Approaching democracy differently: Western and Indigenous approaches
CSU students redefine democracy by using western and Indigenous principles and ultimately crafting a manifesto that emphasizes communal responsibility over individual rights.
Coming Together to Build Tools of Resistance: New Undergraduate Courses Expand Perceptions of Protest
Protest can occur in many forms. Recent students in ethnic studies and women’s and gender studies are finding alternative ways to protest: through satire and irony, and through creative and cultural production.
Congratulations to our Spring 2023 Graduates!
Ethnic Studies Majors Bryn Bennett-Feinblatt (Women’s Studies Interdisciplinary Minor, Cum Laude) Stephan Galloway Olivia Lynch Zoe Meireles (Additional Major in Women’s and Gender Studies, Minor in Indigenous Studies) Kenia Montes-Terrazas Ethnic Studies Minors Mireya Alcocer Molly Auw (Cum Laude) Dawson Besst Gerson Flores Rojas Rene Gonzales Maggie Guyor Abby Herold Isabella Jiner Cassius Kaehny Randy […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Jenne Schmidt
As an Assistant Professor in Ethnic Studies and Women and Gender Studies, Dr. Jenne Schmidt’s (they/them) research is situated at the intersections of critical disability theory, queer politics, and environmental studies. Specifically, their research interrogates the ways that environmental futures are positioned as incommensurable with crip, trans, and queer existence and futurity. They refuse the […]
Dr. Ernesto Sagás and Dr. Nikoli Attai present their research in a Community Conversation
On April 19, the Department of Ethnic Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies held a Community Conversation with Professor Dr. Ernesto Sagás and Assistant Professor Dr. Nikoli Attai. Dr. Sagás presented “Contemporary Politics in the Hispanic Caribbean: Dictatorship, Democracy, and National Sovereignty.” As the last remaining colonies of Spain in the New World, the fate […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Carolin Aronis
Dr. Carolin Aronis (she/her/היא) studies current antisemitism as associated with white supremacy in the U.S., specifically the practice of targeting college students or larger urban Jewish (and non-Jewish) communities. Dr. Aronis is interested in ways this has sustained a climate of fear, trauma, and intimidation. Through the intersection of critical media studies, rhetoric, and technologies, this specific […]
Dr. Tori Arthur and Dr. Carolin Aronis present research in a Community Conversation
On March 23, the Department of Ethnic Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies held a Community Conversation with Dr. Tori Arthur and Dr. Caroline Aronis. Dr. Arthur presented “#AbledsAreWeird: TikTok and Representing Black Disabled Womanhood”. Over the last decade, disability justice activists have employed social networking platforms to raise awareness about the lived experiences of […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Lindsey Scheinder
Over the last decade or so, non-Native natural resource and environmental management researchers and practitioners have become interested in incorporating Indigenous perspectives into their work. But is that really possible, when many environmental problems that exist today are the legacy of actions taken to “tame the frontier,” and settler colonialism continues to shape relations between […]
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Nikoli Attai
Dr. Nikoli Attai is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies, focusing on Black queer and feminist studies. He has taught ETST 201: Introduction to Queer Studies, ETST 412: Africa and the African Diaspora, and ETST 305: Ethnicity, Class and Gender in the US and is excited to develop classes on queer politics in the global […]
Fostering a Culture of Care: Restorative Justice Education Creates Space In the Classroom
Lula Tewolde and Olivia Lynch join Dr. Tom Cavanaugh at Restorative Justice Education to create a “culture of care” that trains educators how to foster culturally appropriate relationships and interactions built on equity with students in the classroom.