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GRSJ 503: Special Topics in Gender, Race, and Sexuality
In this course we will read beautiful writings by scholars reflecting on practices of resistance in colonial spaces, such as the university and the nation state. We will read these writings to learn methods of knowing and teaching, modes of appreciation and listening, we will explore what it means to think of love as a critical methodology, and consider pedagogies that involve practices of vulnerability, risk and tenderness.
Manuela Valle
Contact Information manola.valle@gmail.com Biography Manuela Valle’s research interests include the gendered and sexual narratives of neoliberalism, militarism and imperialism, and the intersections between gender and nationalism. Her research project aims to explore how in Latin American post-dictatorship societies such as the Chilean, the continued legacy of an authoritarian culture limits the exercise of citizenship and […]
Sejin Um
Contact Information Supervisors: Dr. Leila Harris/Dr. Gillian Creese sejinum@alumni.ubc.ca Biography Sejin Um graduated from the MA program at the Social Justice Institute in May 2019. Sejin is currently a PhD student at the Department of Sociology at New York University. She is interested in gender; work; organizations; family; and social inequality. She holds a BA […]
Khaldah Salih
Contact Information Supervisor: Dr. Gillian Creese khaldah.salih@gmail.com Biography Khaldah Salih is a Master’s student at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She is from Sudan and grew up largely in the Diaspora. She is interested in humanitarian work, specifically in Sudan and in Africa generally, while also emphasizing and debating its ethics […]
Kate Reid
Contact Information katereid@alumni.ubc.ca http://www.katereid.net/ http://www.twitter.com/katereid Biography Kate Reid is a professional queer-musical-activist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. With rapid-fire wit, a raw and often irreverent delivery, Kate is a guitar-playing, harmonica-slinging, singer-songwriter and bona-fide entertainer. Her lyrics are honest and poignant, sometimes hard-hitting and sometimes hilarious and she is known for her self-deprecating and tongue-in-cheek […]
Jade Pollard-Crowe
Biography Jade Pollard-Crowe has traveled here from the UK to complete her Masters in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She grew up in Cambridge although has strong cultural ties to her Jamaican ancestry. Jade’s research is concerned with evaluating the possibilities and limits of arts-based activism today particularly focusing on queer, […]
Jhonelle Nelson
Contact Information Pro-tem Advisor: Dr. Nora Angeles jmalene.nelson@gmail.com Biography As a language teacher, I know the importance and power of words. As a student, I understand the capacity for great change through education. It is my hope that the passion that I have for listening and for learning can be turned to helping others and […]
Lyra McKee
Contact Information Supervisor: Dr. Sunera Thobani / Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva lyra.mckee@alumni.ubc.ca https://ubc.academia.edu/LyraMcKee Biography Lyra McKee grew up in Texas and holds an MA in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She is a white settler whose research interests include transgender studies, critical race theory, political philosophy, queer theory, and qualitative geography. She also […]
Tessa MacIntyre
Biography Tessa MacIntyre is a Masters Students in the Gender, Race, and Social Justice Institute. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production and Studies from the University of Regina. While completing her undergraduate program, Tessa developed a strong interest in documentary filmmaking, and looks to filmmakers such as Sarah Polley, Errol Morris, […]