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In July, Charlotte Jacobs, GSE Assistant Adjunct Professor and GSWS Executive Board Member, traveled to Johannesburg to participate in a conference organized by the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls (OWLAG). The gathering, titled “What Happened to You: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Learning, Teaching and Psychological Functioning,” centered on trauma-informed practice (TIP), which examines how adversity, background, and lived experiences shape a student's development and learning.

Local radio station WXPN announces a listener supported contest aimed at showcasing the "885 Greatest Songs by Women." From the press release: "Some of our previous countdowns, while abundant in talent, sometimes miss the mark when showcasing the female voices shaping music. This year’s countdown aims to bring some balance and female energy to our end-of-year celebration."

Claudia Bellacosa, a junior major in GSWS with a double-major in Economics, was featured in Penn Today regarding her research on "intensive motherhood." Bellacosa completed the research as part of a team led by Sociology Professor Paula Fomby. Read more about their research findings in Penn Today.

The call for presenters is now open for the GSWS Graduate Colloquium Series.
This is an opportunity for all graduate students working in any area related to women, gender, queer, and sexuality studies to join a cohort of their peers in giving and receiving feedback on work. You can workshop parts of chapters, articles, essays, or practice conference papers and presentations.
For those interested, please contact the GSWS Graduate Associate, Caitlin Adkins (adkinsca@sas.upenn.edu)

The GSWS/FQT community is excited to announce that Sarah Banet-Weiser has been named Dean of Penn's Annenberg School for Communication. Read more about the appointment at Penn Today.

The GSWS community is honored to welcome Che Gossett as the new Associate Director of the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies.

GSWS/FQT is pleased to announce that recent graduate, Serena Baldick Martinez's honors thesis "Reclaimed Nonbinary Harry Potter Fanfiction: Imagining Identity by Reading and Writing a Magical World" was recently awarded the Phi Beta Kappa Thesis Prize. Join us in congratulating Serena on this accomplishment! You can listen to Serena talk about their work on our podcast, Gender Jawn.

Historian Kathleen M. Brown’s new book ‘Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race and Rights in the Age of Abolition’ reexamines the antislavery struggle.

The Center for Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies is hiring an Associate Director!

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