical race theory, transnational feminism, sociology of education, and postcolonial studies. Specifically, her research focuses on the unruly, messy, unpredictable, and taboo body—a habitual outcast in […]
Read MoreHosted by the School for Cultural & Social Transformation, University of Utah, Intersectionality Here & Now webinar is part of a 3-year focus on Intersectionality funded by the Mellon Foundation. The webinar is a virtual conversation with Dr. Andrea Baldwin, Dr. Christy Glass, and Dr. Mecca Sullivan moderated by Dr. Wanda S. Pillow.–It has been 33 years since […]
Read MoreTransform has been awarded a three-year grant to form an intersectional studies collective.
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