After a pandemic hiatus, CSWS Noon Talks return in January 2022. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender and are presented by recent recipients of our graduate student research grants. Save these dates!

January 14: “The Myth of Whiteness as Cleanliness: A Settler Colonial, White Supremacist, and Patriarchal Construction.” Annalee Ring, Philosophy. Noon via Zoom.

January 27: “Informal Labour Blues: Impact of COVID-19 and Beyond on Women Belonging to Backward Caste Communities in Hyderabad, India.” Malvya Chintakindi, Anthropology. Noon via Zoom.

February 2: “‘There’s nobody with common sense that can look down on the domestic worker’: Dirt, Disease, and Hygiene in Alice Childress’s Like one of the Family.” Cassandra Galentine, English. Noon via Zoom.

February 16: “Creating a Non-gender Binary and Queer/Women-centered Sports Space: Strategies and Experience of Korean ‘Queer Women Games.’” Jinsun Yang, Sociology. Noon via Zoom.

March 2: “Viral Bodies in Loco afán and the film Lemebel (2019): The Virality of Transfeminism in the Art of Pedro Lemebel.” Jon Jaramillo, Romance Languages, CSWS Jane Grant Dissertation Fellow. Noon via Zoom.

March 30: “Working Class Gay Dads: Queer Stories about Family and Work.” Nathan Mather, Counseling Psychology. Noon via Zoom.

April 12: “A Feminist Approach to the Early Modern Literary Canon.” Cornesha Tweede, Romance Languages. Noon via Zoom.

April 29: “Helping Mom and Helping the Community: Immigrant Youth’s Perspectives of the Future.” Niki DeRosia, Education Studies. Noon via Zoom.

May 11: “More Than Binary: Gender Diversity in Computer Science Education and Employment.” Max Skorodinsky, Education Studies. Noon via Zoom.

May 25: “Otro Mundo Posible: Environmentalist Activism and Agroecology in El Salvador.” Annalise Gardella, Anthropology. Noon via Zoom.