Category: 2018

Recapping Z Nicolazzo talk – Fostering Inclusivity for Trans* Students in College

Thank you for the great turnout for last week’s WISCAPE talk with Z Nicolazzo, the author of “Trans* in College,” cosponsored by the Trans Research Lab and Department of Gender and Women’s Studies! Z has kindly shared a link to her presentation from the talk and you can also view the video. As a bonus, here’s a …

GWS Affiliate Leslie Bow examines the implications of high-tech robots embodying female Asian features

Leslie Bow clicks through movie and television clips on her computer: scenes from recent sci-fi thrillers, including Cloud Atlas, Ex Machina, Battlestar Galactica and the hit British miniseries Humans. Each features a synthetic human — benevolent or sinister, depending on the plotline — designed to look like a young, attractive Asian woman. Then Bow, a …

GWS Affiliate Moeller joins editorial board of journal Feminist Studies

Kathryn Moeller is an assistant professor with the School of Education’s Department of Educational Policy Studies. In her new role with the journal, she will be leading the review of articles related to education in a call for papers on “Indigenous Feminist Politics in Settler Contexts.”