Cynthia Burack published the article “Let Death Seize Upon Them: Populism in Political Prayers of Imprecation” for the Politics and Religion journal.
Jian Chen received the 2020 Asian American Studies Service Award from Asian American Studies with the Center for Ethnic Studies. With this award, AAS acknowledges his service and commitment, mentorship of students, active engagement in the community and being a foundational part of the AAS core faculty.
Treva Lindsey and Jennifer Suchland were named 2020 Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellows. The fellowship is awarded each year by the American Council of Learned Societies to faculty who teach and advise doctoral students. It allows faculty to pursue research projects while in residence at cultural, media, government, policy or community organizations in the U.S. Professor Lindsey is working with Zora’s House for her project, “Transformative Black Feminism(s) Initiative,” which focuses on Black feminist theory, methods and concepts to explore social and political inequities disparately affecting Black women and girls.
Professor Suchland is working with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center for her project, “Abolition Today: An Initiative for Public Reflection on Human Trafficking and Criminal Justice,” which explores the connections and tensions between contemporary movements for prison abolition and current movements to abolish human trafficking.
Linda Mizejewski was featured on The Margaret Cho podcast to discuss her book, Pretty/Funny: Women Comedians and Body Politics and Cho’s impact as a feminist icon.
Wendy Smooth received the President and Provost's Award for Distinguished Faculty Service. The award is given to faculty members each year to recognize them for their contributions to university policies and programs that have made impacts on the quality of the university.
Mary Thomas is now co-directing the Ohio Prison Education Exchange Project (OPEEP) at Ohio State. In Spring 2019, Professor Thomas taught WGSS’s first ever inside-out course, where undergraduate students and incarcerated students learned together inside the facility. She directs the program with WGSS affiliate Professor Tiyi Morris (AAAS, Newark campus), and they hope to expand opportunities for students to take similar courses across disciplines by offering instructor training in 2021. For more information about OPEEP and training opportunities, please visit their website!
Shannon Winnubst published the articles “Race: The Ontological Crisis of the ‘Human’” for Philosophy for Girls: An Invitation to the Life of Thought and “The Feminist Art of Radical Learning” for the Feminist Formations journal.
In the News
In a time of protest and humanitarian issues, the field of WGSS has a number of academics and activists writing and taking action. Several of our professors have written articles on the events of the past year.
- “Anti Trafficking, Policing, and State Violence” (Jennifer Suchland, Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women)
- “Black Women Have Consistently Been Trailblazers for Social Change. Why Are They Often Relegated to the Margins?” (Treva Lindsey, Time)
- “The Lack of Mobilized Outrage for Police Killing Black Women is an Injurious Erasure” (Treva Lindsey, Bustle)
- “Ohio State Colleges Respond to Protests and Racial Injustices” (Wendy Smooth, The Lantern)
- “The Past That is Never Past: Anti-Blackness & Anti-Indigeneity” (Shannon Winnubst, Voices of Excellence from Arts and Sciences)
- “Unladylike2020: On Mary Church Terrell” (Treva Lindsey, PBS)
- “Why COVID-19 is Hitting Black Women So Hard” (Treva Lindsey, Women’s Media Center)