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GSWS/FQT Affiliate Faculty Member Dennis Flores Receives Two Mentorship Awards
The GSWS/FQT community congratulates Dalmacio Dennis Flores, assistant professor of nursing in the department of family and community health and GSWS/FQT affiliated faculty member, whose work has been recognized both through the Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Scholarly Mentorship and the Doctoral Student Organization’s Barbara J. Lowery Faculty Award. Read more about the awards in The Almanac.
GSWS AD Gwendolyn Beetham in 34th Street Magazine discussing the lack of accessible child care at Penn
34th Street Magazine's Connor Nakamura's article "Care in Flux" discusses the lack of accessible child care options for families at Penn and beyond. GSWS Associate Director Gwendolyn Beetham comments on the risks that accompany the essential work of child care, the unequal distribution of resources and institutional support across the university, and the systemic undervaluing of child care. To read the full article, visit 34th Street Magazine.
Announcing Oral History Postdoctoral Fellowship in Trans Studies
The Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies and Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program invite applications for an Oral History Postdoctoral Fellow in Trans Studies
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AAUP-Penn Response to Masking Policy Changes
In response to the Penn administration announcement on March 15th of significant policy changes that eliminate indoor masking and other Covid-19 safety measures on our campus, the AAUP–Penn’s Covid Response Task Force and the AAUP–Penn Executive Committee immediately issued a joint statement to express concerns.
GSWS/FQT Board & Core Faculty Member Kathleen M. Brown on the 330th Anniversary of the Salem Witch Trials
On the 330th anniversary of the Salem witch trials, historian Kathleen M. Brown discusses the stories, theories, and contemporary parallels to one of America’s stranger chapters in history in Penn Today.
Announcing Part-Time Project Manager Position for the Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Oral History Archive at the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies
FQT/GSWS welcomes applications for a Part-Time Project Manager for the Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Oral History Archive Project.
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Penn Trans Oral History Archive Project Manager
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The Oral History Archive Project Manager will help develop The Center’s Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender Nonconforming Oral History Archive at Penn’s Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies.
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Why Unions Matter for Nursing
How have unions shaped the relationship between organized labor, feminism, and nursing? FQT/GSWS board member Jessa Lingel and FQT/GSWS affiliate Rosemary Clark-Parsons have a new article addressing why unions matter for nursing. Read the full article in Penn Today.
FQT/GSWS community supports Lia Thomas
We in the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies and the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies unequivocally support Lia Thomas.
Award winning GSWS honors thesis research featured in 34th Street
Simran Chand's ('21) award winning honors thesis research was recently featured in 34th Street Magazine. The piece, titled The Birds and The Bees: For Brown People, is a first person account of Chand's honors thesis project, which received the Carroll-Smith Rosenberg Senior Thesis Award in Women's Studies as well as the Holden Furber Prize in South Asian studies.