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Department and Center Events Bring Scholars, Collaborators, and Guests to UF

August 29, 2024

Politics, Movements, and Joy: A meditation on Black Twitter

Andre L. Brock (Georgia Tech), Sarah Florini (Arizona State University), Raven Maragh-Lloyd (Washington University), and Jasmine McNealy (UF)

Lead sponsor: African American Studies

October 3, 2024

The Rocks Don’t Care How You Get There: Reimagining Field Science for a More Accessible, Inclusive & Ethical Discipline

Anita M.S. Marshall (UF Department of Geological Sciences)

Lead sponsor: Imagining Climate Change

October 4, 2024

National Endowment for the Humanities, Grants Info Session

Dr. Suha Kudsieh (Division of Research at the National Endowment for the Humanities)

Lead sponsor: Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research

October 15, 2024

Black Queer Worth-Making and Reproductive Justice in Bahia

Dr. Nessette Falu (University of Texas, Austin)

Lead sponsor: African American Studies

October 22, 2024

Building a Community Engaged Career through Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

Dr. Kristie Soares, UF GSWS Alum (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Lead Sponsor: Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies

October 22, 2024

New Waves in Latinx Sound and Popular Music Studies

A conversation with on recently published books with Jonathan Calvillo (Emory), Ivan Ramos (Brown), Richard T. Rodriguez (UC Riverside), Kristie Soares (University of Colorado, Boulder), moderated by Yessica Garcia Hernandez (UCLA), organized by Jillian Hernandez (UF)

Lead Sponsor: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

January 22, 2025

Zora Neale Hurston Panel Discussion

Featuring Dr. Cinnamon Williams from our department among other illustrious panelists

Lead Sponsor: Center for Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship

February 5, 2025

Alum Health Panel

Featuring UF alums Dr. Meagan Campol, Dr. Chris Garcia-Wilde, and Dr. Naomi Mostkoff discussing how their undergraduate education (particularly in our department) prepared them for careers in healthcare

Lead Sponsor: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

February 18, 2025

From UF to Public Interest Law

Simone Chriss (Southern Legal Counsel)

Lead Sponsors: Beyond120 and Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

March 4, 2025

The Black Birthing Crisis: Why Understanding Slavery & Gynecology Helps Us All

Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens (University of Connecticut)

Lead Sponsor: African American Studies

March 26, 2025

Walking Tour: Women’s History and Gender Equality

Featuring Dr. Alyssa Zucker from our department among other illustrious speakers

Lead sponsor: Samuel Proctor Oral History Program

March 28, 2025

Navigating Menopause

Featuring Dr. Olivia Adams from our department among other illustrious panelists

Lead Sponsor: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

April 2, 2025

Women’s Studies Undergraduate Thesis Presentations

Lead sponsor: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

April 11, 2025

Mellon Student Research Presentations

Lead sponsor: Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies

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