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Faculty News

Tanya Erzen

Professor Tanya Erzen's op-ed "Unlocking the Potential of Prison Education," published in Inside Higher Ed.

Heather White

Professor Heather White's article "The United Methodist Church's battle over LGBTQ rights has been raging for 50 years", published in The Washington Post.

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Students in GQS 201 (An Introduction to Gender, Queer, and Feminist Studies) create interactive historical timelines of the movement and our campus program as part of their coursework. Click on the title above to view the most recent projects.

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Professor White joins the podcast for a discussion of the surprising parallels between queer studies and religious studies.

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REL 307: Prisons, Gender, and Education brings students out of the classroom and into the local women’s prison education program. It combines academically rigorous content along with weekly participation in a college program at the local prison. Students describe the class as “life-changing” and “transformative.”

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