Dr. Heather McEntarfer
The Ethnic and Gender Studies program will hold its second annual symposium on Wednesday, April 15.
The event, open to the public, begins at 10 a.m. in Williams Center Room S204-DE.
The event highlights research by faculty and students in the interdisciplinary fields of ethnic and gender studies, and how the work advances social and community-based change.
The symposium will feature a faculty keynote by Dr. Heather McEntarfer (English Adolescence Education/Writing), “Working Toward Trans-Inclusive Educational Spaces.” Dr. McEntarfer, who contributes pedagogy-based courses for the English Adolescence Education major as well as creative non-fiction and media writing for the Department of English’s Writing major, will discuss recent her qualitative research focusing on interviews with trans and nonbinary teachers. Her essay, “ʽIt Has Made Me Stronger:’ The Strengths of Trans and Nonbinary Teachers,” co-authored with Dr. Matthew Rice, of Bard High School Early College, was published in the Oct. 16 issue of the Journal of Queer and Trans Issues in Education.
In addition to Dr. McEntarfer’s talk, three seniors completing their Social Change Capstone as part of their work in the Women’s and Gender Studies minor this year, will also give short presentations highlighting their individual research projects:
- Lain Pelonero (Writing major): “Beyond the Binary: Exploring the Relationship Between Gender and Sexuality”
- Damon Abbey (Psychology major): “Advocacy Means Inclusivity!”
- Brooke Waterman (Psychology major): “Invisible Labor and Psychological Strain: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Emotional Labor."
Dr. Jeanette McVicker, who serves as EGS Coordinator, will introduce the speakers. Contact her for more information.
