Dr. Bek Orr participated in the workshop “Critical Pedagogies in Practice: Lessons from the Classroom” in which six teacher-scholars from five higher ed institutions — all with a background in gender and race studies — shared ideas about crafting syllabi to creative assignments, applying women’s and gender studies to multiple disciplines and assessment, this interactive workshop promises to deliver on provocative ideas and take-home examples that participants can implement in their own pedagogical practices.
Dr. Milo Obourn gave a paper entitled “Abolishing the Legit Suffering Narrative: Liberatory Joy in Trans and Disability Justice,” which analyzed ways people disabilities and transgender people are expected to narrate their suffering and/or lack in order to access supports, healthcare, accomodations etc., with a specific focus on the federal appeals court decision to consider gender dysphoria as a disability under the ADA.
Dr. Obourn also moderated a panel on “(Anti)work in the Academy” with colleagues from Rutgers, RIT, CUNY, and the Universtiy of Rochester.