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Honoring Lavender Graduates, Advancing LGBTQIA Inclusion

May 7, 2014

The annual lavender graduation honors LGBTQI and Ally graduating seniors, as well as students, faculty and staff who have advanced inclusion, support and education around LGBTQIA identities at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ.

Aunchalee Palmquist and Kirsten Doehler present at conference

April 29, 2014

Aunchalee Palmquist, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology, and Kirsten Doehler, assistant professor of statistics, presented preliminary findings from Palmquists's study of milk sharing at the annual Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference in Chapel Hill, N.C. in March.

Aunchalee Palmquist awarded Wenner-Gren Post Ph.D. grant

April 27, 2014

Aunchalee Palmquist, an assistant professor of anthropology, was awarded a post-Ph.D. grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to aid research on "Taking Milk from Strangers: An Anthropological Study of Internet Breast Milk Sharing in the U.S."

Lavender Graduation and Awards Dinner – May 5

April 14, 2014

This annual event is a year-end celebration for all LGBTQI and ally students, faculty and staff. Graduating seniors will be honored during the dinner, and achievements in LGBTQIA inclusion at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ will be recognized.

Amy L. Allocco publishes book chapter on 'Snakes in the Dark Age'

April 13, 2014

A contribution to the edited volume "Asian Perspectives on Animal Ethics: Rethinking the Nonhuman" theorizes vernacular Hindu snake worship traditions in Tamil Nadu, India as a model for human and nonhuman animal relationships and a constructive environmental ethic.

Croatian LGBT film – Feb. 11

January 28, 2014

Croatian film critic, prominent LGBT activist and media personality will host a screening and discussion of the first Croatian LGBT film, 'Fine Dead Girls.'

Feb. 10: LGBT Politics and Activism in Croatia and the U.S. 

January 28, 2014

 

MIMA SIMIĆ: Croatian writer, film critic, activist, media personality, and Croatian LGBT person of the decade.  Mima will talk on "LGBT Politics and Activist Strategies of Media Subversion,” discussing how she and other activists and organizations have used strategies of media subversion to affect public and social attitudes on homosexuality and gender in Croatia. Katherine McFarland Bruce, ÂÒÂ×ÊÓÆµ visiting assistant professor of sociology, will join Mima and compare and discuss LGBT activism in the United States, specifically the South.