Illinois State’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program is proud that Professor Erin Durban-Albrecht has been honored with the Ralph Henry Gabriel Dissertation Prize 2015 awarded by the American Studies Association (ASA) for her dissertation, Postcolonial Homophobia: United States Imperialism in Haiti and the Transnational Circulation of Antigay Sexual Politics.
Unit: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Final speaker in new Queer Talks series to discuss lesbian feminism
Queer Talks is a new lunchtime colloquium series dedicated to the scholarship of LGBTQ studies. The next talk in the series is November 6.
Illinois State activists Take Back the Night
Illinois State University’s Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower (F.L.A.M.E.) took back the night again on October 26.
Empowerment through Sister Circles
Sister Circles is a free, annual full-day workshop aimed at providing support to campus community members who identify as female.
Take Back the Night October 26
The annual Take Back the Night Rally will begin at 6 p.m. Monday, October 26, in the Bone Student Center, Old Main Room.
Free public film screening of The Hunting Ground, September 14
With the aim of increasing a public dialogue about sexual violence, Illinois State University will host a screening of the film The Hunting Ground, at 6 p.m. Monday, September 14.
Clevenger explores The Virtual Enemy
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Shelly Clevenger is taking an in-depth look at intimate partner violence and cybercrime in an upcoming book.
In Conversation art exhibit explores mental illness of women
Artist Lexie Bragg’s In Conversation series is currently on display in the Rachel Cooper Gallery at Illinois State University.
LGBTQA students celebrate at Illinois State’s first Lavender Graduation
The inaugural LGBTQA ceremony, called Lavender Graduation, was held Wednesday, May 6, in the Bone Student Center.
Umoja, Lavender Graduation celebrate achievements
The pre-commencement ceremony Umoja: Celebration of Black Graduates at Illinois State has opened the door for a new ceremony this year called the Lavender Graduation: Celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) and Allied Graduates. Ceremony founders say the events provide students—and the campus—another chance to celebrate.