Feminist Scholars present their work at the first FMST Undergrad Research Symposium
On Friday, May 19, the UCSC Feminist Studies department presents Radical Research – the first Feminist Studies Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Happening 10 am to 1 pm at Namaste Lounge, the Symposium is an opportunity for FMST Undergrads to share their work with peers throughout UCSC.
In the spirit of activism that is key to the feminist ethos, the Symposium will showcase the broad range of FMST undergrads' inter-sectional research projects. FMST seniors will make live presentations, and poster presentations also will be on display, showcasing the work of FMST juniors, sophomores, frosh, and non-majors that foregrounds questions central to the discipline of feminist studies.
FMST Visiting Professor Amy Krauss and FMST graduate Trio Harris (Class of 2016) will present keynote talks. And a host of tabling organizations will be on hand, from Planned Parenthood to the Cantu Queer Center and COVE. And we’ll have nibbles throughout the symposium.
Check out the full schedule below (subject to change). And come see what the feminists are doing!
10:00 Opening remarks by undergraduate student reps, Avery Miller Shevelev, Aaliyah Balangue, and Ann Niland
10:10 Ann Niland – Racial Semiotics, Violence, & the Empathetic Mirror Neuron as Science Fiction is Translated to Screen
10:20 Yitong Lei – Decolonial Chinatown: What’s at Stake in Anti-Gentrification Movements
10:30 Lesley Moran – Indigenous Family Relations
10:40 Marissa Guzman – The Feminisation of an Economic Crisis: The Impact of the Special Period on Gender Roles and Gender Formations in Cuba
10:50 Vann Jones – What to Expect When He's Expecting: A Tour of the First Complete Online Guide to Transmasculine Reproduction
11:00-11:10 BREAK
11:10 Ashley Marshall & Maria R. Hele – Re-Membering Motherhood: Transforming Our Futures through Reassembling the Iconicity of the Mother
11:20 Kaya Stark – The Perilous Nature of the Iconic Feminine Body
11:30 Abi St. Andrew – Abortion as a Means of Control: Who Is Really Affected by the Banning of Abortion?
11:40 Kayla Ybarra – Don't Look Down: The Carcerality of The U.S. Foster Care System
11:50-12:00 BREAK
12:00 FMST Professor Amy Krauss
12:15 Trio Harris (Class of 2016), Restorative Justice Facilitator, Oakland Unified School District
12.30 Debrief session moderated by Avery Miller Shevelev - What are the pressing issues for Feminist Studies today?
Poster presentations
Margarida Costa (FMST Senior) – Exercises in Empathy: A Transformative Prison-Exchange Program
Millie Montoya (FMST Senior) – Labor, Love, and Mothering: The Politics and Power of Latina Motherhood
Aidee Keyes (FMST Junior) – Beyond the Gendered Burden of Nuclear Motherhood
Aaliyah Balangue (FMST Sophomore) – Inheriting Mama: A Cross Cultural Analysis on Motherhood, Poverty, and US Imperialism in Nicaragua
Annika Kate Bastin – (FMST Sophomore) – Life History Project and Black Feminist Analysis on Ziwerekoru Fumudoh
Avery Miller Shevelev (FMST Sophomore) – The Age of Only Fans
Participating organizations
Planned Parenthood
UCSC Women’s Center
Cantu Queer Center
The Cove
UCSC Mauna Kea Protectors
And others TBA
