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Opening Thursday at Christian–Green Gallery

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Opening Thursday at Christian–Green Gallery

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ou are invited to the opening reception of Art Galleries at Black Studies’ Spring exhibition– Transcendence: A Century of Black Queer Ecstasy, 1924–2024– this Thursday 1/23 at Christian–Green Gallery.

Transcendence is a multi-venue survey exhibition curated by Dr. Phillip Townsend. Through 59 artworks in a variety of media, the exhibition highlights visual representations of Black queer ecstasy from the last 100 years. Centering Blackness and queerness allows this exhibition to consider the potential of queer perspectives around the paradoxes of pleasure and pain, excess and lack, and autonomy and dependence.

The opening reception will be hosted at Christian–Green Gallery, 5–8 p.m. Idea Lab will be open to the public for the duration of the reception, but no reception will be hosted there.

Hope to see you on Thursday! As always, please reach out if you’d like to schedule a tour for your class or group.

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LGBTQ+ History Association research grants available

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LGBTQ+ History Association research grants available

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The TEN:TACLES Initiative (Transgender Educational Network: Theory in Action for Creativity, Liberation, Empowerment and Service) is pleased to announce that its 2025-26 funding cycle is now open for submissions. The Initiative intends to foster more accurate narratives about trans lives by funding working groups and study groups that bring humanities and cultural studies scholarship on trans issues into engagement with social change activism. To request the Call for Proposals and instructions on how to apply, please email info@tentaclesinitiative.com. Final proposals are due 02/28/2025.

Given the level of hostile attention to trans and queer scholars and scholarship in the current political climate, please do not circulate this CFP beyond your trusted personal and professional networks, or post on social media.

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Call for Nominations: Gilbert Teaching Award & $1000 Prize

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Call for Nominations: Gilbert Teaching Award & $1000 Prize

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Call for Nominations: 2024-2025 Gilbert Teaching Award

Nominations open until:

March 1, 2025.

2025 Call for Nominations: This is a year to nominate faculty who are untenured faculty members (e.g., assistant professors, including tenure-track or professional track, and/or

lecturers) .

Fill out nomination form here: https://forms.office.com/r/hfgjdHLXLN

The Lucia, John, and Melissa Gilbert Teaching Excellence Award honors faculty members with an outstanding record of undergraduate and/or graduate teaching in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses. One award is given each year, alternating between untenured faculty members (assistant professors of practice, instruction or tenure-track, or lecturer) and tenured faculty members (Associate Professor and Full Professor). This award includes a $1000 cash honorarium and is presented to the recipient at the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Annual Spring Awards Reception April 29th 2025, 3:30pm-5pm in RLP 1.302E.

The Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies will accept names of untenured faculty members (e.g., assistant professors, including tenure-track or professional track, and/or lecturers) from the WGSS Faculty until March 1, 2025.

Self-nominations are permitted.

The Department will then contact the individuals to inform them that they have been nominated.

Nominees must:

Be untenured in rank;

Hold regular, on-going faculty positions at UT Austin;

Actively engage in the instruction of undergraduate and graduate students in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses;

Have completed at least their third year of teaching at UT;

Demonstrate active involvement in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Deadline for Nominations: March 1, 2025.

All eligible nominees will receive application instructions via email.

Supporting materials, including recommendation letters, are due: April 1, 2025 at 5pm.

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Jan 29 Virtual Info Session - Foreign Policy Semester in Washington, DC

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Jan 29 Virtual Info Session - Foreign Policy Semester in Washington, DC

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Good morning!

The LBJ School of Public Affairs is pleased to continue to offer our Foreign Policy Semester in Washington, DC for the spring 2026 semester. The program, open to UT undergraduate students who will be Juniors or Seniors in spring 2026, includes 3 courses (9 credits) and an internship (credit available via the LBJ School.)

Next Wednesday, January 29 at 12:15pmCT we will host a virtual information session to discuss the program and answer student questions. We would be grateful if you shared the below information with your students and please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have.

Thank you!

Robin

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Duke Feminist Theory Workshop registration now open

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Duke Feminist Theory Workshop registration now open

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Hello all,

Happy 2025! We hope your new year is off to a good start.

Our 18th annual Feminist Theory Workshop is open for registration now.

We ask that you please share the information with your students and faculty colleagues.

This year’s keynotes include Nicole Fleetwood, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Sophie Lewis, and Linda Zerilli. Registration is free! The link to register is here:

https://gendersexualityfeminist.duke.edu/18th-annual-feminist-theory-workshop

We hope to see you at our event!

Best,

Jeremy

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 Please Circulate: Critical Perspectives on Care Virtual Symposium

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 Please Circulate: Critical Perspectives on Care Virtual Symposium

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Dear Friends,

We are thrilled to launch the virtual symposium “Critical Perspectives on Care: Social Reproduction Theory in a Global Context.” This speakers’ series is interdisciplinary and open to the public, featuring cutting edge international feminist philosophy of care and social reproduction.

Information about the series can be found on the symposium’s website and in the attached flyer.

Our first speaker, Prof. Premilla Nadasen (Barnard College) will talk about Care, Racial Capitalism, and Social Reproduction, on Tuesday, January 28, at 2pm EST, with a response from Prof. Rachel Brown (Washington University in St. Louis).

You can register for this event, as well as the following ones, here.

Please feel free to contact the series organizers at cpcsymposium@gmail.com with any questions.

Looking forward to seeing you at one or more of these events!

Surti Singh (Philosophy, Villanova)

Jeta Mulaj (Philosophy, Toronto Metropolitan University)

Dana Lloyd (Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Villanova)

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Postponed Until 1/23: We Are Still A Community Event

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Postponed Until 1/23: We Are Still A Community Event

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The We Are Still A Community event planned for this afternoon is postponed until Thursday, Jan 23, from 6:30-8:30pm in GWB 2.206. We look forward to seeing you there. Stay safe and warm!

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CFP: 32nd Annual Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, UT Austin

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CFP: 32nd Annual Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, UT Austin

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Rethinking Health and Well-being: The Politics of Collective Care and Body Sovereignty

32nd Annual Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, at The University of Texas at Austin.

March 25-26th, 2025

Call for Papers (Google Form)

The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies annual conference offers graduate students the opportunity to share their research with students and faculty, The University of Texas at Austin community, and WGSS community partners.

We hope you will join us on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 25-26th, 2025.

Rethinking Health and Well-being: The Politics of Collective Care and Body Sovereignty

The deep and persistent racial and cisnormative disparities in health have long been condemned by grassroots movements, scholars, and other activists. In the U.S., Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women (CDC), with reports of under diagnosis, obstetric and medical violence. Transgender and non-binary individuals, especially Black and Latinx trans people, face staggering barriers to healthcare, including fear of discrimination, mistreatment and lack of support from medical providers on trans and gender-affirming care, to name a few.

However, we know that healthcare and well-being disparities do not exist in a vacuum. Healthcare and well-being (or lack thereof) are deeply embedded within broader systems of racism, sexism, and cisnormativity, which subject marginalized communities to daily violence—both physical and psychological, and in turn, poorer health outcomes. Historically, systems of criminalization and incarceration have compounded these harms, linking premature death and prolonged suffering to structures that perpetuate cycles of oppression.

Recent legal and political shifts have further entrenched these disparities. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the erosion of the constitutional right to abortion has profoundly undermined bodily autonomy of pregnant individuals. Simultaneously, state-level legislation, particularly in Texas, has escalated attacks on gender-affirming care, further marginalizing trans and gender-diverse communities from medically necessary assistance from insurers.

Despite these challenges, collective care and well-being remain at the heart of feminist and anti-racist goals, which envisions health as a form of social justice. These practices open up critical conversations around wellness and health justice. As a case in point, we are particularly focused on emancipatory practices—social movements’ resistance, activism, art, and media production—that challenge oppressive systems, medical and state violence and reimagine health as a collective goal.  More specifically, we invite participants to reimagine well-being and frame it as a goal rooted in interconnectedness, body sovereignty, and collective healing.

As bell hooks (1999) reminds us in All About Love, "Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.".

We invite submissions that address the following questions:

How can feminist practices reshape our understanding of health and well-being?

How have feminist and anti-racist movements questioned medical and structural violence across time and enacted collective care?

What strategies can dismantle harmful systems to women of color and gender minorities’ well-being?

How can poetics, media, and art promote healing and wellness?

How can grassroots movements and collective care bridge healthcare gaps for marginalized communities?

What role does body sovereignty play in resisting gendered and racialized violence in healthcare?

We invite panels and individual, co-authored papers, creative writing and artistic posters, media production, and performance pieces from participants in any discipline whose research focuses on women's, gender, sexuality, transgender, and/or queer studies. Presentation at this conference will count towards the WGS MA Program, the WGS Graduate Portfolio Certificate and/or the WGS Graduate Portfolio Certificate-LGBTQ Studies Track.

We will consider work previously presented at another conference or produced during coursework, and especially encourage (but do not require) submissions relevant to this year’s theme. Co-authored papers are also permitted.

Conferences proposals are due by Friday, January 24th 2025.

Call for Papers (Google Form)

For more information, contact conference organizer: Brenda Marques, brendamarques@utexas.edu

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If you are still looking for a WGS class to take in the spring, consider WGS 393L (45568) with Prof. Naomi Lindstrom! More info on the image below.

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Activist-in-Residence Application open for Spring 2025

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Activist-in-Residence Application open for Spring 2025

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We are excited to announce the opening of applications for the Activist-in-Residence program (AiR) at University of Oklahoma. This unique opportunity invites passionate individuals dedicated to social justice, advocacy, and community engagement to join us in making an impact. The activists come from a variety of social justice backgrounds and travel to Norman from around the world. Once on campus, activists hold workshops, lead discussion groups, teach classes, screen films, assist in planning projects and campaigns, and are available to students for informal conversations. The WGS Center for Social Justice believes the personal contact and hands-on approach of the AiR Program truly benefits students and works toward our mission of inspiring students to become involved in social justice activism. The residency program covers the AIR's travel expenses and includes an honorarium.

As an Activist-in-Residence, you will have the chance to:

- Engage with our community through events, workshops, and lectures.

- Share your expertise and experiences in advancing social change.

- Collaborate with faculty, students, and staff to inspire and mobilize action.

We are seeking individuals whose work aligns with our commitment to equity, inclusion, and justice. Whether your focus is environmental activism, racial justice, LGBTQ+ rights, or another important cause, we welcome your application.

Apply Here: Activist-in-Residence Application

https://shorturl.at/2UYZ0

Deadline: January 13th 2024

If you have questions or need further information, please don’t hesitate to reach out at peace@ou.edu.

We look forward to receiving your application and learning more about the incredible work you’re doing to create meaningful change.

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Please respond by December 5th if you are WGS Portfolio student graduating in Fall 2024.

(If you are graduating in Spring 2025, please wait to reply in April when we send out the call for graduating Portfolios again.)

We will use this information to update your transcript during the same semester your degree is processed.

Fill out the attached form (PDF), save it and upload it to: https://utexas.app.box.com/f/2d737827c8844c73ab8f12ba6b763cd8 or email it to: WGS_Por.wtjochom5i70kv15@u.box.com

If for any reason you do not graduate this semester, or

if you are continuing to another graduate degree at UT Austin, please let me know ASAP!

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This is a reminder that registration for this Immersive Python Workshop will open up at noon on Wednesday December 4th. Space in this workshop is limited so please register early if you are interested in attending (registration for previous workshops filled in about one hour).

This in-person two-day workshop is aimed at UT students, faculty, and researchers. You don't need to have previous knowledge of Python to participate in this workshop. This example-driven two-day workshop will start with an introduction to Python and then participants will choose a particular track to learn more about more specific applications of Python.

Day 1:

Intro to Python basics (1pm - 2pm)

Python and APIs for retrieving data (2pm - 3pm)

Managing and processing files (3pm - 4pm)

Optional software check to prepare for day 2 (4pm - 4:30pm)

Day 2:

Split tracks (1pm - 3pm)

Sentiment analysis | Geospatial analysis | Data visualization

Sharing code in GitHub (3pm - 4pm)

Short tutorials alternate with hands-on exercises. Participants are encouraged both to help one another, and to try applying what they learn to their own research problems during and between sessions.

Workshop sessions will run from 1:00pm-4:00pm CT on January 9th and 10th in the Scholars Lab in PCL. There will be breaks during sessions and helpers will be on hand to assist.

If you would like to participate as a Helper: Helpers will be responsible for assisting workshop attendees install Python, GitHub Desktop, and VSCode on their laptops, help attendees work through challenges, and answer general Python questions. If you would like to be a Helper for this workshop or for more information/questions, please contact Meryl Brodsky meryl.brodsky@austin.utexas.edu

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The Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice is currently accepting applications for its two undergraduate internship programs. Please see below and kindly share with your networks.

Call for Applications: Undergraduate Internships

The Rapoport Center is now accepting applications for its standard internship (open to all UT undergrads), and Barbara Harlow internship (open to UT undergrad students pursuing any Bridging Disciplines Program (BDP) certificate). For Spring 2025, we are particularly interested in students with experience in the following areas: designing public-facing communications; community engagement and outreach at UT and/or in a comparable academic/nonprofit setting; developing websites (especially using Wordpress platform); and human rights/social justice research and writing. Spring internships offer a scholarship of $1250, and selected interns should be available to work 10 hours per week, mostly in-person at the Rapoport Center. Apply by 11:59pm on Monday, December 2.

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If you are interested in doing an internship with the LGBTQ House Caucus in Spring 2025 during the Texas legislative session, please complete the application below. They are looking for 2 interns. A part of doing the internship will also be enrolling and completing the WGS internship class. This is open to both undergrad and grad students:

https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5pUzisQPm9r4XZQ

Priority deadline is next Friday, December 13th, but we will be accepting applications until both positions are filled. Please reach out if you have any questions.

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The College of Liberal Arts is excited to announce that applications for the Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program (URAP) are now open!

This program offers a unique opportunity for COLA majors to gain hands-on research experience under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Participants will develop essential research skills while contributing to meaningful projects in a variety of fields. Accepted students will devote 7–10 hours per week to research activities, meet with their faculty advisor weekly, and submit a final discovery report at the end of the semester. In return, participants will receive three credit-hours and a $500 stipend upon successful completion of the program.

To apply, students must form an apprentice-faculty pair. Speak with a faculty member in a COLA department to confirm their participation before submitting your application. If you are interested in applying but do not have a faculty member in mind to work with, you can reach out to colastudentresearch@austin.utexas.edu to inquire about our joint program for faculty-student matching with the Innovations for Peace & Development lab.

Applications are due by 11:59 PM on December 8, 2024. Admissions decisions will follow shortly after the deadline. CLICK HERE to access the application portal. For more details about the program, please visit this link and navigate to the Spring URAP section at the bottom of the webpage.

If you have questions, please contact Heidi O’Hora at colastudentresearch@austin.utexas.edu.

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32nd Annual Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies
    Graduate Student Conference, UT Austin

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32nd Annual Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies
    Graduate Student Conference, UT Austin

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Rethinking Health and Well-being: The Politics of Collective Care and Body Sovereignty

✨32nd Annual Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, at The University of Texas at Austin.✨

March 25-26th, 2025

Call for Papers (Google Form)

The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies annual conference offers graduate students the opportunity to share their research with students and faculty, The University of Texas at Austin community, and WGSS community partners.

We hope you will join us on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 25-26th, 2025.

Rethinking Health and Well-being: The Politics of Collective Care and Body Sovereignty

The deep and persistent racial and cisnormative disparities in health have long been condemned by grassroots movements, scholars, and other activists. In the U.S., Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women (CDC), with reports of under diagnosis, obstetric and medical violence. Transgender and non-binary individuals, especially Black and Latinx trans people, face staggering barriers to healthcare, including fear of discrimination, mistreatment and lack of support from medical providers on trans and gender-affirming care, to name a few.

However, we know that healthcare and well-being disparities do not exist in a vacuum. Healthcare and well-being (or lack thereof) are deeply embedded within broader systems of racism, sexism, and cisnormativity, which subject marginalized communities to daily violence—both physical and psychological, and in turn, poorer health outcomes. Historically, systems of criminalization and incarceration have compounded these harms, linking premature death and prolonged suffering to structures that perpetuate cycles of oppression.

Recent legal and political shifts have further entrenched these disparities. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the erosion of the constitutional right to abortion has profoundly undermined bodily autonomy of pregnant individuals. Simultaneously, state-level legislation, particularly in Texas, has escalated attacks on gender-affirming care, further marginalizing trans and gender-diverse communities from medically necessary assistance from insurers.

Despite these challenges, collective care and well-being remain at the heart of feminist and anti-racist goals, which envisions health as a form of social justice. These practices open up critical conversations around wellness and health justice. As a case in point, we are particularly focused on emancipatory practices—social movements’ resistance, activism, art, and media production—that challenge oppressive systems, medical and state violence and reimagine health as a collective goal. More specifically, we invite participants to reimagine well-being and frame it as a goal rooted in interconnectedness, body sovereignty, and collective healing.

As bell hooks (1999) reminds us in All About Love, "Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion.".

We invite submissions that address the following questions:

How can feminist practices reshape our understanding of health and well-being?

How have feminist and anti-racist movements questioned medical and structural violence across time and enacted collective care?

What strategies can dismantle harmful systems to women of color and gender minorities’ well-being?

How can poetics, media, and art promote healing and wellness?

How can grassroots movements and collective care bridge healthcare gaps for marginalized communities?

What role does body sovereignty play in resisting gendered and racialized violence in healthcare?

We invite panels and individual, co-authored papers, creative writing and artistic posters, media production, and performance pieces from participants in any discipline whose research focuses on women's, gender, sexuality, transgender, and/or queer studies. Presentation at this conference will count towards the WGS MA Program, the WGS Graduate Portfolio Certificate and/or the WGS Graduate Portfolio Certificate-LGBTQ Studies Track.

We will consider work previously presented at another conference or produced during coursework, and especially encourage (but do not require) submissions relevant to this year’s theme. Co-authored papers are also permitted.

Conferences proposals are due by Friday, January 24th 2025.

Call for Papers (Google Form)

For more information, contact conference organizer: Brenda Marques, brendamarques@utexas.edu

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Hello, Longhorn Student Parents!

[Support for Longhorn Student Parents]

This is SeongGyeong Park, a doctoral student in the Dept of Educational Leadership and Policy and Graduate Research Assistant in the Transfer-Year Experience Program (TYE). I’m supporting student parents on campus with Dr. Jeff Mayo who is a wonderful director of the First-Year Experience and TYE. I provide Longhorn student parents with diverse services such as individualized resource searching (e.g., childcare, financial aid, etc.). Feel free to reach out to me with any question! The Student Parent Organization and the TYE send out a monthly newsletter for Longhorn student parents. If you are interested in receiving newsletters and timely messages, please sign up for our listserv.

[Fall 2024 Longhorn Student Parents Social]

As a kindly reminder, join us for a Playday & Clothing Exchange hosted by the Transfer-Year Experience Program and Student Parent Organization on 11/9 Saturday, 10am-12pm, at Central Market North Lamar Playground.​It’s time to update the kids’ clothes with the change in weather (Fall is coming one day, right?). Let’s get together, swap some clothes, and let the kids have fun! We’ll provide snacks and drinks for all ages. And bringing clothes is not required, feel free to just come by to meet with other Longhorn parents!

​

​Don’t forget to RSVP so we can plan for food!

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Invitation to faculty: Seminar with Carla Williams

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Dear WGS Graduate Students and Faculty,

Art Galleries at Black Studies invites you to attend a lunchtime seminar with artist and art historian Carla Williams on Friday, November 15 at 12:00 p.m.

Attendees of “Making History: A Seminar with Carla Williams” will be asked to read Williams’ essay “The Erotic Image Is Naked and Dark,” from Picturing Us: African American Identity in Photography (ed. Deborah Willis, 1994) and an introduction and chapter from The Black Female Body: A Photographic History. At the seminar, attendees may expect a free-flowing discussion about the process of recovering, interpreting, and illuminating the history of Black women and photography, the pleasures and challenges of working with varied collections and institutions, and the creative and innovative archival methods such histories require, amongother topics. Please review the attached for more information.

Those interested in attending should email Joy Scanlon, joy.scanlon@austin.utexas.edu, who will extend invitations to the first 15 respondents. Invitations will include the seminar’s location and PDFs of the assigned readings.

Best,

Joy

Joy Scanlon

Gallery Manager, Art Galleries at Black Studies

UT Austin

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The UT Law Fair is next week, November 5th from 11am-2pm in the SJH Multipurpose Room! The fair only happens in the fall and provides the ideal opportunity for prospective students to meet with admissions professionals and learn about 110+ law school programs.

Students interested in law school or careers in the legal sector can register now and see the full list of law schools attending! For questions regarding how to prepare for the fair, all students may also visit our site for pointers and tips.

WHAT: UT Law Fair

WHEN: Tuesday, November 5th, 2024

WHERE: San Jacinto Multipurpose Room

WHY: A great opportunity for prospective students to meet with admissions professionals and learn about 110+ law school programs

WHO: All UT students

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Hello,

You are invited to participate in a research project about the late-in-life autism identification process (please note: a formal autism diagnosis is NOT required for participation). Please review the information provided below and follow the link at the bottom of this email if you’re interested in participating.

What is the study about and why am I doing it?

The purpose of the study is to better understand the experiences of late-identified Autistic adults. I am particularly interested in understanding what made learning you were autistic and talking with others about that process more or less difficult. I also want to know more about the role autistic masking has played in your life and in these specific conversations. My goal is to develop better resources to support late-identified Autistic adults as they grapple with their late identification.

Who am I?

I am a late-identified Autistic Doctoral Candidate at the University of Texas at Austin and this project is the focus of my dissertation research. I believe in the value of participatory research and I am working with a community advisory board (CAB) of late-identified Autistic adults to complete this project while ensuring a diverse range of Autistic voices and experiences are represented.

Your participation is entirely voluntary, but I hope you will choose to be part of this project!

For more information on the study, please follow this link to get started. If after reviewing additional study details you would like to participate, you will be able to provide consent, complete the online survey, and schedule an interview time.

If you would like to share this research opportunity with others you believe may be interested and eligible, please feel free to share this message with them.

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Please join LGBTQ Studies for Art Night, Tuesday, November 12 from 5:00-7:00pm in BUR 536. Weather permitting, we will be going outside to tie-dye t-shirts! We will provide some t-shirts, but they will be first-come, first-serve. If you want to bring your own items to tie-dye, feel free. If we have inclement weather, we will meet inside with arts and crafts. Light snacks will be provided.

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Application Support: Law/ Medical/ Masters/PhD 

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Application Support: Law/ Medical/ Masters/PhD 

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Dear Students,

Are you considering or in the process of applying to Law school, Medical School, or a master’s/PhD program?

Join Strive Grad Prep Academy in partnership with UT LAW, the HEALTH PROFESSIONS OFFICE, and the UNIVERSITY WRITING CENTER to provide more information and resources about the application process.

Law School

October 22

4-5 pm

SSB 3.200

Med School

October 29

4-5 pm

SSB 3.2000

Grad School Application

November 12th

4-5 pm

SSB 3.200

For more information on Strive Grad Prep Academy,

Visit our website: https://undergradcollege.utexas.edu/academics/post-graduate-programs/strive-grad-prep-academy

Or email,

Eric Dieter: ericdieter@austin.utexas.edu

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Hello colleagues,

I am excited to share that I am starting a new queer film production course offered for the first time this upcoming spring 2025 which meets T-Th 11am - 2pm. See below for details.

RTF classes are typically for majors only, but on occasion if there's room I can take non-majors too, including grad students!

RTF 366K QUEER MEDIA PRODUCTION • PJ RAVAL

From DIY pixelvision videos to campy drag melodramas, queer artists have long embraced filmmaking as a form of imaginative expression, despite limited resources and sometimes limited training. Often reacting to turbulent times, these queer films have introduced audiences to new narratives, new characters, and new concepts of mediamaking. This course will embrace queerness as an artistic sensibility, mode of artmaking, and a form of creative boundary pushing that will encourage students to collaborate in producing work rooted in the values of community action, unapologetic authenticity, and a bold visionary excitement. Students are encouraged to have previously completed one of the following RTF courses: Queer Media Studies, Queer TV, Gender and Media, Global Trans Media and/or Queer Art & Activism.

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New to Zotero? Or have you been dabbling and want to improve your Zotero experience? Come by the PCL Scholars Lab Consultation Room (PCL 2.402B) to get tailored assistance for your Zotero needs. Two Zotero-expert librarians will be on hand to assist on a first-come, first-served basis.

Zotero Office Hours

Next week: Wednesday, October 23, 2024, from 12-2 p.m.

And: Wednesday, November 13, 2024, from 12-2 p.m.

PCL Scholars Lab Consultation Room (PCL 2.402B)

Can’t come but have questions about citation management? Submit a request for assistance here.

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What Does Free Speech Have to Do with Palestinian Liberation

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What Does Free Speech Have to Do with Palestinian Liberation

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In keeping with UT Austin's annual Free Speech Week, please join us for a discussion and showing of Dr. Rebecca Ruth Gould's lecture "What Does Free Speech Have to Do with Palestinian Liberation?"

Monday, October 21st at 6:30pm

Burdine Hall 436A

Snacks will be provided. We hope to see you there!

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Applications for McNair Scholars are open for the 2025-2026 academic year.

McNair, part of the U.S. Department of Education's funded TRIO programs, guides first-generation and low-income students into Ph.D. programs, and provides funding to assist with that process.

Applications are due Friday, December 6th .

Attached is a flyer in PDF and JPG format, and a slide formatted for digital screens. We are happy to join meetings and classes, either virtually or in person, to promote McNair to your students. There are several info sessions scheduled; details on the attached flyer and on the website.

Students are welcome to email me (nabeeha.chaudhary@austin.utexas.edu) or Dr Eric Dieter (ericdieter@austin.utexas.edu) with any questions.

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 Lunch with "Reproduction Wars" Researchers: Tuesday, Oct. 15

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 Lunch with "Reproduction Wars" Researchers: Tuesday, Oct. 15

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Dear WGS Community,

I am writing to invite you to an American Studies departmental lunch next Tuesday, October 15th at 12:30 pm in BUR 436A.

At this event we will meet and learn about the research of our affiliate faculty visiting from the University of Turku, Finland: Dr. Benita Heiskanen (PI), Dr. Niko Heikkilä, Dr. Pekka M. Kolehmainen and PhD candidates Mila Seppälä and Jaakko Dickman. The team is examining the respatialization of women’s bodily rights post-Dobbs within the U.S.-Mexico transborder region. I have included a fuller description of their project below.

If you are able to attend this lunch please RSVP to Stephanie Kaufman (Stephanie.Kaufman@austin.utexas.edu) no later than this Friday, October 11th so that she can plan accordingly. I have also attached fliers in English and Spanish advertising the study and seeking participation in case you have any thoughts on where to get respondents to them.

Hope to see y’all there next Tuesday!

Best wishes,

Lauren

“Reproduction Wars: Imaginaries and Mobilizations in the US-Mexico Transborder Region”

The REPRO project examines the “Reproduction Wars” in the United States after the constitutional right to abortion was overturned in June 2022, resulting in a respatialization of women’s bodily rights, contested within progressive and reactionary politics of each state. The project probes the topic through four specific lenses: 1) law as lived experience; 2) rhetorical imaginaries; 3) transborder mobilities; and 4) performative practices within the U.S.-Mexico transborder region.

With this approach, the study asks: How are anti-abortion laws explained and analyzed in media, society, and firsthand experiences? What are the sites and modus operandi through which the transborder abortion networks are created and used on both sides of the border? What are the conceptual measures through which anti-abortion organizations are managed and operated? What are the mechanisms and tools with which the Reproduction Wars are constructed, performed, and visualized?

Contextualized within the theoretical frameworks of legal consciousness studies and feminist geography, the project focuses on both the gendered imaginaries through which the Reproduction Wars are contested and the actual mobilizations that shape women’s maneuvering within federal-local-transborder relations. In this way, the project offers 1) original data for understanding the de facto ramifications that law has on women’s lives; 2) a specific linkage between societal and cultural analysis of the topic; and 3) a reexamination of the geographic mobility of reproductive justice that has relevance not just in the United States and Mexico, but also on global discussions on gendered conceptualization of healthcare rights.

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Associate Professor and Chair, American Studies Department

Associate Professor, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department

University of Texas at Austin

Author, Her Neighbor's Wife: A History of Lesbian Desire Within Marriage (U Penn 2020)

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Tufts PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies

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Tufts PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies

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Dear Colleagues,

I hope the start to your fall semester has been safe and well. My name is Lily Mengesha and I serve as Director of Graduate Study for Tufts PhD program in Theatre and Performance Studies. We are now accepting applications for a Fall 2025 cohort and I could use your help. Could you reach out to your Women’s, Gender and Sexuality studies students interested in a humanities PhD and invite them to consider Tufts? Our application deadline is Dec 1, 2024.

The Theatre and Performance Studies PhD curriculum is especially strong in supporting research focused on archival materials, 20th century Black performance, ethnography, globalization, gender and sexuality studies, religion, race, and Indigeneity in the Americas. Many of our students come from interdisciplinary backgrounds in American studies, English, Theatre studies, History, Gender/Sexuality studies, Sociology, Anthropology, and Art History.

In Fall 2025, we will be joined by two new fabulous graduate faculty members: Black performance studies historian, Paige McGinley, and theatre architecture historian and philosopher, Pannill Camp. We are so thrilled to have Paige and Pannill join the department. Students interested in 20th century Black performance, public humanities, theatre architecture and histography will garner rich insights from their teaching and scholarship.

My colleagues and I incorporate a number of production opportunities as well as facilitate engagement with arts and arts advocacy organizations in greater Boston. Our current cohort features students working as playwrights, directors, lighting designers, dramaturgs, and nightlife organizers. These students are simultaneously completing MA and PhD projects about the history of unionization and performance tactics, HIV/AIDS activism, queer Asian diasporic ancestral knowledges, Jewish actresses on the Indian screen, and Black and Indigenous feminist performances.

While in the program, students have the opportunity to train for a variety of career paths. They teach their own courses and we train scholar-artists who find employment and excel in a variety of colleges and universities across the United States. We are especially proud to have developed a signature “Pedagogy and Professional Development” seminar that prepares students to imagine careers in and beyond the university.

Best of all, each of the qualified PhD students admitted into the program receives five years of fellowships and teaching assistantships with an annual stipend of $34,500, secured through the graduate student union collective bargaining agreement. In addition, Tufts offers dissertation fellowships, student health insurance, annual travel support, and tuition remission for a total financial package valued at over $250,000.

There is so much more I could say about our fabulous program and the amenities available at Tufts and in the greater Boston area. I am happy to speak with any interested students via phone or zoom; they can reach out to me at lilian.mengesha@tufts.edu.

I look forward to hearing more about your brilliant students with the hope that they might consider applying to Tufts’ PhD in Theatre and Performance Studies.

Warmly,

Lily Mengesha

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Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Director of Graduate Study, AY 2024-25

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora

Tufts University

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Sign up now! RCR-2 Day Workshop to Meet Sponsor Requirements

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Sign up now! RCR-2 Day Workshop to Meet Sponsor Requirements

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Hello Colleagues,

The Research Integrity Program would like to send a friendly reminder that we are holding our twice-yearly 2-Day Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Workshop next week. Join us in BME 3.204 on October 7th and 8th from 12:30-4:30pm for expert-led sessions and interactive case discussions.

This is an excellent opportunity to meet sponsor RCR/RECR requirements, meet fellow graduate students and postdocs, and stretch that ethics muscle. Sign up via Research TRACKS by searching RI0200 and RI0201 (don’t forget to sign up for both days)! Please email us at research-integrity@austin.utexas.edu with any questions.

As an extra incentive, we will be offering lunch on both days, so come eat, mingle, and get excited about contributing to the culture of research integrity at UT Austin. Please share with anyone you think might be interested!

Kind regards,

Megan Jones

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New to Zotero? Or have you been dabbling and want to improve your Zotero experience? Come by the PCL Scholars Lab Consultation Room (PCL 2.402B) to get tailored assistance for your Zotero needs. Two Zotero-expert librarians will be on hand to assist on a first-come, first-served basis.

Zotero Office Hours

Wednesday, October 9, 2024, from 12-2 p.m.

PCL Scholars Lab Consultation Room (PCL 2.402B)

Can’t come but have questions about citation management? Submit a request for assistance here:

https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9RFSzxWbbRxuSea

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Transgender Studies Search at University of Rochester

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Transgender Studies Search at University of Rochester

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See this recently announced faculty job opportunity:

https://apply.interfolio.com/156167

Assistant Professor in Transgender Studies University of Rochester: Office of the Provost: Academic Center:

School of Arts & Sciences: Susan B. Anthony Institute

Open Date:

Oct 01, 2024

Salary Range or Pay Grade:

$85,000-$95,000

Description:

The Susan B. Anthony Institute for the program in Sexuality, Women, and Gender Studies (SWAG) at the University of Rochester seeks to hire a full time, tenure-track faculty member at the Assistant Professor level in Transgender Studies, beginning July 1, 2025. We especially encourage applications from scholars with additional preference for foci in Indigenous studies, and/or other critical interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary emphasis in disciplines of race and ethnicity, disability studies, Queer theory, nationalism, and the Global South. Successful candidates will teach classes in the program for Sexuality, Women, and Gender studies and their home department. In addition to teaching, faculty members are expected to advise undergraduate and graduate students, to be research active, and to participate in service for the University. The candidate’s primary tenure home will be in one of the following departments: English, History, Black Studies, Anthropology or another Humanities related field. Review of applications will begin November 10th, 2024.

Salary range: Assistant Professor: $85,000-$95,000 The referenced pay range represents the full base range of pay for this job. Individual salaries will be determined within the job’s salary range and established based on market data, experience and expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

The University of Rochester community is committed to Meliora – becoming ever better. Through our Vision & Values statement (https://www.rochester.edu/aboutus/values/) we affirm our commitment to equity, leadership, integrity, openness, respect and accountability. EOE / Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Disabled

Qualifications:

Candidates should hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (ABD candidates should have the PhD in hand by June 30th, 2025).

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit 1) a cover letter; 2) a curriculum vitae; 3) a writing sample (20-30 pages); and 4) the names and email addresses of at least three referees and a statement discussing the ways in which your experiences will shape your pursuits as a member of our faculty and help you add to the University's core values of Meliora (ever better).

For more information about this position or the program for Sexuality, Women, and Gender studies at the University of Rochester, please visit the program website https://www.sas.rochester.edu/gsw/, or contact the director, Professor Stefanie Dunning, at Stefanie.Dunning@Rochester.edu.

If you already have an Interfolio account, please sign in to apply to this position. If not, please create an Interfolio account.

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Deadline extended - Call for Abstracts: Enduring Social Movements and Collective Action Conference

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Deadline extended - Call for Abstracts: Enduring Social Movements and Collective Action Conference

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Conference: Enduring Social Movements and Collective Action

Call for Abstracts

April 4th, 2025

Department of Sociology at UT Austin

Organized jointly by the Power History and Society (PHS) Working Group and the Urban Ethnography Lab in the Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin.

Some social movements and collective actions persist over time. Others are short lived. This conference focuses on the former. We aim to examine examples of social movements and collective action that have endured, despite changing resources and political circumstances. We invite the exploration of diverse organizational compositions of collective phenomenon, ranging from persistent social movements to enduring grassroots mobilization to community initiatives or projects that survive after mass protest dies down. We propose to examine strategies and conditions that allow movements or collective initiatives to maintain a public presence and sustain activities in diverse locations and time periods. Often, the study of social movements has focused on short-term wins or losses, rather than on the ability to mobilize over the long run. The conference moves the inquiry to the consideration of issues that are central to the development and potential effectiveness of social movements and collective organizing in relation to their outcomes and impacts over the long-term. The significance and urgency of this task is made evermore apparent by how collective action has shaped local, national and transnational politics over the last few years. We welcome papers that speak to how sociologists are studying enduring social movements and collective action in ways that attend to their unique capacity to last within particular geopolitical locations. In raising little studied yet critically important questions and offering a comparative, longitudinal perspective, this conference opens new venues for research on social movements and collective action.

Potential themes/topics:

· Movement histories, languages, symbols, and traditions

· Relationships, networks, collective identities, and generations

· How geopolitical locations and contexts enable/constraint persistent politics

· Organizational composition of persistent social movements or community initiatives

· Enduring community-centric strategies

· Scale and scope of organizing objectives

· Feminist and queer approaches to collective action

· How to study enduring social movements (methodologically speaking)

Submissions are due by email on October 31st. We will aim to notify applicants by November 30th. Please send an abstract of your planned contribution (max. 500 words) together with a short bio (100-150 words) to dorothyrau@utexas.edu. This conference will be paper optional. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either Allison Lang (allisonlang@utexas.edu) or Dorothy Rau.

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REMINDER - LGBTQ Art Night TONIGHT! BUR 536 from 5-7pm

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REMINDER - LGBTQ Art Night TONIGHT! BUR 536 from 5-7pm

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Last reminder that LGBTQ Studies Art Night is tonight in BUR 536! Come join us to create art, be in community, and eat some snacks! Looking forward to seeing you soon

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Upcoming Workshops from the Graduate School

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Upcoming Workshops from the Graduate School

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Doctoral Degree Candidate Workshop

Presented by David Conrad

Monday, March 18, 2024

1PM – 2PM CDT

At this workshop, we will review the guidelines and deadlines necessary for graduation this semester.  Topics will include applying to graduate, scheduling your defense, submitting your dissertation or treatise to the Texas Digital Library, requesting an embargo, IRB requirements, and reviewing what paperwork you must submit to the Graduate School.  There will be time for Q & A.

For more information, see our web site at https://gradschool.utexas.edu/academics/graduation/deadlines-and-submission-instructions.

For questions, contact David Conrad at david.conrad@austin.utexas.edu

Register in advance for this meeting: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArde-urjgtHN1YbmwaN__d5BlbrrXXhLyI

Registration may require [Your EID]@eid.utexas.edu email address.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Master’s Degree Candidate Workshop

Presented by Alexis Ethridge

Monday, March 25, 2024

10:00AM – 11:00AM CDT

At this workshop, we will review the guidelines and deadlines for graduation this semester. Topics will include applying to graduate, how to submit your thesis or report to the Texas Digital Library and your final paperwork submission to the Graduate School. There will be time for Q & A.

For more information, see our web site at https://gradschool.utexas.edu/academics/graduation/deadlines-and-submission-instructions.

For questions, contact Alexis Ethridge at alexis.ethridge@austin.utexas.edu

To register for this workshop, click this link: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcOCtrDkqG9YRxELKliuU7wNqXGfU-hRA

Registration may require [Your EID]@eid.utexas.edu email address.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Open Access Publication & Embargoes

Presented by David Conrad

Monday, April 1, 2024

1PM – 2PM CDT

UT requires open access publication of all theses, reports, and dissertations.  However, the Graduate School can temporarily delay (embargo) the publication of your thesis or dissertation for up to seven years. This workshop will clarify open access publication, your rights as the copyright owner of your thesis or dissertation, reasons why you might want to embargo your thesis or dissertation, and the procedures for doing so.  We will also cover general information on copyright and fair use.  There will be opportunity for Q&A.

For more information, see our web site at https://gradschool.utexas.edu/academics/graduation/deadlines-and-submission-instructions.

For questions, contact David Conrad at david.conrad@austin.utexas.edu

Register in advance for this meeting:  https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpd-irqjwuGd2VH1B2DPn6NZYhW0ctLjJN

Registration may require [Your EID]@eid.utexas.edu email address.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Templates & Formatting

Presented by Bob Penman

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

11:00AM – 12:00PM CDT

The Graduate School distributes a set of thesis and dissertation templates in Microsoft Word for Apple and Windows computers, which will help you format your paper according to current requirements. This workshop will help you learn to use the templates, and will cover such topics as the use of styles, correct page numbering, and table of contents generation.

For more information, see our website at: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/graduation/digital-submission

For questions, contact Bob Penman at bpenman@austin.utexas.edu

To register for this workshop, click this link:  https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0lf-ysqT4sE93Up5dVsx3TbLqJYafPOxxR

Registration may require [Your EID]@eid.utexas.edu email address.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Common Formatting Errors in Theses, Reports, and Dissertations

Presented by Matthew Anderson

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

9AM – 10AM CDT

This workshop will cover formatting requirements for theses and dissertations. We will discuss common errors and how to avoid them. This workshop is appropriate for all graduate students who are completing a thesis or dissertation, whether using Word or Latex, since we will not be getting into details of using the templates.

For more information, see our web site at https://gradschool.utexas.edu/academics/theses-and-dissertations/digital-submission-requirement#formatting

For questions, contact Matthew Anderson at matthew.anderson@austin.utexas.edu

To register for this workshop, click this link: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrc-Corz0qHdR-nmI4OhIhahDQNJW3BJRD

Registration may require [Your EID]@eid.utexas.edu email address.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

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We are proud to welcome Award-winning Poet, Writer, and Performer, Danez Smith to campus for the 2024 Eric Williams Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, March 26th in Austin, Texas. Read more about Danez on their website here.

In April 2021, the Eric Williams Memorial Lecture (EWML) moved from its 19-year run at Florida International University to its new home at the John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Founded in 1999, the series honors the late Dr. Eric Williams (1911-1981), scholar, statesman, and Head of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago from 1956 until his death in 1981. Williams, a consummate historian, authored the now 80-year old Capitalism and Slavery (1944). It continues to stimulate the ongoing debate on the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its relationship to British and American wealth accumulation.

This event is FREE and open to the public. A reception and book sales will precede the keynote address, and a book signing will follow the keynote. Please join us for refreshments and fellowship.

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The keynote speech will be live-streamed here.

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“Feeding the Resistance: Feminist Food Rhetorics in the 20th Century”

Abby Dubisar

Big XII Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor of English at Iowa State University

Tuesday, March 5, 3:00pm

RLP 1.302C (Glickman Conference Center)

Activists use cookbooks to promote civic and political action, in addition to offering recipes. As Dr. Dubisar shows in this talk, such cookbooks subvert the genre expectations for a cookbook to offer rhetorical instruction and persuade readers to engage in social justice. Books such as Julia Turshen’s Feed the Resistance: Recipes and Ideas for Getting Involved (2017), The Resistance Cookbook: Nasty Women and Bad Hombres in the Kitchen (2017) by Action Together Massachusetts, and Leela Cyd’s Cooking Up Trouble: Recipes to Nourish Women (2017) are all artifacts of the critical response to U.S. politics and policies following the 2016 US election. The fact that the authors of these cookbooks chose a cookbook as the vehicle for their activism situates them in a long, but little studied, line of rhetors who combine cookery with activism in a cookbook. This talk thus engages such research questions as: What rhetorical strategies do 21st-century cookbooks use to persuade audiences to participate in civic action? How do cookbooks, as a feminized genre, offer activists platforms to express their political concerns related to gender? In what ways do such cookbooks both politicize and depoliticize food itself, using food as a vehicle for communication?

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Queer Authorship: Coming of Age in South Asia

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Queer Authorship: Coming of Age in South Asia

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Bassam Sidiki (Assistant Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin) will give a talk titled "The Cripistemology of a Closet" as part of the Spring 2024 South Asia Seminar Series. The seminar theme is Queer Authorship: Coming of Age in South Asia, convened by Akbar Hyder (Asian Studies, UT Austin) and Shiv Ganesh (Communication Studies, UT Austin). All seminars take place on Thursdays in the Meyerson Conference Room (WCH 4.118) from 3:30 to 5:00 pm Central Time, with a reception beginning at 3 pm.

This event is free and open to the UT and general public.

Abstract

In this talk, Sidiki will read excerpts from his hybrid memoir in progress, Karachi, Kalamazoo, which chronicles his migration to the United States from Pakistan as a teenager, his diagnosis with leukemia, and coming to terms with queer identity. Deconstructing the trope of the “closet” by placing it in a South Asian “crip” milieu, he triangulates the theoretical work already undertaken about South Asian queerness with histories and presents of disability. With a nod to Eve Sedgwick, he asks: how could one think about not just an “epistemology of the closet” but what disability studies scholars have called “cripistemology”?

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Teach For America: Job opportunities for seniors looking to make an impact

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Teach For America: Job opportunities for seniors looking to make an impact

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Teach For America has decided to keep our application open for a few more weeks where there is continued demand. If you are a senior searching for an opportunity to join a community of people who share your values, working together to change students’ lives, check out our final Critical Needs Deadline. Learn more and apply to the 2024 corps by Monday, March 15. All majors accepted. Full salary and benefits.

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March 20 Panel on Anti-LGBTQ/DEI Policies

Join LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education and Point Foundation for a free collaborative panel addressing the anti-LGBTQ laws and anti-DEI policies affecting campuses nationwide. March 20, 2024, 3:00 pm Eastern / Noon Pacific.

As schools implement anti-LGBTQ laws and anti-DEI policies that are spreading across the country, staff, faculty, and administrators struggle to maintain safe and equitable campuses. Join a panel of university leaders and students as they highlight the very real impact these laws are having now on the well-being of everyone on campus. Find out how you can continue to fight for LGBTQ students on campus and make a difference to create a more equitable future for all students.

Registration required.

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Reimagining Professional Development: Parenting in Academia

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Reimagining Professional Development: Parenting in Academia

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Dear Graduate Students and Postdocs,

Texas Career Engagement is excited to introduce a series of biweekly events tailored to our parent and caregiver graduate students and postdocs as part of the Reimagining Professional Development Program. This four-part series will cover a variety of topics to address evolving needs and differing career stages while fostering community among parents at The University of Texas at Austin.

Join us for a chance to meet other parent-students to discuss and learn more about the opportunities and resources available to you. We welcome parents and caregivers at all stages: currently parenting children of any age, on a pregnancy journey, navigating the adoption process or dealing with loss.

Lunch will be provided at all events. More information and links to register below.

Upcoming Events

Parenting in Academia: How to navigate UT Austin
Tuesday, February 20, Noon - 1 p.m. | FAC 2.236, Classroom C | Presented by Marina Montemayor, Education and Prevention Coordinator in the Title IX Office

Parenting in Academia: On-campus resources for grad students and postdocs
Tuesday, March 5, Noon - 1 p.m. | FAC 2.236, Classroom AB

Parenting in Academia: Austin-Area resources for grad students and postdocs
Tuesday, March 19, Noon - 1 p.m. | FAC 2.236, Classroom AB

Parenting in Academia: Managing expectations across career stages
Tuesday, April 2, Noon - 1 p.m. | FAC 2.236, Classroom C

For questions about accessibility or to request an accommodation, please contact Texas Career Engagement at careerengagement@austin.utexas.edu.

To learn about and register for additional professional development opportunities for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars, visit careerengagement.utexas.edu/graduate-students/events-calendar.

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WGSS: SAGE Early Voting Discussion Event!

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WGSS: SAGE Early Voting Discussion Event!

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Join WGSS SAGE for an early voting ballot discussion on Tuesday, February 27th from 6:30-7:30 PM in BUR 554!

We'll be presenting and discussing a short presentation about the early voting ballot and platforms

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Please RSVP Here!
We can't wait to see you there!

In solidarity,

The SAGE Officers

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Students’ Association for Gender Studies Engagement (SAGE): WGSS Student Success, is the academic organization supporting feminist/queer students.  SAGE provides a casual space on campus for feminist/queer students to discuss their futures, important social justice topics/events, self-care practices, and artwork. SAGE is open to all students, WGS majors/minors, LGBTQ Studies, and certificate students.

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REMINDER: Wednesday (2/28) Chat & Chew: Solutions with Stakeholders from 12-1PM CST

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REMINDER: Wednesday (2/28) Chat & Chew: Solutions with Stakeholders from 12-1PM CST

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This week, the Texas PRIDE Health Collaborative is hosting the Chat & Chew: Solutions with Stakeholders seminar on Wednesday, February 28th from 12-1PM CST via Zoom.  Please join us for a facilitated discussion about issues in healthcare access. The purpose of this community forum is to generate ideas to improve SGM health, that can be turned into research questions and then developed into future research projects. These projects will provide evidence for best practices in improving sexual and gender minority health care and/or access to health care services in Texas.

Register here: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJckdu6urDwrGNW5PY2bCsa7FlRe6FYc7ugl#/registration

Please share with researchers, healthcare workers, and community partners alike.

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College of Education and the Center for Asian American Studies | Dr. Oiyan Poon Discussion

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College of Education and the Center for Asian American Studies | Dr. Oiyan Poon Discussion

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Dr. OiYan Poon: Asian Americans and Divergent Movements for Racial Justice After "Affirmative Action"

March 7, 12-1 PM | Cissy McDaniel Parker Dean's Conference Room | SZB 2.624

The College of Education and the Center for Asian American Studies welcomes all students, faculty, staff and friends of the college to an engaging discussion with author and researcher Dr. OiYan Poon. In anticipation of her forthcoming book, “Asian American is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family,” OiYan will share personal insights, research and perspectives from her work and how she encourages the Asian American community to reflect and respond to questions brought forth from her daughter, specifically: What does it mean to be Asian American?

Through storytelling and research, she will explain why Asian Americans are engaging in divergent ways across an “affirmative action divide,” and how their participation in policy debates over race and education are reshaping the future of race and racism in the United States.

About the Speaker

Dr. OiYan Poon is a co-director of the College Admissions Futures Co-Laborative. Her research focuses on the racial politics of Asian Americans, education access, affirmative action and admissions systems and practices. An award-winning scholar, Dr. Poon’s commentary and research have been featured in media outlets such as the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Guardian and NPR.

RSVP

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MPA Bridge Meet & Mingle on Feb 29 - UNB 2.102 5-6pm

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MPA Bridge Meet & Mingle on Feb 29 - UNB 2.102 5-6pm

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The McCombs Master in Professional Accounting office is excited to introduce our MPA Bridge program this year. MPA Bridge allows for UT students to apply to the MPA program during their junior year and get a head start on graduate-level courses during their senior year. The program is open to all UT majors and only adds one year to their time at UT.

Join us on February 29 for a MPA Bridge meet & mingle hour to learn how a degree in accounting can be an asset to your career and complement your undergrad major. It is open to all UT students, no commitment to applying to our program needed!

Can’t attend? Attend an MPA info session or schedule an admissions consultation.

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Learning opportunity: Mental Health Promotion & Suicide Prevention Spring 2024

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Learning opportunity: Mental Health Promotion & Suicide Prevention Spring 2024

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As a friendly reminder, the Longhorn Wellness Center continues to offer valuable learning opportunities for students, staff, and faculty interested in promoting mental well-being within the UT Austin community.

Training Details:

Building Mental Health Skills: Explore ways to enhance mental health in yourself and the community.

Responding to Mental Health Crises: Develop skills for intervention and response to distress.

Dates, Times, and Locations: Varied to accommodate diverse schedules.

Food Provided: Enjoy a meal while engaging in these important discussions.

Registration and Full Details: Visit our website.

Spread the Word:

Share the attached fliers.

Amplify posts on Healthyhorns social media: @Healthyhorns.

Post on your social media and tag us for increased visibility.

Let's work together to create a campus climate that prioritizes mental well-being. Your participation and support make a significant impact!

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out. We look forward to your involvement!

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Counseling and Mental Health Center

Provides support through assessment and referral, group and individual counseling, psychiatry and well-being services. Offerings include:

24/7 Crisis Line: 512-471-2255

Individual Counseling

Group Counseling

Counseling and Community Outreach Specialists

Mindful Eating Team

Substance Use Support Team

Psychiatric Services and Medication Management

Counselors in Academic Residence

Services for Survivors of Interpersonal Violence (Voices Against Violence)

Case Management

Brief Assessment and Referral Team

Integrated Health Program

Mental Health Assistance and Response Team

MindBody Labs

Thrive at UT App

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A virtual mental health and well-being platform provided by a third-party vendor. It provides a versatile virtual platform for additional mental health support. Accessible via app or web, it offers 24/7 emotional support, scheduled counseling, psychiatry (by referral from CMHC only), health coaching and self-care content. Providers offer care in 240+ languages.

Learn more at https://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/timelycare.html.

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Application due 3/1 - Summer in NYC through AADS' The Global City Program

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Application due 3/1 - Summer in NYC through AADS' The Global City Program

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There are a few more spots available for the African and African Diaspora Students (AADS) Summer Session 1 in NYC. All accepted students are given a scholarship of $1500 which covers half of housing/dining in NYU dorms, museum entries, transportation costs etc. Students pay for their airfare and UT tuition fees (If you qualify for financial aid, it applies to this program.)

Final application deadline is March 1st.

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Study in NYC during Summer Session: June 9 – Friday, July 5. 2024

Scholarships granted to all participants!

Apply today. [Final Application Deadline is March 1st ]

The African and African Diaspora Studies department (AADS) invites you to spend Summer Session 1 in New York City. The Global City program gives UT students the opportunity to live and study in NYC for four weeks (June 9 – July 5, 2024).

All students will enroll in the 3-credit course “The Global City” in which they will explore the city’s history, landmarks, institutions and neighborhoods. Students may also elect to take an additional 3-credits in independent research. The program is headquartered at New York University, and the city itself is the classroom.

Program Dates: Sunday, June 9 – Friday, July 5 , 2024

Program Costs and Scholarships: All students who participate in the program will be granted a scholarship of $1,500, which covers half of the approximate program expenses, including housing and meals at NYU dorms, ground transportation, and costs associated with all trips (entry fees, tour guides, etc.)

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Art Galleries at Black Studies invites you to Why Black Museums: “Exhibitions & Relations” on March 7. The annual series honors and examines the cultural contributions of Black and ethnically specific museums. This year’s theme, “Exhibitions & Relations,” explores the connections among past and present exhibitions of Black art and historical objects. Examining the myriad ways that Black individuals and communities have developed for collecting, preserving, and exhibiting art and well-made objects, “Exhibitions and Relations” considers how these ways shape contemporary museum practice.

Program (all times in C.S.T.):

10:30-12 p.m.: Roundtable: Jacqueline Smith-Francis, Carre Adams, and Ulili Emore

1-3 p.m.: Presentations

Dr. Kellie Jones, "Black Curators Matter: An Oral History Project"

Dr. Bridget R. Cooks, “Black Art, White Galleries: Two Case Studies”

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Welcoming Dr. Frieda Ekotto to UT Austin

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Welcoming Dr. Frieda Ekotto to UT Austin

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The Black Queer Diaspora Studies faculty in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies is hosting the visit of Dr. Frieda Ekotto (the Lorna Goodison Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Comparative Literature, and Francophone Studies at the University of Michigan) to UT Austin to give a public lecture on Wednesday, March 6th from 2:30-4:30 pm in RLP, 1.302B with a small reception. The flyer for the event is below.

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Mark your calendars: February E3W After Hours is this Thursday, February 22 at 6:30 PM. Hannah & IB Hopkins are hosting at 3003 Dancy Street. Whether you're already working with the Sequels Symposium or the Review or you just want to learn more and hang out with a lovely group of colleagues, this is a great meeting to attend.

Please spread the word to any friends and fellow grad students who might be interested in working with E3W and attending E3W After Hours. All are welcome!

More about E3W: The Ethnic and Third World (E3W) Collective is an organization of graduate students across disciplines who study the literatures and cultural production of the Global South. Founded in 1986, the collective is committed to amplifying the voices and intellectual work of those historically marginalized within the academy; E3W is therefore a space for critical dialogues across fields including critical race and ethnic studies, Indigenous, postcolonial, gender and sexuality, and/or disability studies. We also seek to provide a community of support and solidarity within which UT graduate students can share experiences of research, teaching, and other intellectual labor. We produce two signature projects each spring: the E3W Review of Books and the Sequels Symposium, both of which amplify graduate student scholarship.

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WGS Dissertation Fellowship, Apply by 3/20/2024

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WGS Dissertation Fellowship, Apply by 3/20/2024

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Women's and Gender Studies Dissertation Fellowship

This $1000 fellowship is for doctoral students writing dissertations on topics related to Women’s and Gender studies. Ph.D. students who are enrolled in the WGS Portfolio Program are eligible. A fellowship will be presented at the CWGS Spring Awards Reception.

WGS Dissertation Fellowship Application link: https://forms.office.com/r/BRAEUgK1TX

Selection Criteria

Preference will be given to those completing their dissertation by August 2025. Applications will be reviewed on the following criteria:

Letter of recommendation from dissertation chair;

Contributions of the project to the field of Women's and Gender Studies;

Soundness of research design;

Ability of the student to complete the project as a dissertation; and

Quality of the proposal.

WGS Dissertation Fellowship Application link: https://forms.office.com/r/BRAEUgK1TX

Student Application Deadline: March 20, 2024 at 11:59pm

Questions? Please email ajsalcedo@austin.utexas.edu
Recommendation letters are also due on March 24, 2024 at 11:59pm

*Attention: Students are responsible for contacting faculty for letters of recommendation.

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Publishing in Academic Journals: a new virtual event from BIES, 2/28

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Publishing in Academic Journals: a new virtual event from BIES, 2/28

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British, Irish, and Empire Studies BIES invites you to attend:

Publishing in Academic Journals

a 90-minute virtual panel discussion featuring Mihoko Suzuki (Renaissance Quarterly), Nadja Durbach (Journal of British Studies), Jeffrey Todd Knight (Modern Language Quarterly)

Wednesday, February 28 at 10:30 a.m. CST

via Zoom (click here to register)

"Publishing in Academic Journals" is the second event in our three-part Spring 2024 virtual series on PUBLICATION. This event is free and open to all.

Upcoming events in the PUBLICATION series:

-"Public Writing" on Wednesday, March 27 at 11 a.m. CST

Please feel free to share information about this series with contacts and colleagues at UT and beyond! For more information about the Program in British, Irish, and Empire Studies (BIES), please visit our website.

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Common Cause Texas is a part of the Election Protection Coalition, a nonpartisan coalition providing people with comprehensive information and assistance at all stages of voting.

Every election year, the Election Protection coalition recruits, trains, and deploys thousands of volunteers in every state. These trained, nonpartisan volunteers serve as voters’ first line of defense against confusing voting rules, outdated infrastructure, rampant misinformation, and needless obstacles to the ballot box. Election Protection volunteers will be voters’ first line of defense against restrictive election laws, changes to polling locations or procedures, or anything else that could silence their voices. This is a great opportunity for your members to get engaged, gain community service experience and join a state-wide network of volunteers.

Unfortunately, voters this year will face obstacles that have no place in a modern democracy. This is why we’re hoping to ramp up our recruitment efforts for the upcoming election. We would love the opportunity to speak to your members regarding our work at Common Cause and the poll monitor volunteer opportunities available.

More details can be found on our mobilize page.

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Campus & Community Events and Announcements

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Campus & Community Events and Announcements

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STEM Girl Day

Saturday February 24, 2024 from 11:30 am. - 4:00 pm

The University of Texas at Austin Campus
Register Here

Elementary and middle school students, families, and educators are invited to join us for FREE hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). STEM Girl Day is a free event open to the public. All genders are welcome!

-#UTGirlDay is always a chaperoned event and minors must attend all programming with an adult. The University of Texas at Austin will not take custodial responsibility for minors while participating in STEM Girl Day at UT Austin. Custodial responsibility will remain with teachers, parents, legal guardians, and chaperones throughout the event.

Be sure to register all K-8th grade participants for STEM Girl Day to ensure you receive all updated information on parking, tips for navigating the day, reminders of what to wear and bring, and follow-on information full of resources to continue making connections to STEM events and opportunities.

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Volunteer for Kids Fair at The Project

Saturday Mar. 2nd, 2024

UT's The Project is looking for organizations to host fun and engaging stands/workshops for the Kids Fair (ages 4-18) on their annual Project Day, UT's largest day of service. The kids are looking forward to meeting UT students!

Every year, UT hosts the Project in a different neighborhood within Austin. This year, it will be on March 2nd in Dove Springs.

Want to lend a hand? Fill out this form

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SHARE Communities

SHARE Communities are weekly peer-facilitated groups where UT students
gather to find non-clinical support around a shared lived experience or identity.
Enjoy validation and genuine connection as we discuss common
challenges, share stories, exchange tools and resources, and empower
each other to achieve our mental health and wellness goals!

• AnxieTEA
• Bevo’s Broken Hearts Club
• Connecting to Cultures
• Crafting Conversations
• Global & First-Gen Bevos
• GradFusion: Empowering Graduate Students
• New Roots: Cultivating African Mental Wellness
• SHAREing Sunshine: Support for Tough Times
• Shy Longhorns Society

More Information

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Bloom: Gender and Violence in the University Archives

Friday February 23, 2024 from 2:30-4:00 PM
The Texas Union Building, 3.128 (Sinclair Suite)

Bloom: In the Campus Shooting Archives follows Julija Šukys to five academic campuses across the United States and Canada, where mass shootings took place between 1989 and 2015. On each campus, she visits institutional archives and digs into records “to see how the university fares under duress and in the aftermath of tragedy.” The resulting account is a meditation on memory, survival, and self-transformation.

Biography
Julija Šukys (PhD, University of Toronto) is the author of three books (Silence is Death, Epistolophilia, and Siberian Exile), one book-length translation (And I burned with shame), and of many essays. In her work, Šukys draws on archives, interviews, bibliographical research, and observation to write about everyday lives in war-torn or marginal places, about women’s life-writing, and about the legacy of violence across generations and national borders. She is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin and, in Fall 2022, held the Fulbright Canada Research Chair at York University in Toronto. Her current book-in-progress is Bloom: In the Campus Shooting Archives.

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Free Concert and Fall Out Boy Ticket Giveaway

Friday February 23rd, 2024 from 7-9 pm
Turtle Pond

TX Votes is hosting a FREE concert this featuring local bands, The 4411 and the Pans of Texas.

To celebrate the start of early voting, all attendees who make a plan to vote will be entered in a giveaway for two free tickets to see Fall Out Boy at the Moody Center on Friday, March 8th!

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OUTreach Donation Drive

Accepting donations through Friday Feb. 23rd, 2024
WCP 2.112

OUTreach, a student group, is hosting a donation drive at the Women’s Community Center (WCP 2.112) for Casa Marianella, a local Austin non-profit dedicated to providing shelter and support to displaced immigrants.

Items that can be donated: various hygiene products, including but not limited to: toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, razors, etc.

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Gender Affirming Collage Activity

Wednesday Feb. 28 from 5-7 pm
WCP 4.110

Transgender Feminisms Monthly Reading Group welcomes new members with a collage workshop.

Come make art with us and have tasty snacks. No registration needed. Bring yourself and beloveds!

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The Black Beauty Effect Screening & Talkback

Thursday Feb. 29, 2024 @ 7 pm
DMC 2.106

Drop by for a screening of an episode of the docu-series, The Black Beauty Effect, and a talkback – featuring series creator, Andrea Lewis, executive producer CJ Faison, and board-certified dermatologist and UT assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Adewole “Ade” Adamson. (Presented by the John L. Warfield Center.)

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WCC Upcoming Events and Announcements

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Student Advocacy Through the Years

Wednesday, February 28th 5-7pm
WCP 2.302 Legislative Assembly Room

How has student advocacy changed and evolved through the years at UT? What lessons can today’s student leaders learn from their predecessors to address new challenges? This panel and discussion will invite folks to discuss the unique roles of students working with university staff, faculty, and alumni to create change.

If you have accessibility needs or questions, please email us at wcc@austin.utexas.edu

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Feminist Friday Presents Art Hour: Art Ninjas

Friday Feb. 23, 2024 from 1-2 pm
WCC (WCP 2.112)

Feminist Friday presents our bi-weekly creative space, Art Hour-

Every other Friday, join us for community building and a creative activity. Plus, snacks!

This week, we will work together to become Art Ninjas. What does that mean? Come to the event and find out!

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WCC Events Schedule

UT Student Advocacy Through the Years
Feb. 28, 5-7 pm, WCP Legislative Assembly Room

Feminist Friday- International Women's Day
Mar. 8, 1-2 pm, WCC (WCP 2.112)

Women's History Month Event
Mar. 27, 11-3 pm, Main Mall

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WCC Weekly Events Spring 2024

Tuesday

HIV/STI Testing with Kind Clinic 11am - 2pm

Peer Research Consultant Drop-In 3:30-5

Wednesday

CMHC Support Groups Counseling & Mental Health Center 12-1:30 pm and 3:30-5pm Check Calendar for Office Hours

Thursday

Peer Research Consultant Drop-In 3:30-5

Friday

Feminist Friday 1-2 pm

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Undergraduate Romero Award, Apply by 3/24/2024

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Undergraduate Romero Award, Apply by 3/24/2024

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Lora Romero Memorial Award for Interdisciplinary Research in Race, Ethnicity and Gender (2024)

This scholarship, co-sponsored by the Department of English, is an annual award created in memory of former UT Austin colleague, Lora Romero. The $500 award alternates between undergraduate and graduate student recipients. The 2024 award will be given to an undergraduate student. The award recognizes students who are investigating the intersections between race, ethnicity and gender. The award will be presented at the CWGS annual spring awards reception.

Eligibility

To be eligible, an applicant must be a full-time UT Austin undergraduate student in good standing.

Students interested in applying must complete an online application and submit a scholarly research paper on a topic that contributes to increased understanding of the intersections between race, ethnicity and gender.  Only original, single-author works will be considered. Papers should be typed and double-space, unless submitting a published article.

The research paper, including footnotes/sources/references/bibliography page, should be submitted as a PDF file (the file name should be "[YourLastName]-[CurrentYear]Romero.pdf"). Submit the paper via online application:

Link to Romero Award Application: https://forms.office.com/r/V6WSq9D7mS

Student Application Deadline: March 20th 2024 at 11:59pm

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Peña Scholarship in WGS, Apply by 3/20/24

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Peña Scholarship in WGS, Apply by 3/20/24

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The Cynthia Walker Peña Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies

This scholarship, co-sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, honors the memory of Cynthia Walker Peña, who worked in Dean Robert King’s office in the College of Liberal Arts from 1979-1981. The $500 Cynthia Walker Peña Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies is awarded annually to an undergraduate student in good standing who has earned distinction in Women's and Gender Studies scholarship and service (with an emphasis on service). This scholarship of will be presented at the CWGS annual spring awards reception and recipient is expected to attend.

Requirements:

Students interested in applying must complete an online application (link below) that includes:

A description of your academic development and growth as a scholar/activist. What WGS course did you find to be a transformative part of your educational experience and why?

A description of a service or community experience that has had the most impact on your growth as a scholar activist

Submission of a resume.

Link to Peña Scholarship Application: https://forms.office.com/r/xWyNAG9NGk

Student Application Deadline: March 20th 2024 at 11:59pm

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CWGS Announces Spring 2024 Faculty Development Program Fellows

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CWGS Announces Spring 2024 Faculty Development Program Fellows

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The Center for Women's & Gender Studies is pleased to present this year’s Faculty Development Program Fellows. This program is designed to assist in recruitment, retention and promotion of new faculty members by providing them with support of various kinds, including mentors and research funding. The faculty selected are outstanding scholars contributing to women's, gender, and sexuality studies.

During the academic year, fellows give presentations in the Faculty Development Program Speaker Series. CWGS encourages interested faculty and students from the university community to attend the colloquium series to learn about and engage with the latest research in gender studies from across campus.

Congratulations to our new fellows! Stay tuned for their upcoming talks!

Faculty Development Program Fellows

Dr. Mia Alafaireet, Assistant Professor - Department of English (College of Liberal Arts)

Talk Title: “Between Man and His Plants”: Agricultural Metaphor and Eugenic Debate in New Negro Homesteading

Dr. Rosemary Candelario, Associate Professor - Department of Theatre and Dance (College of Fine Arts)

Talk Title: Viva Ruiz’s “Thank God for Abortion” Project and Emergent Cultural Politics

Dr. Jennifer Donegan, Assistant Professor - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Dell Medical School)

Talk Title: Targeting Ventral Hippocampal Circuits to Treat Schizophrenia

Dr. Nicole Ramsey, Assistant Professor - Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies (College of Liberal Arts)

Talk Title: (Re)imagining Black Central American Migrations: A Gendered Analysis

Dr. Carolina Snaider, Assistant Professor - Department of Curriculum and Instruction (College of Education)

Talk Title: “Because Men Don’t Get Pregnant”: Unpacking Early Childhood Teachers' Cissexists Biases Through Photo-Elicitation Interviews

Dr. Julija Šukys, Associate Professor - Department of English (College of Liberal Arts)

Talk Title: Bloom: Gender and Violence in the University Archives

For more information about our fellows, check out their page.

Schedule

Friday, February 23, 2:30 PM, Texas Union,  3.128 (Sinclair Suite):

Dr. Julija Šukys

Friday, March 22, 2:30 PM, Texas Union, 3.116 (Texas Governors' Room):

Dr. Mia Alafaireet and Dr. Caro Snaider

Friday, April 12, 2:30 PM, Texas Union, 3.128 (Sinclair Suite)

Dr. Rosemary Candelario and Dr. Nicole Ramsey

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I'm here for the 4th semester (!!!) to announce our Spring SHARE Communities launching this week & next week (see attached list) - AND to remind you that we also offer one-time SHARE Circles for groups as well as 1-1 SHARE Chats which can be requested via our website. I can also personally lead skill-based workshops for students on active listening skills & supportive community-building with your program/student leaders!

***FYI: SHARE still offers identity-based SHARE Communities because creating & facilitating them is tied to SHARE Support Specialists’ practicum course requirements. Please share with any students and groups who might be interested in those spaces or need this support!***

Even though we’re in the 4th semester of SHARE’s existence, we’re still very new - most UT students haven’t heard about us yet! Please share with your networks & refer your students to help increase awareness of this impactful resource! Feel free to copy/paste all or part of the text below. Thank you!!

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Spring SHARE Communities – Find your people at UT

Check out one of 9 super-relatable, peer-led SHARE Communities to find genuine connection, share resources and stories, and experience true mutual support! With Spring topics like "Shy Longhorns Society", "AnxieTEA", “Connecting to Cultures", "Bevo's Broken Hearts Club", and "New Roots: Cultivating African Mental Wellness", you’re bound to find a space that feels like home. Read more and see all topics here!

All SHARE peer facilitators have at least 70 hours of training in active listening, group facilitation, and other supportive communication skills as well as certification in Mental Health First Aid, but our Communities are all non-hierarchical and non-clinical. Everyone is the expert of their own experience, and the goal is for peers to empower each other and channel their combined wisdom toward helping everyone work toward greater social, emotional, and mental well-being. All are welcome!

SHARE Circles – Story circle sessions for orgs & other groups

If you’re a leader in a student organization, a TA, an RA, or an academic peer mentor, consider requesting a SHARE Circle! Our peers will come to you (like a workshop, but different!) to lead the group through a series of engaging questions on a theme of your choice to help everyone connect, find validation in their shared experiences, and practice active listening and vulnerability in a safe, structured container. Read more on our website & submit a request if you think it'd be helpful!

SHARE Chats – 1-1 private support

Request an individual in-person or virtual meeting with any of our SHARE Support Specialists through a link on our website! It’s not counseling, but our peers have the skills to hold space for you, help you work through tough decisions or situations, and explore next steps alongside you. Read more or submit a request here.

If you have any questions about our peer support offerings, feel free to email longhornshareproject@utexas.edu – or ask to join our email list!

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ONYX INVITATION: Tues., Feb. 13, 2024 from 7-9:00PM at the UTC 3.110

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ONYX INVITATION: Tues., Feb. 13, 2024 from 7-9:00PM at the UTC 3.110

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the Onyx Society, a registered student organization, has organized an important event taking place this Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024 from 7-9:00PM at the UTC 3.110 located near the College of Education and the PCL (see attached flyers). A good, strong showing of our students is anticipated.

The implementation of DEI at UT is an expected focus. Speakers are Texas NAACP President and civil rights attorney Gary Bledsoe, Texas Legislative Black Caucus Chair Ron Reynolds, La Marque Councilwoman Kimberly Yancy, and Pflugerville Councilman Rudy Metayer.

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WGSS SPRING OPEN HOUSE - 2/12 from 4-6PM

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WGSS SPRING OPEN HOUSE - 2/12 from 4-6PM

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The Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies would like to invite and welcome you to our Spring Open House, Monday, February 12th from 4:00-6:00pm in our office, BUR 536, for a night of art, food, and fun! During this open house, we will provide snacks for those who attend and have a lot of arts and crafts for creative expression during the event. You can take anything you make! We will share some information about our department and offerings around 4:30. This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff.

The informational poster is below my signature. Please reach out if you have any questions!

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Paid Summer Internship Opportunity - NYC

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Paid Summer Internship Opportunity - NYC

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Happy 2024! I am thrilled to share two exciting updates for your students:

1. Students who book summer housing with EHS by 2/29/24 will receive a $175 digital Amazon gift card at check-in!

2. Applications are now open for EHS's paid summer internship opportunity, which includes free housing in one of our summer residences!

Position Title: EHS Marketing Ambassador and Intern
Compensation: $16 per hour, free housing in NYC provided by Educational Housing Services during the Summer 2024 semester, and two Unlimited Ride MetroCards to help cover transportation costs.

LEARN MORE

EHS believes in creating equitable opportunities for students to achieve their dreams, which is why we always offer compensation and free housing for our summer intern position. Last year, we received nearly 200 applicants from across the U.S. Our internship awardee, Juanita Philips-- a Communications major at the University of Delaware--  had a fantastic time exploring all that living with EHS in NYC has to offer, while gaining important career experience.

To celebrate the opening of this year's application, we conducted a Q+A with Juanita so they could share the insights they gained last year with others.

I have included an email blurb below with the offers that you can share with your students. Thank you and wishing you a terrific semester ahead!

Warmly,

Karen Entwistle
Director of National Programs
D: (347) 272-1266

P.S. You can also find more materials in our Marketing Resource Hub!

Email blurb to forward to your students:

Paid Summer Internship Opportunity in NYC

Educational Housing Services (EHS) is looking for a summer Marketing Ambassador and Intern to work on digital content creation (with a focus on TikTok) and general marketing initiatives. EHS will provide payment and housing accommodations.

Thousands of interns enjoy calling EHS home every summer. EHS offers five residences throughout NYC to choose from, and interns can relax in comfort with amenities including A/C, free Wi-Fi, fitness centers, and networking activities. Reservations made by 2/29/24 will receive a $175 digital Amazon gift card at check-in!

Learn more about both offers by calling 800-297-4694 or clicking here.

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GRA Position: Late Spring/Summer 2024-Spring 2025 (12 months)

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GRA Position: Late Spring/Summer 2024-Spring 2025 (12 months)

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Graduate Research Assistant Position

Henry Luce Foundation Grant:
"Mobilizing Community Knowledge to Protect the Sacred: Confronting the Militarization of Hawai‘i and Devastation of Indigenous Lands"

PI's: Laurel Mei-Singh (meisingh@utexas.edu) and Eric Tang (erictang@utexas.edu)

We are seeking an experienced and organized graduate student to support project management, curriculum development, and event planning for a project led by UT Austin’s Center for Asian American Studies. We are generating community dialogue to mobilize Indigenous knowledge to protect Hawai‘i’s sacred lands from the US military.

Project Overview:

Focusing on a place called Mākua in Hawai‘i, this project will produce educational tools, including a documentary film and curriculum, to shape public consensus regarding Mākua’s transition from military control to Indigenous stewardship through grassroots participation. The US government’s lease for Mākua expires in 2029 and public support endures in Hawai‘i for her return. The collective memory and expertise of Indigenous knowledge keepers are invigorating activism for community redress more than eighty years after Mākua’s seizure while contributing to a growing global conversation about the environmental devastation of war.

Position Responsibilities:

The position requires close collaboration with Principal Investigators Dr. Laurel Mei-Singh and Dr. Eric Tang with the opportunity to travel to Hawai‘i. Specifically, the GRA will:

Manage the project to ensure the meeting of project deliverables. This includes organizing and coordinating meetings, setting agendas, taking notes, identifying action items, ensuring action items are executed, following up with project participants, helping to create and follow work plans, helping to manage the project budget, identify and apply for additional funding opportunities, and more

Develop and pilot curriculum for high school and college students while maximizing community participation in the process through working closely with community partners

Advance all stages of event planning for a conference held at UT Austin. This includes communication with speakers, space reservation, providing meals, outreach, registration, publicity, and more

Support research elements of this project, including tracking sources, exploring archives, transcribing data, helping with bibliographies, and more

Work with undergraduate students supporting elements of this project

Desired qualifications:

Highly organized and self-directed with experience managing projects, working with community partners, and planning events

Commitment to scholar-activism and community organizing, with some working knowledge of popular education philosophies and practices

Strong collaborator and communicator

Experience in film, curriculum development, and archival, ethnographic, and/or arts-based research desired but not required

Eligibility, pay, benefits:

Must be enrolled full-time (9 hours fall/spring; 3 hours in the summer)

Must adhere to the 20/30 limit (more information here)

$32,000 (prorated) for 12 months appointment

Approximately 20 hours/week for one year ideally starting in the spring or summer of 2024, dates negotiable.

TRB (tuition reduction benefit) and benefits-eligible position

For more details about Graduate College eligibility, please visit this link.

Grant information:

This project is made possible through a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and support from the College of Liberal Arts.

If you are interested in this position, please email Laurel Mei-Singh at meisingh@utexas.edu and include your CV and an email stating your interest in this position and highlighting your relevant skills and experience.

Read more about the project here.

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Global BLGBTQ+ Chat - The Global South "Judges Western Values- Wednesday 28th Feb 7-8 PM UK Time - Wednesday

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Global BLGBTQ+ Chat - The Global South "Judges Western Values- Wednesday 28th Feb 7-8 PM UK Time - Wednesday

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Please join us for our very first session this year as we explore how we can use the systems of oppression to facilitate our freedoms.

Global BLGBTQ+ Chat- The Global South "Judges Western Values- Wednesday 28th Feb 7-8 PM UK Time

To register, please reply back to <blgbtqchat@outlook.com>

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Deadline extended!

There’s still time to submit your work for the 2023-24 Black Queer Studies Collection Student Awards! The new due date is Monday, February 26th, 11:59 pm. To apply, visit the awards page: https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/bqsc/awards

These awards come with generous monetary prizes ($800 for the undergrad winner, $1200 for the grad winner), and class papers and creative projects are eligible!

Priority consideration will be given to submissions turned in by the original Feb. 5th deadline. If you have questions about the awards, eligibility, and the submissions process, please contact librarians Adriana Cásarez, adriana.casarez@austin.utexas.edu and Gina Bastone, g.bastone@austin.utexas.edu.

About the Awards:

The graduate award is named in honor of the late Monica Katrice Roberts (May 4, 1962 – October 5, 2020). Ms. Roberts was an African-American blogger, journalist, archivist, online talk show host and trans human rights advocate. A native Houstonian, proud Texan and unapologetic Black Trans woman, she founded her blog TransGriot in 2006 to appropriately and respectfully document violence against and accomplishments within transgender communities globally, nationally and locally.

The undergraduate prize is named for former UT librarians K.A. Hogan and Lindsey Schell, who – alongside former UT professor Dr. Matt Richardson – founded the UT Libraries’ groundbreaking Black Queer Studies Collection in 2009. To learn more about the collection’s founding, please see this article by K.A. Hogan in the journal Progressive Librarian.

The prize money is dispersed through the UT Libraries, and primarily draws from the Black Queer Studies Collection Endowment, originally funded through a crowd-sourced fundraising campaign in 2021. Additional support for these awards and the Black Queer Studies Collection comes from the African and African Diaspora Studies Department, the Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, the Center for Women's and Gender Studies, and the English Department.

See this library guide to learn more about the Black Queer Studies Collection!

Questions? Contact librarians Gina Bastone, g.bastone@austin.utexas.edu and Adriana Cásarez, adriana.casarez@austin.utexas.edu.

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Coming Out in China: Strategies, Contexts, and Health Implications

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Coming Out in China: Strategies, Contexts, and Health Implications

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Dr. Gu Li, NYU Shanghai

February 14th at 4pm in HLB 1.111.

RSVP here by Monday February 12th.

Gu Li is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at NYU Shanghai, a Global Network Assistant Professor at NYU, a faculty affiliate in the NYU-ECNU Institute for Social Development at NYU Shanghai, and a Shanghai Eastern Young Scholar. Prior to joining NYU Shanghai, Gu was a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Psychology and in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Gu’s Diversity Science Lab uses surveys, online and offline behavioral and psychophysiological experiments, psychological interventions, and longitudinal data analysis to study the development and mental health of LGBTQ+ people in diverse sociocultural contexts. He is interested in (1) designing psychological and social interventions to address pressing issues facing LGBTQ+ people, such as coming out and coping with stigma, prejudice, and victimization, especially in societies and cultures that uphold heteronormative values and fixed gender roles; (2) examining how sexual orientation unfolds with puberty, paying particular attention to sexual fluidity; and (3) exploring the relations between romantic love and sexual desire in young people. Gu's work has appeared in leading academic journals such as Journal of Adolescent Health, Developmental Psychology, and Archives of Sexual Behavior.

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Janet Staiger Lecture in Gender and Sexuality: Shumona Goel

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Janet Staiger Lecture in Gender and Sexuality: Shumona Goel

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February 8 @ 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm CDT

Filmmaker Screening and Talk: Shumona Goel
3:30 pm • CMB 4.122 Studio 4C
Additional support for this event has been provided by the South Asia Institute.

Shumona Goel is a filmmaker based in Uttrakhand, India. In 1997, she graduated in Film from Bard College (USA). She also studied Anthropology at the School of Oriental and African Studies (UK). Shumona's films have been screened in many film festivals, including the Toronto International Film Festival and The Berlin International Film Festival. Her films have won awards such as the Best Short Film Award at the London International Film Festival and The Stan Brakhage Film at Wit's End Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Her work has also been exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum and the Tate Modern. For over twenty years, Shumona has worked with various people’s movements for land and labour rights in India. She is also been a member of feminist groups working on different issues like sexuality, health, poverty, and education.

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About the Janet Staiger Lecture in Gender and Sexuality
Beginning in 1994, faculty members in the Department of Radio-Television-Film have annually organized the visit and lecture by guest scholars and filmmakers to emphasize our critical focus on gender and sexuality in film and TV, including feminist and queer media theory, criticism, and production. World-class scholars and filmmakers continue to bring diversity of thinking in humanities and social science research and innovative practices in fiction and documentary filmmaking, inspiring all of us to reach further and grow together in our work.

The series has been endowed by Janet Staiger, the William P. Hobby Centennial Professor Emeritus of Communication and Professor Emeritus of Women's and Gender Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Staiger is a pioneer in film studies with ground-breaking research and publications in authorship theory, modes of production, cultural and political issue of representation, genre theory, the historical reception of cinema and television, and historiographical issues in writing media histories.

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Stipends for women and trans researchers of color studying misogyny: Deadline December 17

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Stipends for women and trans researchers of color studying misogyny: Deadline December 17

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Please share this call with your departments!

Stipends for Women and Trans Researchers of Color Studying Misogyny

The Institute for Research on Male Supremacism is excited to be able to
offer 3 special stipends of $1000 to support participation from trans
and cis women of color, trans men of color, and nonbinary people of
color in our fellowship and mentorship programs.  We will be accepting
fellow and mentee applications for this stipend until December 17, 2024.
This is a virtual program that accepts candidates from across the globe.

IRMS is a nonprofit organization that supports researchers who are
committed to exposing and challenging common narratives that uphold male
supremacist ideology (the belief in cisgender men’s superiority and
right to dominate, control, or erase “others”: women, trans men, and
non-binary people). IRMS is committed to exposing and challenging common
narratives that provide shelter to male supremacist movements, advancing
new theoretical understandings and practical analyses of contemporary
threats, and providing resources for media and activists to improve
their ability to challenge male supremacism and misogyny. IRMS
emphasizes the intersections of male supremacism with other axes of
oppression, such as racism, xenophobia, antisemitism, and heterosexism.

IRMS supports a community of researchers committed to exposing and
challenging common narratives that uphold male supremacist ideology in
all its intersections. Our fellows’ and mentees’ work spans a range of
topics, including misogynist incel ideology and mass violence;
anti-trans activism; rape culture and men’s rights activists; and
misogynoir and other forms of racist misogyny. We emphasize structural
change, shifting discourse toward investing in longer-term solutions
such as comprehensive consent-based sexuality education and organizing
at the local and state levels.

Please visit our fellowship or mentorship program pages for more
information about the opportunity and how to apply.

Fellowship Program: theirms.org/fellowshipprogram
Mentorship Program: theirms.org/mentorship-program

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Weekly quiet writing groups are now open!

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Greetings, graduate writers!

We are excited to share that sign-ups for the first spring session of weekly quiet writing groups are now open. The first session will run for a total of six weeks, from the week of January 29th through the week of March 4th. (Next week through the week before Spring Break.)

Quiet writing groups begin with a group check-in, during which writers set goals and intentions, update on progress, and reflect on process. After the check-in, the remaining time is devoted to quiet writing.

To sign up for a writing group, click on your preferred time below and complete the registration form in Eventbrite. PLEASE NOTE: In order to accommodate as many writers as possible, we ask that you sign up for just one group.

MONDAY 3:00-5:00 PM Quiet Writing with Jules

TUESDAY 1:30-3:30 PM Quiet Writing with Hannah

WEDNESDAY 4:00-6:00 PM Quiet Writing with Jules

THURSDAY 11:00 AM-1:00 PM Quiet Writing with Jo

**All meetings will be held on Zoom. The Zoom link will be emailed to you by your writing group leader.

Space is limited, and enrollment is first-come first-served. Please make sure you are willing and able to commit to attending all meetings before you claim a spot. If you miss the first meeting without advance notice, you will be unenrolled from the group.

Let us know if you have any questions!

--UWC Grad Services

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Dear Graduate Students and Postdocs,

This semester, Texas Career Engagement is excited to introduce a series of events tailored to our international graduate students and postdocs. As you navigate through your studies and envision your professional future, we are here to support and empower you every step of the way.

Additionally, we invite you to join our Global Grad Careers list, a career and professional development listserv for international graduate students, postdocs, and domestic students interested in career opportunities abroad.

More information and links to register below.

Upcoming Events

Employment Visas & Immigration Options After Graduation
Tuesday, January 30, Noon - 1:30 p.m. | FAC 2.236 | Hosted by Attorney Jason Finkelman

Coffee and Connections Hour for International Graduate Students and Postdocs
Tuesday, February 6, 11 a.m. - noon | FAC 2.236

Join us for invigorating discussions about networking, career pathways and triumphing over challenges that international students face. Share your experiences, insights and learn from your peers' journeys.

If you can't make it on February 6, you can register for a future Coffee and Connections Hour event. All events will be hosted in FAC 2.236:

Tuesday, March 5, 11 a.m. - noon

Tuesday, April 2, 11 a.m. - noon

Tuesday, May 7, 11 a.m. - noon

Advanced Degree International Career Collective Employer Expo
Friday, February 16, 1 - 4 p.m. | Virtual

Navigating Career Beyond UT: Insights from Graduate International Alumni
Tuesday, February 27, 4 - 6 p.m. | Room 2.142 - Classroom ABC

Job Search Strategy for International Grad Students and Postdocs
Wednesday March 20, Noon - 1:30 p.m. | FAC 2.236

Career Empowerment Round Table for First-Gen & International Grad Students and Postdocs
Tuesday, April 16, Noon - 1:30 p.m. | FAC 2.236

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Call for Proposals: 2024 Sarah Pettit Doctoral Dissertation Workshop at Yale University

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Call for Proposals: 2024 Sarah Pettit Doctoral Dissertation Workshop at Yale University

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Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship in LGBT Studies
2024 Doctoral Dissertation Workshop with Juno Richards and Linn Tonstad
April 29 - May 3, 2024 | Yale University (New Haven, CT)

Undisciplining Queer and Trans Studies – Applications are now open!

Yale Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Studies (LGBTS) is pleased to announce that the Sarah Pettit Doctoral Fellowship in Lesbian Studies at Yale University is welcoming applications for a biennial dissertation-writing workshop for a cohort of doctoral fellows. The 2024 Yale Sarah Pettit Doctoral Dissertation Workshop will take place April 29 to May 3, 2024 in New Haven, CT and will focus on interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of queer and trans studies.

Fellows will convene for a three-day intensive workshop at Yale University where they will present and engage with each other’s work. They will meet with and receive feedback from the workshop’s two faculty mentors, Professor Juno Richards and Professor Linn Tonstad. Following the three-day workshop, fellows will stay in New Haven for an additional two days to write and to take advantage of Yale University libraries and resources.  Selected fellows will receive small stipends and travel funding in addition to room and board for the week of the workshop.

2024 Pettit Fellowship Description:
We welcome applicants from the humanities, social sciences, performing and fine arts, and beyond, to share their emerging scholarship on queer and trans studies. We are interested in applicants whose work challenges disciplinary constraints, arriving at new ways to think across, beyond, or betwixt methodological norms. This framework draws on Christina Sharpe’s call for Black scholars to “become undisciplined,” given the ways that knowledge production and academic legibility so often reinscribe enduring hierarchies of power. How might queer/trans studies attend to this call? What does it mean to undiscipline queer/trans studies in a time when gender and sexuality studies are under attack as disciplines? What forms of collaboration and mentoring does undisciplining queer/trans studies invite? What genres and forms of writing might the undisciplining of queer/trans studies require? How do we think about disciplinarity and writing given the market-driven need to constantly push queer/trans studies towards the new? During the workshop we imagine discussing particular features of fellows’ scholarship as well as thinking through experiences of being relatively illegible in disciplinary terms.

Eligibility:
Applicants must be enrolled doctoral candidates who have completed coursework, qualifying exams, and submitted their dissertation prospectus (i.e., ABD status). Students studying or located in all geographical regions are welcome. However, funds from the Pettit Fellowship may not be able to cover the total cost of travel for many students coming from international locations. We encourage students from non-US locations to apply for supplementary travel funding from their home institutions. Doctoral students enrolled at Yale University are ineligible to apply for the Fellowship.

Students working on projects concerned with a range of genders, gender identities, sexualities, and sexual practices are invited to apply. We seek applicants who can engage scholarship outside their specializations and who are interested to consider the broad consequences of different methods and approaches for scholarly work.

Background:
The Sarah Pettit Fund was established in 2003 as a permanent endowment to honor and perpetuate the memory of lesbian activist Sarah Pettit, who earned her BA from Yale in 1988. Pettit died in 2003 in the midst of a high-profile career as a writer, editor, and LGBTQ advocate. She was for many years the editor-in-chief and vice president of OUT Magazine, which she co-founded in 1992. In 1999, she was appointed the senior editor of Newsweek’s Arts and Entertainment section. She served on the advisory board of the New York Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project.

From 2006 to 2014, the Sarah Pettit Fellowship was run as a biennial fellowship providing a year of support to a graduate student, from an institution other than Yale, who was writing a dissertation in LGBT Studies, with lesbian studies as its focus. From 2016 onwards, the format changed to a biennial dissertation-writing workshop for scholars working on select themes in lesbian studies.

Applications:
Applications are due February 16, 2024, and should include:

Cover letter that describes your dissertation and particular interest in this fellowship

One-page chapter or topic proposal for presentation and discussion at the workshop

Curriculum vitae

Letter of support from the dissertation advisor and the name of two additional references

Application and instructions for submission are at http://lgbts.yale.edu/sarah-pettit-doctoral-fellowship-application.

Questions about the program may be directed to lgbts@yale.edu. We expect notifications to go out by mid-March

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Danone Awarding TWO $25,000 Grants for Graduate Research

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Danone Awarding TWO $25,000 Grants for Graduate Research

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Danone North America (“Danone”), is excited to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Danone North America Gut Microbiome, Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Grant. In its 12th year, Danone will award two $25,000 grants to graduate students interested in conducting research on the gut microbiome, probiotics and yogurt to better understand how they help support and maintain human health and wellness.*

A graduate student from University of Texas at Austin, Nam Than was selected as one of two grant recipients last year, so we are excited to share this opportunity once again with you and the students at UT Austin. Nam used the grant to conduct research to better understand how Next-Generation Probiotics (NGP) play a role in maintaining gut homeostasis, and perhaps even disease prevention.

Thus far, the Danone Fellowship Grant has provided support for wellness research on probiotic yogurt consumption during lactation; the use of foods as a delivery vector for beneficial bacteria; technology for studying the adaptation of fermentative microbes to milk; the relationship between probiotics, the gut microbiome and brain function and how next-generation probiotics can play a role in maintaining gut homeostasis and disease prevention.

Danone will be accepting applications from graduate students until March 1, 2024. The winner will be notified on April 8, 2024. For additional information, qualification requirements and to complete the online application, please click here: https://fellowship-application.danonenorthamerica.com/.

Please share this opportunity with potential candidates by repurposing or pasting the above text. We have provided some sample language below for social posts, as well as links to the application.

Questions can be sent to Caitlin Neligan at Pollock Communications – cneligan@pollock-pr.com

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The Office of Research Support and Compliance (RSC) partners with researchers to maintain the integrity of research at the University of Texas at Austin. To do so, RSC helps researchers:

Protect the rights and welfare of human research participants;

Conduct research that uses animals humanely;

Utilize recombinant DNA and biohazardous materials safely;

Foster transparency in research by managing financial conflicts of interest;

Assist researchers in managing foreign relationships and activities; and

Conduct responsible research by providing research ethics education.

RSC’s goal is to foster the highest quality research by assisting researchers with compliance and research best practices.

Please help me spread the word about these upcoming RCR training opportunities for researchers who need to meet their responsible and ethical conduct of research training requirements associated with their NIH, NSF, and other publicly funded grants. Details and registration instructions are in the links below.

2-Day RCR Workshop will take place from 12pm-4pm on both Monday, February 12 and Tuesday, February 13.

https://research.utexas.edu/ors/research-integrity/training-options/rcr-workshops/

1-Hour RCR Talks conducted via zoom

https://research.utexas.edu/ors/research-integrity/training-options/rcr-talks/

These will be relevant for many researchers on a variety of grants, so please help by including these details in your departmental newsletters, communications, etc.. Please note that the 2-Day Workshop will take place relatively soon (February) and registration is required, so interested researchers, post-docs, and grad students should sign up very soon.

If you are able to help spread the word, please shoot me a quick email to let me know (this helps me keep track of who’s already been made aware).

Thank you so much. Here’s to a great Spring 2024!

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Call for Applications: BIES Summer Research Travel Fellowships for Graduate Students

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Call for Applications: BIES Summer Research Travel Fellowships for Graduate Students

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Call for Applications: BIES Summer Research Travel Fellowships for Graduate Students

Description: The Program in British, Irish, and Empire Studies (BIES) invites applications for Summer 2024 Research Travel Fellowships for Graduate Students currently enrolled in a PhD program at UT Austin. These competitive awards of $4,000 are intended to support travel required for research relating to any aspect of Britain, Ireland, and/or the current and former British Empire. Research activities may include but are not limited to: travel to research sites (archives, libraries, museums, performances, etc.), fees for access to documents and databases, etc.

Note: BIES Summer Research Travel Fellowships do NOT provide support for conference attendance or tuition.

Application Deadline: Monday, February 19, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. CST.

Eligibility: BIES Summer Research Travel Fellowships for Graduate Students are one-time awards for UT Austin students currently enrolled in PhD programs. In 2024, recipients of prior BIES funding are eligible to apply for these new awards.

Requirements for Award Disbursement: BIES Summer Research Travel Fellowship Awards in the amount of $4000 will be paid to recipients after all travel has been completed. Upon completion of research travel, the fellowship recipient must submit to BIES no later than August 21, 2024: (1) a brief (one- to two-page) report on the activities undertaken and how they advanced the fellow’s immediate and longer-term educational goals; (2) receipts for air travel and ground transportation expenses. All travel must be completed by August 15, 2024; reports and receipts must be submitted by August 21, 2024 or the recipient will forfeit their award.

How to Apply:

Applicants must complete an application. In addition to some basic information, the application requires submission of a single PDF that contains the following: (1) a Cover Sheet that includes the applicant’s name, UT EID, email address, title of research project, anticipated dates for research travel, and whether the applicant has previously received funding from BIES; (2) a Research Statement (no more than 2 pages) that explains the proposed project, especially the goals and methods for the proposed research travel, and indicates explicitly the proposed topic’s relationship to BIES; (3) a detailed Budget for research travel; (4) the name and email address of a UT Austin faculty member who has agreed to submit a Confidential Letter of Reference; (5) a concise C.V. (no more than 2 pages).

UT Austin faculty members should use this link to submit a Confidential Letter of Reference by Monday, February 19, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. CST. Please share the link with your referee in advance of the deadline.

Notifications of decisions will be sent via email by April 1, 2024.

If you or members of the Network have questions, please do let me know by email at Marian.Barber@austin.utexas.edu or by text to 512-769-2858.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Rapoport Center Graduate Workshop in Human Rights and Social Justice

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Rapoport Center Graduate Workshop in Human Rights and Social Justice

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The Rapoport Center is thrilled to announce that we will be hosting a two-day interdisciplinary graduate workshop in human rights and social justice on Thursday, April 11 and Thursday, April 18, 2024. We invite interested UT Austin graduate and professional students to submit papers and receive feedback on their work.

The workshop will connect students to peers working in other disciplines, as well as to an interdisciplinary group of faculty members who will give substantive feedback on scholarly work. Workshop participation requires a work-in-progress relating to human rights or social justice (see the CFP attached for more). The work may be a class paper, draft article or book chapter, thesis or dissertation section or chapter, or other scholarly projects that participants intend to refine and publish.

To apply, please fill out the Interest form by February 1, 2024 at 11:59p.

Please see the call for papers (also attached) for more information, and share widely with your networks.

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TCE Longhorn Career Peer Mentors Drop-In Hours!

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TCE Longhorn Career Peer Mentors Drop-In Hours!

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Longhorn Career Peer Mentors Drop In Hours

Monday- Friday from 12-4 pm in FAC 2.236

Get career support from trained UT students Monday-Friday from 12-4pm in FAC 2.236, no appointment needed! Any UT undergraduate student can visit drop ins for resume & cover letter reviews, job & internship search guidance, career fair prep, & support navigating career resources at UT. Can't Drop In? Email your resume to careerpeer@austin.utexas.edu Monday-Friday for feedback in 2 business days!

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ACA Student Scholarship Application Available!

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ACA Student Scholarship Application Available!

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The Academic Counselors Association (ACA) is excited to be able to offer scholarships to University of Texas at Austin students who support the vision and values of the academic advising and student support services communities. It is the hope of ACA that these scholarships will assist students in their academic pursuits and endeavors.

Eligibility requirements:

Candidates must be undergraduate students at The University of Texas at Austin who assist in advising or other academic/student support services and have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.00.

The deadline to submit all application materials is Wednesday, January 31st, 2024, by 11:59pm.

To apply, students will need to complete the following:

Submit the application form:https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0jNlsCOiZNUx6rs

Submit a statement of purpose and resume as one file to the appropriate Box folder: https://utexas.app.box.com/f/4dfde88432624498959b5f3f332145c1. More information about what to include in the statement of purpose and the resume can be found in the application form.

Have 1 UT staff or faculty member who is familiar with your work assisting in advising or other student support services submit a recommendation form for you. The recommendation form can be found here:https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_29mSRk9rOr74b9c

If you have any questions about the application, please contact ACA Awards & Recognition Committee Co-Chair Audrey Nissly: audrey.nissly@austin.utexas.edu.

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We’re piloting a new event week for UTLA this spring: Starring UTLA – the week of January 29.

Starring UTLA is targeted at students applying for a semester in Los Angeles this fall 2024 or spring 2025, but all students are welcome to join us. Could you please help us spread the word by either forwarding the events (below) to your students, including us in your department’s newsletter, and/or using the social media and monitor assets, attached? And, if you advise a student organization that is interested in learning more about the program, we’re hosting a dinner for student leaders on Thursday, Feb. 1. Student org leaders can RSVP here.

Before Starring UTLA, our first in-person info session is next Wednesday, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. – students can RSVP here.

Starring UTLA: January 30-February 2 - RSVP
Explore spending your next fall or spring semester in Hollywood. Connect with us at special events all week!
Tuesday, Jan. 30 | Moody Career Expo, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in UT RecSports

Wednesday, Jan. 31 | UTLA Alumni Panel and Mixer, 5-7 p.m. in DMC 1.202

Friday, Feb. 2 | Breakfast Tacos and Walk Ins, 9:30-11 a.m. in DMC 1.206

Upcoming UTLA Info Sessions - RSVP
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 5-6 p.m. in DMC 5.208

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 5-6 p.m. on Zoom

Tuesday, Feb. 20, 5-6 p.m. on Zoom (Application Walk Through)

UTLA Application Deadlines - Apply
Fall 2024: March 1 at 11:59 p.m.
Spring 2025: May 7 at 11:59 p.m.

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TCE Technology Resource Fair - Thursday, 2/8

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TCE Technology Resource Fair - Thursday, 2/8

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Technology Career Community Resource Fair

Thursday, February 8

FAC 2.236 – Flawn Academic Center

4:00 - 5:00 pm CST

Register Here

Are you interested in starting a career in the Tech field? Texas Career Engagement invites you to our Technology Resource Fair on Thursday, February 8th from 4-5 pm in Flawn Academic Center (FAC 2.236).

You’ll be able to explore on-campus resources related to the field of technology (such as student organizations, certificates, minors, and more) that will provide new avenues toward achieving your career goals. All majors are welcome to attend! Snacks and beverages will be provided.

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Texas Career Engagement is hosting an “Education & Youth Development Career Community Resource Fair” on February 1st from 4-5pm in FAC 2.236. Undergraduate students of all majors are welcome to attend. Below is a blurb about the event and a link to register for the event. I have also attached a flyer with the event information. Please share the blurb, link, or flyer with anyone you think might be interested:

Education & Youth Development Career Community Resource Fair

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

4:00 - 5:00 pm CST

Register Here

Are you wanting to learn more about careers in education and youth development? Do careers such as Librarian, Coach, ESL Teacher, Athletic Trainer, Occupational Therapist, and more, interest you? Texas Career Engagement invites you to our Education & Youth Development Career Community Resource Fair on Thursday, February 1st from 4-5 pm in FAC 2.236. You'll explore campus resources (such as student organizations, certificates, minors, and more) that will provide new avenues towards achieving your career goals in the education & youth development field.

All majors are welcome to attend! Snacks and beverages will be provided.

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First, for those of you working with students considering going abroad, Global Change Maker Scholarship applications are now being accepted (from all majors) for study abroad and international internships taking place this summer and fall.  Full info (including lots of information on how determinations are made) is available atwww.bit.ly/cgb-scholarships, copy is below, and a flyer is attached.

Global Change Maker Scholarships

The Center for Global Business is offering scholarship awards of up to $5,000 are available to support students pursuing international experience through study abroad or international internships.  Applications for travel in Summer and Fall 2024 awards now being accepted, and priority applications for Spring 2025 are also being accepted.  Applications are due February 15th and more information is available at www.bit.ly/cgb-scholarships.

Second, for those of you with students interested in food and fun, I’d like to encourage you to share the following/attached about our upcoming 2024 Global Readiness Week:

Global Readiness Week: February 19-21, 2024

Join the Center for Global Business as it celebrates all things international at Global Readiness Week!  Events include the popular “International Food & Culture Extravaganza” featuring tastes from around the globe, a Trivia Night with fun and prizes, and a Keynote Talk about how to prepare for and success in a career in international consulting.  More information at www.globalreadiness.infoand we look forward to seeing you there!

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Registration is Open for the Conference on Higher Education Values

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Registration is Open for the Conference on Higher Education Values

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Supporting religious, secular, and spiritual identities through anti-racism and decolonization frameworks.

Research, Policy, & Practice

Highlighting the Conference on Higher Education Values, Identity, Belonging, and Purpose

Don't miss the 2nd Annual Conference on Higher Education Values, Identity, Belonging, and Purpose! Taking place virtually from Feb 7-9, 2024, this year's event will delve into the theme: Navigating Chaos, Embracing Hope: Practical Strategies for Belonging, Resilience, and Change in Higher Education.

Keynotes from Dr. Margaret Sallee and Dr. Tenisha Tevis highlight the conference

Join us as we engage in insightful discussions around student values, identity, belonging, purpose, and related topics. We're thrilled to be returning for a second year and can't wait to connect with many of you at the conference in February. Click the link above to learn more and register.

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Coaching Cohorts to support religious, secular, and spiritual identities

The recent events in the Middle East highlight the importance of supporting the many religious, secular, and spiritual identities that exist on campus. No matter your role, there are needs in seeing these identities as a part of larger diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts as well as addressing implicit biases, micro aggressions, and understanding effective responses.

The coaching cohort opportunity is for any professional who might ever work with students of religious, secular, and spiritual identities (hint, it's everyone) To be better prepared, and to be an advocate for all members of the campus organizational community requires skills and shared learning. So sign up to join a cohort. We'll be in touch with details and work with you and your employer to manage the cost.

We hope to launch new cohorts starting in December and running into early 2024, so make sure to sign up now.

Total cost will be $299.00 for this opportunity and fits well into professional development opportunities for individuals.

Sign up for a cohort or to learn more today!

Professional Development Opportunities

Are you a working professional, maybe even a director of a unit or area who does professional development for your staff or organization? Have you done the anti-racism work that so many have over the last few years and now have opportunities to start thinking about some other areas of focus? We can tailor conversations that help integrate the current efforts of your organization and institution around anti-racism and decolonialism to better include the experiences of those who have been religiously marginalized.

As well, you can consider hosting a longer one-day training for your institution and your regional colleagues. These trainings are cost-effective in that they include larger audiences and lower cost of participants and organizations. Please reach out to us at j.cody.nielsen@convergencestrategies.org

Maybe it's your first time discussing religious, secular, and spiritual identities, or even that you just haven't "done that" yet. The opportunity to consider a training, a discussion, or simply learn where to start matters more than ever, and we will work with you to make sure that the materials are designed for your areas, units, and organizations.

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Call for Nominations: Gilbert Teaching Award & $1000 Prize

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Call for Nominations: Gilbert Teaching Award & $1000 Prize

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Call for Nominations: 2023-2024 Gilbert Teaching Award

Nominations open until: February 5, 2024

2024 Call for Nominations: This is a year to nominate faculty who are tenured (associate or full professor).

Fill out nomination form here: https://forms.office.com/r/s5sN44RkJ4

The Lucia, John, and Melissa Gilbert Teaching Excellence Award honors faculty members with an outstanding record of undergraduate and/or graduate teaching in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses. One award is given each year, alternating between non-tenured faculty members (Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, or Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Instruction or Practice) and tenured faculty members (Associate Professor and Full Professor). This award includes a $1000 cash honorarium and is presented to the recipient at the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Annual Spring Awards Reception. Previous Gilbert Award winners are listed below.

The Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies will accept names of tenured faculty members (Associate Professor and Professor) from the DWGSS Core Faculty through Monday, February 5, 2024 at 5pm. Self-nominations are permitted.

The Center will then contact the individuals to inform them that they have been nominated.

Nominees must:

Be tenured in rank;

Hold regular, on-going faculty positions at UT Austin;

Actively engage in the instruction of undergraduate and graduate students in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies courses;

Have completed at least their third year of teaching at UT;

Demonstrate active involvement in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.

Deadline for Nominations: Monday, February 5, 2024 at 5pm.

All eligible nominees will receive application instructions via email.
Supporting materials, including recommendation letters, are due: Friday, March 8, 2023 at 5pm.

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Upcoming Resume Workshops for Grad Students & Postdocs

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Upcoming Resume Workshops for Grad Students & Postdocs

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Resume Writing for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Tuesday, January 23, Noon - 1 p.m. | FAC  2.142 - Classroom ABC | Register Here

In this workshop, you will learn how to write a resume describing your graduate school experiences that is compelling to employers. You will be able to identify the format and components of a resume, tailor your resume to a job description, and communicate your graduate school experiences and skills to a broad audience by emphasizing your accomplishments. At the end of the workshop, you will practice applying these skills to organizing and writing a resume.

Resume Clinics

Have a resume that you need feedback on? Join us for a Resume Review Clinic! In this clinic, we will briefly go over best practices for resume writing (~10 min) before breaking off into pairs to peer review each other’s resumes. Please bring a printed job description of interest and a resume to participate. Click on the links below to register.

· Thursday, January 25 | 2 - 3 p.m. | FAC 2.134

· Tuesday, January 30 | 11 a.m. - noon | FAC 2.134

· Wednesday, January 31 | 3 - 4 p.m. | FAC 2.2138 - Classroom C

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[Accepting Applications] MACS Summer/Fall 2024 | Digital Humanities

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[Accepting Applications] MACS Summer/Fall 2024 | Digital Humanities

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The MACS project (powered by CONNECT) is accepting applications for Summer and Fall 2024 Fellows through Sunday, January 28.

Q: Are you an advanced degree student in the humanities looking for a paid part-time and flexible fellowship opportunity this Summer or Fall 2024?

Q: Do you have time in the Spring 2024 semester for a paid training opportunity in digital humanities skills?

Q: Are you interested in gaining paid consulting experience through working on a research, data analysis, or program evaluation project with a community organization client in the cultural heritage sector?

If yes, then apply here to become a MACS Fellow!

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Islamic Studies Colloquium - Call for Presenters - submit abstract by January 19

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Islamic Studies Colloquium - Call for Presenters - submit abstract by January 19

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Happy New Year and welcome back to school!

Have you written a paper or have ongoing research touching on Islamic beliefs, practices, or expressions?  Are you writing a thesis or dissertation chapter related to Muslim societies, cultures, or histories?  If so, the Islamic Studies Colloquium invites you to submit an abstract for this semester’s talk series by next Friday January 19th.

The Islamic Studies Colloquium is an interdepartmental, interdisciplinary series that offers graduate students, faculty, and research staff the opportunity to present research, practice talks, gain feedback, and meet others who are working in similar areas.  The Colloquium particularly encourages graduate students who are completing theses or dissertations, preparing conference presentations or articles, or preparing for job talks, to present their work. However, graduate students at all stages are welcome to submit abstracts, such as from completed seminar papers or articles in progress.

What do we mean by "Islamic Studies"? “Islamic Studies” need not only have to do with religion!  Islamic Studies is defined broadly, as any including any topic having to do with Islamic/Muslim societies, peoples, thought, histories, movements, or cultures.

When will the ISL Colloquium meet? This semester, the ISL Colloquium events will meet roughly five times on Wednesday afternoons from 3:00-4:30 in Calhoun 516 (the Reading Room, where it always is).  Exact dates TBD.

If you would like to present your work this semester, please send me the following by Friday January 19:

1) Your full name, program/affiliation, and unit (department). If you are close to degree completion, please indicate that as you will be prioritized.

2) Your presentation title.

3) Presentation abstract (1-2 paragraph)

This semester, the ISL Colloquium will be jointly run by Drs. Jeannette Okur and Hina Azam.  If you have any questions, feel free to email either of us.

We look forward to receiving your proposals!

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IDH is HIRING | AVAnnotate Project & Outreach Manager

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IDH is HIRING | AVAnnotate Project & Outreach Manager

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Please see below for a grad student job opportunity with Dr. Tanya Clement.

Detailed position description link: http://bit.ly/41z3i1O

If you have questions, please email: idh@humanitiesinstitute.utexas.edu

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CFP: Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference (Apply by Jan 19th)

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CFP: Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference (Apply by Jan 19th)

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Feminist Visions in Times of Apocalypse: Collectively Evoking Joy, Love, & Healing

Call for Presenters: 31st Annual Emerging Scholarship in Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference
The University of Texas at Austin
Join us for our annual conference on March 26-27, 2024.

Deadline for CFP: Friday January 19, 2024.
https://forms.gle/1JdSRWWm86aKcaZE6

Feminist Visions in Times of Apocalypse: Collectively Evoking Joy, Love, & Healing

The Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies annual conference offers graduate students the opportunity to share their research with students and faculty, The University of Texas at Austin community, and WGSS community partners. We invite panels and individual papers, creative writing and artistic posters, and performance pieces from participants in any discipline whose research focuses on women's, gender, sexuality, transgender, and/or queer studies.

Presentation at this conference will count towards the WGS MA Program, the WGS Graduate Portfolio Certificate and/or the WGS Graduate Portfolio Certificate-LGBTQ Studies Track.

We will consider work previously presented at another conference or produced during coursework, and especially encourage (but do not require) submissions relevant to this year’s theme. Co-authored papers are also permitted.

We hope you will join us on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26-27th 2024.

As political upheaval, effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and environmental catastrophes push us to apocalyptic realities, we come together to collectively evoke joy, love, and healing by envisioning queer, feminist, crip futures. We aim to thrive by coming together and dreaming of a better future.

The attacks on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), reproductive justice, gender and sexuality in schools, and trans-affirming care in Texas and across the United States have further marginalized women and femmes, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people, queer and trans people, and disabled people. Opportunities for increased access and mutual aid prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic have quickly dissipated as the mainstream U.S. attempts to “return to normal.” Along with wars and environmental destruction across the globe this past year alone, these combined realities have created anxiety and a feeling of impending apocalypse.

In engaging with critical disability studies, queer feminist crip theory, Black feminisms, Chicana Latina feminisms, Indigenous feminisms, transnational feminisms, Asian and Asian American feminisms, intersectionality, jotería studies, quare theory, queer of color critique, and queer futures we collectively evoke our visions based in joy, love, and healing. How do we as educators, scholars, activists, performers, and artists collectively support our visions in the times of apocalypse?

Some questions to consider further:

●      How do we envision Queer Joy, Feminist Joy, Crip Joy existing in times of the apocalypse?

●      How do we heal our planet, our institutions, our health, our relationships, ourselves?

●      How do we acknowledge and move beyond thinking that institutions can love us back?

●      What queer futures, crip futures, feminist futures are we collectively evoking?

●      How do we center the epistemologies, methodologies, and frameworks of crips of color, feminists, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous people in our collective visions?

●      How do we bring critical disability studies, feminist studies,  ethnic studies, and queer and trans studies to be in conversation with each other?

●      How do we re(member) those existing at the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, class, sexuality and ability?

Apply by Friday, January 19th 2024.

For more information, contact conference organizer: GABRIEL RODRÍGUEZ LEMUS, JR. (he/él), grodriguezlemus@utexas.edu

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Accepting Applications for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

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Accepting Applications for the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program

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MMUF Information session will be held January 18, 2024, at 12:30pm.

Applications for UT’s Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF) are being accepted through February 15, 2024.  MMUF’s goal is to expand access to the professoriate in higher education by helping students confidently navigate academia and pursue a PhD. Flyer attached (pdf and jpg).

MMUF fellows:

Engage in an intellectual community through weekly seminars and workshops focused on topics including Applying to Grad School, Conducting Research, Abstract Writing, and Conference Presentations.

Receive individualized mentorship from program coordinators and faculty advisors.

Pursue independent research projects during their time in the program, including over the summer(s).

Receive financial support to conduct academic year and summer research, apply to graduate school, and explore professional development opportunities.

Obtain post-graduate benefits, including loan repayment and graduate research funding.

Who Can Apply:

Students who are interested in earning a PhD and pursuing a career in academia.

Current sophomores or juniors graduating in 2026.

Students whose major is in one of the MMUF-designated social science, humanities, or fine arts fields (view list of Eligible Fields on website).

Students committed to working with a faculty mentor on a Mellon-approved research project during their junior and senior years.

MMUF Information session will be held January 18, 2024, at 12:30pm.

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Hope you had a fun and restorative winter break, and that you are staying warm on this chilly first day of class. Spring 2024, let’s go!

A few quick things:

The Wellness Labs this semester will be on Wednesdays at 4pm in RLP 1.106, starting next week on 1/24 with a Vision Board Workshop (supplies provided, 4-6pm) – see you there!

Check out the Humanitas event schedule HERE and mark your calendar for visits from therapy dogs, Poetry on the Pond, Crafternoon, and more.

Living the Longhorn Life is hosting a Spring Welcome this week with all kinds of events and activities to support your transition back into college life – see the schedule HERE.

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Glenn Maloney Scholarship Application Now Open!

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Glenn Maloney Scholarship Application Now Open!

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The Office of the Dean of Students is now accepting applications for the Glenn Maloney Memorial Scholarship!

The Glenn Maloney Scholarship is given in memory of Glenn W. Maloney. Glenn served The University of Texas at Austin for 19 years, the last seven as the Associate of Dean of Students. The scholarship was established to remember Glenn's countless contributions to the university and to recognize the students he loved.

Students who exemplify Glenn’s character and positive impact on students are encouraged to apply; please provide this information to any students who fit the criteria outlined. Applications are open and available via Hornslink through Thursday February 16, 2024. For more information about the process and eligibility we encourage you to visit our website.

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The WCC welcomes longhorns of all genders to our open house and social to kick off the spring semester! Come enjoy snacks, meet friends, make some art, and learn about our upcoming events for the semester.

WCC Mission

The mission of the Women’s Community Center (WCC) is to be a place for Longhorns of all genders to connect, find resources, and get support around experiences of intersectionality, community, and gender solidarity. The WCC functions as a central hub, providing personalized guidance to individual students and student organizations. It serves as a welcoming space for students to connect, fostering a sense of community on campus.

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Symposium About Language and Society at Austin (SALSA), Jan. 19-20

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Symposium About Language and Society at Austin (SALSA), Jan. 19-20

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The Department of Linguistic Anthropology will be hosting the Symposium About Language and Society at Austin (SALSA) on January 19-20. See the attached poster and schedule for more details.

The event is free to attend and open to all!

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Dear colleagues and students: I write a weekly newsletter on academic writing and managing academic life called Publish Not Perish. This week's post is How to Write a Statement of Purpose for Graduate School<https://www.publishnotperish.net/p/how-to-write-a-statement-of-purpose>.

I'm circulating it so that it might help students applying to research-focused MA and PhD programs.

Publish Not Perish: A Newsletter for Academic Writers

<https://publishnotpe rish.substack.com/> Fighting Visibility: Sports Media and Female Athletes in the UFC <https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/65wrq5sn9780252043734.html> <https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/65wrq5sn9780252043734.html>

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Forgot to mention that I am also teaching a graduate seminar on Performance Theory in the spring. I did not request for WGS cross-listing as the course does not have a lot of gender and sexuality theory. However, I would love to have WGS grad students be part of it. Currently, I have 3 open seats. I am attaching the course description here. Would you mind circulating it to your grad students?

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TD 387 D Performance Theory - Vasquez Toral