We are happy that Professor Tara Quinn is a new a career-line Assistant Professorship shared between Gender Studies and the College of Humanities. Welcome and congratulations, Dr. Quinn! What’s your research specialization? What projects are you currently working on? My principal research interests concern processes of socio-economic justice and development in the Global South, including land rights, […]| transform.utah.edu
We are happy that Professor Tara Quinn is a new a career-line Assistant Professorship shared between Gender Studies and the College of Humanities. Welcome and congratulations, Dr....| transform.utah.edu
Why did you decide to focus on the history of Black Studies at the U for your project? I decided to focus on the university’s Black Studies program because there was very little accessible information available about the history of the program. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the University of Utah created the Black […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
For much of his life, Andy Murphy (Honors BS ‘08, Gender Studies & Economics) has enjoyed crafting a persuasive argument. As a high schooler, he was a member of the school debate team and enjoyed the challenge of researching and then building a compelling case to support or oppose a position. It was captivating enough […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
At the end of last semester Professor Juliet Reynolds did a short unit on the roles of quilts, flags, and other textiles in a wide range of social movements in her GNDR 1100 course, Gender and Social Change. Over the course of several weeks, class discussion shifted from focusing on the heaviness of oppression to […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
A Letter from the Dean| transform.utah.edu
Dear Students and Transform Community, Last week, the faculty of the School for Cultural & Social Transformation (Transform) and the College of Humanities voted to...| transform.utah.edu
Dr. Angela Marie Smith Receives 2024 Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities The University of Michigan Press has awarded the 2024 Tobin Siebers Prize for Disability Studies in the Humanities to Affecting Disability on American Screens, a groundbreaking manuscript by Associate Professor Angela Marie Smith. This prestigious annual prize recognizes an outstanding […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
Assistant Professor Alborz Ghandehari’s latest project is more than just research—it is a material to which he has a deep personal connection. Dr. Ghandehari’s connection...| transform.utah.edu
written by Juniper Nilsson, BS’ 27, Gender Studies + Urban Ecology — This semester, I got to go to the 2025 Creating Change conference in Las Vegas, NV at the Rio Hotel and Casino. What an experience! But first, some context. The Creating Change conference was started by the National LGBTQ Task Force in the […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
The School for Cultural & Social Transformation is proud to honor Rosa Pimentel, a senior graduating with dual majors in ethnic studies and gender studies,...| transform.utah.edu
Fall 2024 Research Symposium Presenter: Mar Smith Mentor: Kim Hackford-Peer Presentation: Forging Representation in the Wake of Censorship: A “Trans” Analysis of Spider-Man’s Canon Summary: The argument that Spider-Man’s story can be read as a transgender narrative is built on a strong foundation of allegory, body horror, comic history, and censorship. In a time where […]| SCHOOL FOR CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
