Interview with WGS student An Ha, featuring her published research on the intertwining of language, identity, and power within the context of racism and “standard” English.
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Powerful Literature
The students in WGS 200: Introduction to Women’s & Gender Studies recently finished a course module on bodies. This module focuses on answering the question: How does society (including ourselves) understand women’s bodies? At the end of this module, students read Gabi: A Girl in Pieces by Isabel Quintero. This book gave students an opportunity …
Claiming Our Education: She Bites Back (Student Feature)
Claiming Our Education: She Bites Back by Silvia Lepe, Joivenae Uribe, and Hannah Weller “Student Feature” is our newest addition to the WGS blog. Student-scholars enrolled in WGS courses have consented to share their experiences inside and outside the classroom with the Hope community. Today, three students share their insights from Dr. Kendra R. Parker’s …
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WGS and the World: Alumni Interview-Dr. Phillip Waalkes
Meet Our Alumni: Dr. Phillip Waalkes ’04 by Kendra R. Parker Dr. Phillip Waalkes ‘ 04 graduated with a dual major in English and Psychology with a minor in Women’s Studies.* Dr. Waalkes is a faculty member at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He credits his Women’s Studies minor as helping him “become more fully [himself].” …
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WGS and the World: Alumni Interview–Emme Veenbaas ’16
Meet Our Alumni: Emme Veenbaas, Class of 2016 by Kendra R. Parker Emme Veenbass ’16 graduated with a double major in Women’s and Gender Studies and English. Currently, Emme works with the Chicago Bar Foundation, and she cites the WGS Program as the “most formative part of [her] college career.” What are you doing now? …
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