In my last semester of college, I was required to take a history course to finish my International Relations major. I chose HIS 332: Immigration in America for several reasons: I was tired of learning only about wars in history, I had learned a lot about the economic impacts of migration in my Labor Economics …
FRE 242 Portfolio
Photo from cle-international.com – français.com – Niveau intermédiaire (B1) – Cahier d’activités. Used under Fair Use. Bonjour! This post is a collection of my work in French for the Professions, serving as a portfolio of my communicative abilities in a wide range of professional settings. These artifacts were created and assembled under the supervision of …
Gendered As (Un)Usual: Critical Trans Politics and Routine Police Violence
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 …
Resisting Erasure: A Virtual Exhibition
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 …
Workshop Committee: Essential Elements of Writing Series
In the fall of 2019, I began my first semester with the Agnes Scott College Center for Writing and Speaking. Besides my regular tutoring hours spent in collaboration with students from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines, I was assigned to the Workshop Committee. The Workshop Committee at Agnes Scott develops and presents educational curriculum …
World Refugee Day with Abba’s House Texas
Photo: 2020, Arin Yost. Photographed by Michael Meissner, used with permission. All rights reserved. During the summer of 2018, I interned with Abba’s House Texas, a refugee resettlement agency, to expand their community outreach and assist refugee and immigrant families in transitioning to life in America. This work was funded by the Hubert Scholarship, awarded …