WGST Faculty Updates
“Family Planning is a Christian Duty": Religion, Population Control, and the Pill in the 1960s
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Dr. Samira Mehta led a discussion of her chapter “'Family Planning is a Christian Duty': Religion, Population Control, and the Pill in the 1960s,” included in the book Devotions and Desires: Histories of Sexuality and Religion in the 20thCentury United States (Eds. Gillian Frank, Bethany Moreton, and Heather White; Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018).
Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion (LEAP) Women Faculty Reading Group is committed to the advancement and professional development of women faculty on the Boulder campus. They sponsor four women’s faculty lunches each year, to which all women faculty are invited. These informal get-togethers are a great opportunity to meet new colleagues from across the campus, to discuss matters important to their careers, and to build social and professional networks.
From Suffrage to Shelby: An Intersectional Analysis of Voting Rights in the United States
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Dr. Celeste Montoya examined the historical intersections of race and gender within the Women’s Suffrage Movement and Civil Rights Movement and discussed the contemporary attacks on voting rights, at this event presented by CommRAP.
TV with a Prof: “Pose”
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Dr. Kristie Soares led this discussion on the series Pose for the Honors Program at CU Boulder.
Dr. Celeste Montoya discussed her predictions for Colorado's Super Tuesday results in as part of Expert Outlooks: Super Tuesday, published by the Center for American Women and Politics. She was also interviewed for several recent articles regarding Colorado politics and elections:
- Patch.com:
- Denver Post:
- National Public Radio:
Pictured:Dr. Kristie Soares recently gave a talk onLatinx Stereotypes in the Media at Collegiate Charter School in Los Angeles, CA.