In the spring of 2020, I wrote this blogpost for WS 340: Sex, Power, and Politics, taught by Dr. Holloway Sparks. In this essay, I was instructed to explore a policy issue and analyze its gendered impacts. This post demonstrates my ability to analyze differing activists’ strategies and policy recommendations and understand their impacts on …
Photo: Lord of the Flies. 1963. Great Britain. Used under Fair Use license. I wrote this essay for POL 326: International Relations Theories, taught by Dr. Eleanor Morris. This was one of my first attempts to intentionally combine my gender studies work and international relations work, which is demonstrated through my extensive use of prominent …
I wrote this short essay in the Fall of 2019 for WS 110: Intro to Queer Studies, taught by Dr. Lauran Whitworth. The purpose of this assignment was to analyze an archival object using assigned course readings. By using a piece of art created by an incarcerated trans woman who I am friends with, I …
Photo: 2020, Arin Yost. Photographed by Jordan Keesler, used with permission. All rights reserved. In the spring of 2020, I was accepted to present my paper “Gendered as (Un)Usual” at two conferences: the Southeastern Women’s Studies Association and Bodies of Knowledge 2020: Reenvisioning Transgender. Unfortunately, both of these events were postponed due to the COVID-19 …
Throughout the fall 2019 semester, I, along with several other students, developed a virtual exhibition on the diverse strategies and tools that have been employed by LGBTQ+ people to resist the traumatic erasure they face. This work was done under the mentorship of Dr. Lauran Whitworth and can be found here. In connection with this …
