Home to ethnic, gender, disability and Pacific Islands studies, academic fields rooted in social justice movements & defined by interdisciplinary practices.
The School for Cultural & Social Transformation is based on the values of inclusivity, intersectionality and equity and we strive to promote these ideals in every aspect of our work. Recent changes with this platform have made it a space that increasingly opposes this foundation.
The School for Cultural & Social Transformation is based on the values of inclusivity, intersectionality and equity and we strive to promote these ideals in every aspect of our work. Recent changes with this platform have made it a space that increasingly opposes this foundation.
If you would like to stay informed on our work, you can find us through our website (transform.utah.edu), Instagram (@UofUTransform), Facebook (/UofUTransform) and LinkedIn (/UofUTransform).
In order to preserve the beneficial resources we have put together over the years, we will not delete our profile altogether, but moving forward, we will no longer actively engage with this platform.
Congratulations to Professor Baodong Liu, one of five faculty selected for the 2024-2025 Presidential Societal Impact Scholars Award! Dr. Liu is a nationally recognized expert on #Race#VotingRights & #USElections and has worked on landmark court cases nationally & locally.
He is the founder of easystates.com - a free website that allows all users to search and analyze political data from all U.S. states. Thank you, Dr. Liu, for your many contributions to both Transform & the world!
Join us tomorrow, January 19th at 7:00 pm in FMAB Studio 105 for an Also Sisters Initiative screening of "Intersectionality" by Melody Cooper. This collaboration with the Department of Film and Media Arts is free and open to the public. Can’t wait to see you all there!
#TransDayOfRemembrance is marked on campus with the display of Trans pride flags outside of the Union.
In addition, people are invited to stop by the LGBTQ Resource Center to write affirmations, letters & draw pictures in support of our Trans community.
attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff…
On U Rising, Director Andy Eisen & Sadie Ortiz, intern and ethnic studies major, explain the Utah Prison Education Project and the powerful impact it is having on students at the state’s prison & on campus. Plus: A student shares her success story. Listen: attheu.utah.edu/u-rising/the…
Join us on Nov. 2 for a panel discussion about how intersectionality as a methodology is seminal to research, where difference, power dynamics & interlocking identities are part of who we are as humans. Register at this link: shorturl.at/eEGHK#intersectionality#research
ACME Session: Unstoppable
Oct 26 | 6–8 pm
Main Branch Salt Lake Public Library | 210 E 400 S
umfa.utah.edu/events/acme-un…
Panel. community art-making event,
Dinner by Laziz.
Lilian Agar, Yolanda Francisco-Nez,
Brandy Farmer, Trinh Mai @utahgbvc@uofutransform@UtahDv
Thursday, Oct. 19 | LNCO 3870 | 3:30 p.m.
Please join us for this public lecture by Crystal Parikh, a professor of English and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. #research@UofUEnglish
Save the date! This event, happening during #DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth, will provide a safe space for participants to discuss & heal from trauma through a panel discussion, art making and personal story collection. Learn more: umfa.utah.edu/events/acme-un…@UUtah
What does it mean to do genuinely intersectional research on disability, race, ethnicity and indigeneity?
Join us as 5 scholars explain their current projects & engage in a discussion about intersectional topics & methods!
Wednesday, Oct. 4, 4:30-6 pm MST Register at 🔗 below.