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CGSWSR Fall 2018

Bonnie Moradi

From the Director’s Desk

I have been thinking a lot about the importance of community and feminist intersectional praxis – the inextricable link between scholarship and action for social change. Many of us attended the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) conference this year. As usual, there was inspiring research, teaching, and activism to learn about. However, what was most […]

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Another Exciting Fall Reception

The Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research held its annual Fall Reception on September 12 in the Atrium in Ustler Hall. Director Bonnie Moradi welcomed over 100 guests including core and affiliate faculty, students, and friends of the Center. Dean Richardson offered words of pride and encouragement for the Center. New and returning […]

New grad students

Welcome New Graduate Students

We are delighted to welcome our new graduate students to the Center’s MA program: Shyamala Engelhart, Andreina Fernandez, Kaylee Kagiavas, Logan Neser, and Melissa Powers. These students bring a rich range of experiences and interests: Shyamala Engelhart has a BA in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include […]

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With an Attitude of Gratitude

Thanks to everyone whose generosity helps the Center continue to thrive, including the following donors: Association for Academic Women Mr. Gregory R. Allen Dr. Marni A. Brown & Mr. Casey A. Brown Reverend Glen A. Busby & Mrs. Linda C. Busby Mr. Fred Cantrell, Jr. Mrs. Jean Chalmers and Mr. David M. Chalmers Mr. Evan […]

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Center Alum Launches Academic Career in Race, Gender, and Environmental Justice

Alum Spotlight: Dr. Vanessa Fabien graduated with her BA in Women’s Studies in 2006. She earned a PhD in September 2014 in Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. As a historian, her research focuses on 19th and 20th century African American history and culture with particular emphases on environmental ethics, religion, and gender. […]

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Center Alum Brings Gender Equity Lens to International Tax Consulting

Alum Spotlight: Aishwarya Krishna Iyer graduated with the MA in Women’s Studies and SJD in Taxation from the Levin College of Law in 2018. She is currently an International Tax Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Gurur Brahma Gurur Vishnu Gurur Devo Maheshwaraha Gurur Saakshaat Para Brahma Tasmai Shree Gurave Namaha Guru (Teacher) is verily Brahma – the […]

Professor Ntozake Shange

Remembering Poet, Playwright, and Former UF Professor Ntozake Shangé

By Bobbi Korner, Dean College of Arts and Architecture, Pennsylvania State University From 2002 to 2006, poet and playwright Ntozake Shangé was a faculty member in the then Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research. She worked with undergraduate and graduate students, conducted research on local slave cemeteries, and collaborated with College of the Arts […]

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Connecting Art, Community, and Feminist Praxis: The Center Welcomes Dr. Jillian Hernandez

By Matt Sterns, MA Candidate, Women’s Studies The Center is excited to welcome our newest faculty colleague, Dr. Jillian Hernandez. Dr. Hernandez’s scholarship is located at the nexus of several important fields including Black and Latina feminist theory, Black and Latinx studies, art history and performance studies, media and cultural studies, hip hop studies, and […]

Dr. Laurie Taylor

Center Affiliates Win NEH Grant, Put Feminist Technology Practices into Action

By Dr. Laurie Taylor, Center Affiliate and UF Digital Scholarship Librarian In August 2018, the National Endowment for the Humanities announced that they awarded $231,093 for Migration, Mobility, and Sustainability: Caribbean Studies and Digital Humanities Advanced Institute. The investigator team for the project includes Center Affiliate members: Dr. Laurie Taylor, UF’s Digital Scholarship Librarian and […]

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Dickison Launches Director’s Timeline Plaque

Dr. Sheila Dickison, Associate Director of Academic Programs at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service and a Women’s Studies Affiliate Faculty member proposed the creation of the new Directors Timeline of the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research. The plaque takes us from 1977, the year of the inception of the Women’s […]

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In Honor of Dr. Mildred A. Hill-Lubin

By Dr. Debra Walker King, Center Affiliate and Professor of English On October 14th Dr. Mildred A. Hill-Lubin, emerita faculty member of UF’s English Department and affiliate and friend of Women’s Studies, left her legacy of “willful behavior,” audaciousness, and womanist social change advocacy in our hands as she transitioned from life into the realm […]

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UF Well-Represented at NWSA Annual Conference

The University of Florida and the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research were well-represented at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) annual conference, Just Imagine. Imagining Justice: Feminist visions of freedom, dream making and the radical politics of futures, held November 8-11 in Atlanta, GA. Karleen Schlichtmann (MA student) Poster Presentation: “‘Just Imagine’ […]

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Health Disparities in Society students empower the community

On October 20th, 2018, the Center’s Health Disparities in Society minor students and Dr. Laura Guyer worked with the Gainesville4All Initiative called the “Gainesville Empowerment Zone” to gather input from community members about community needs and ways to promote equity. The Center’s Health Disparities in Society minor provides an interdisciplinary, intersectional framework to examine how […]

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Women’s Studies Major Studies Abroad and Prepares to be a Women’s Healthcare Provider

By Hannah Diasti, Women’s Studies Major As a first-year undergraduate at the University of Florida, I felt lost and in disarray. During that time, I approached Dr. Alyssa Zucker about potentially adding a Women’s Studies minor to my Biology degree, but she encouraged me to pursue a double major instead. I could not be happier […]

Graduating Student

Two Graduate Certificates Offered in the Center

The Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research congratulates four graduate students who earned their certificate in Women’s Studies: Michelle Barboza, who recently earned her MS in Geology; Deepthi Siriwardena, currently a PhD student in the Department of English; Alexandra Cenatus, who earned her MA in Latin American Studies; Laura Winn, who is a […]