Month: March 2019
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Graduate Research Spotlight: Dana Ahern (Feminist Studies)
Imperial Knowledges: Bounding the (Trans)itory Body Time becomes something very confusing when transitioning/transitioned. Many transgender people disconnect themselves from their past, seeing their lives as having begun at the moment of starting the transition. Others leave behind a past reluctantly, encountering an increasing number of people who will only have known them post-transition. Still others try to hold on to…
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Graduate Research Spotlight: Saugher Nojan (Sociology)
Muslim Students Capture Campus Climate: A Photovoice Project For over 20 years, Muslim students at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) have fought for a prayer space/meditation room on campus. In 2017, UCSC campus administrators met with the Muslim Student Association (MSA) to understand the needs of the Muslim student community, particularly after the inauguration of the…