From the Chair
Dear Friends of Women and Gender Studies,
It has been a busy fall at the Cottage! The department is in the write-up stage of our seven-year Program Review—a process that continues to consume much of my semester-long term as interim chair. And I’m very much looking forward to handing things back over to our chair, Lorraine Bayard de Volo, when she returns from sabbatical in January.
Bureaucratic chores aside, WGST has a number of things to celebrate this fall: We welcomed our newest faculty member, Samira Mehta, who brings her expertise on the intersections of religion, culture, and gender to WGST and Jewish Studies. Two WGST faculty achieved career milestones this past year: Lorraine Bayard de Volo was promoted to full professor and Emmanuel David was tenured and promoted to associate professor. Two WGST faculty were recognized with major awards: Celeste Montoya received the Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Mentorship from the political science education section of the American Political Science Association and Emmanuel David won CU Boulder’s Best Should Teach Gold Award. Last but not least, our program assistant Alicia Turchette won the first ever Social Sciences Employee of the Month Award this past September.
More details on these impressive accomplishments appear on the pages that follow, along with more of the latest faculty, staff, students, and alumni achievements.
Thank you for your continued support of Women and Gender Studies. As always, we’d love to hear from you.
Sincerely,
Robert Buffington
Interim Chair & Professor, Women and Gender Studies
Women & Gender Studies Faculty 2019 (clockwise from top left):
Robert Wyrod, Samira Mehta, Deepti Misri, Alison Jaggar, Robert Buffington, Kristie Soares, Janet Jacobs,
Lorraine Bayard de Volo, Celeste Montoya, & Maisam Alomar (not pictured: Emmanuel David)
Women & Gender Studies
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CU LGBTQ Alumni Party
Please join the CU LGBTQ Alumni chapter for good company, great drinks, and a worthy cause! The CU LGBTQ Alumni chapter is hosting their annual Holiday Party and Scholarship Endowment Fundraiser at the historic Koenig Alumni Center on December 6th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm.
Please follow this link to register through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/university-of-colorado-lgbtq-alumni-holiday-party-scholarship-fundraiser-tickets-78623931295
Student Profile
Kelsey Rickert
WGST, SOCY, LGBTQ Studies Certificate
Events Assistant, Volunteer Resource Center
"I was initially a sociology major, and I enjoy that a lot because of the social understandings you can gain from it, but after taking a few of the introductory Women and Gender Studies courses, I found that I was really excited by the practical and specific application of theory found in WGST. There's a lot of great people in the department and in the major, and I've made a lot of great friends and found a lot of passion in the students and faculty. As someone who is trying to develop a career in activism, I realized that Women and Gender Studies is the place to be to make those much needed connections to other activists and to useful activist praxis. I just really wanted to get involved and spend my time learning more about the issues I care about, and WGST is the place I've found molds the best to those needs and my learning expectations."
GJL: Unpack Your Ballot
The Gender Justice League (GJL) invited CU alum Alexandra Alonso, who currently works as a community liaison & constituent advocate for a US Senator, to help lead a discussion on the importance of voting locally, and learning the skills to unpack the coded language on ballots. They provided an opportunity for students to register to vote, and discussed how voting works in Colorado.
Pictured above: Dr. Kristie Soares, assistant professor and GJL advisor, GJL members Adriana Colon and Kate Kelly, invited speaker Alexandra Alonso, and GJL members Mariana Galvez Seminario and Adriana Nuncio Zuniga gather for a picture in the Cottage library.
