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We are thrilled to announce that the Feminist Collective is now collaborating with the Environmental Justice Collective and expanding into the
Spatial Justice Collective as part of our joint efforts. Together, we're bringing exciting work from faculty, scholars, and collaborators.
Stay tuned for more updates on our expansion or visit us later to explore the exciting projects/events our collective is working on.
Dr. Faria Awarded the Senate of College Council's Professor of the Semester Award!
November, 2017
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Dr. Caroline Faria was awarded the Senate of College Councils Professor of the Semester this November for her work both inside and out of the classroom. Congrats!
Texas Student Research Showdown Final Presentations
November, 2017
Zaria El-Fil made it to the finals of the UT-wide Student Research Showdown! She worked with Meraal Hakeem on a video on Uganda's secondhand clothing industry. You can read more about it here. Congrats!
Lecturing at UT's Family Weekend
October, 2017
At the end of the month, Zaria El-Fil, Annie Elledge and Dr Faria teamed up to give a lecture for UT's Family Weekend. We presented our recent research on the second-hand clothing industry in Uganda, drawn from Dominica's MA research. And we were able to showcase Zaria and Meraal's short film!
Undergraduate Research Showdown Finalists!
October 2017
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The Collective had a fantastic month in October. Annie was awarded the prestigious Rapoport thesis award, Kany received a URF for her forthcoming research on gender violence and nationalism in Turkey, and Zaria and Meraal just learned they are finalists for the UT undergraduate research showdown for their film project on second-hand clothing in Uganda. Congrats!
Learning from Minelle Mahtani​
October 2017
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We spent part of our meeting on October 27th tuning into Minelle Mahtani's talk on Toxic Geographies. For the Feminist Geography Collective, it is important to learn from other feminist geographers on the struggles they face within the discipline and how we can work to create a more welcoming environment for all geographers. You can read Minelle Mahtani's piece on "Toxic Geographies: absences in critical race thought and practice in social and cultural geography" here.
Mid-Semester Take a Breath
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Past and present FGC members got together, along with friends-of-the-collective to connect, share, collaborate and celebrate over Thai food.
"New Student Researcher Awards"​
June 29, 2017
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The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) granted its first-ever Student Researcher Awards to Annie Elledge, a junior majoring in government and international relations and global studies, and Joseph Ricard, a mathematics senior...Read More
"Dr. Caroline Faria Receives Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching"
March 10, 2017
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We are pleased to announce and congratulate Dr. Caroline Faria as the recipient of the 2017 Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching. Created in 1970, the nomination and selection process for this award is done solely by students and is presented annually to a teacher in the College of Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences. The award was created with an endowment from past Texas Exes president Sterling Holloway and his wife, Jean...Read More