WGSS MA Student Research

WGSS featured recent alumna Nichole Smith and current WGSS graduate student Sarah-Anne Gresham in its first Brown Bag Seminar of the Spring 2020 semester. Both shared wonderful insight into their research and the work they are doing to further the goals of WGSS. Nichole's presentation, entitled "#MeToo Behind Bars: Sexual Violence Against Incarcerated Women and Anti-Rape Activism", analyzed the rampant sexual abuse incarcerated women face and the ways in which the prison industrial complex perpetuates these events. Sarah-Anne's presentation, "Polyphonic Symphonies: Istwa as Feminist History" explored the pitfalls of modern day historiography and ways to reclaim and recover history through the feminist lens of "istwa". Thanks to our amazing presenters for an encapsulating discussion and to all in attendance!