Community Conversations
October 12, 2022 - Reproductive Rights: Impact and Access Across Populations
This series of discussions is presented in an effort to highlight and further inform the complexities of reproductive justice. The considerations surrounding legislation on reproductive rights often appear on ballots reduced to binary decisions, which obscure the many contexts within which they exist. This series will draw upon the knowledge of researchers and practitioners across areas of study and service, so that we can learn more about the roots and ramifications of present-day decisions.
DAVID SLUSKY (he/him) Economics
SHARLA SMITH (she/her) Population Health, Kansas Birth Equity Network
MEGHA RAMASWAMY (she/her) Population Health
KELSEY GODDARD (she/her) Research and Training Center on Independent Living
ASH WILSON (they/them) Center for Sexuality and Gender Diversity
SARAH DEER (she/her) Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies / Law / Public Affairs and Administration
Moderated by ALESHA DOAN (she/her) Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies / Public Affairs and Administration
September 6, 2022 - Reproductive Rights: Kansas and the Region in Broader Context
This series of discussions is presented in an effort to highlight and further inform the complexities of reproductive justice. The considerations surrounding legislation on reproductive rights often appear on ballots reduced to binary decisions, which obscure the many contexts within which they exist. This series will draw upon the knowledge of researchers and practitioners across areas of study and service, so
that we can learn more about the roots and ramifications of present-day decisions.
ALESHA DOAN (she/her), School of Public Affairs and Administration / Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
DON HAIDER-MARKEL (he/him), Political Science
SAM BRODY (he/him), Religious Studies
RACHEL GADD-NELSON (she/her), Health Education Resource Office
NIKITA HAYNIE (she/her), Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity
October 12, 2018 - Understanding the Testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
The events surrounding the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford inspire more questions. This discussion will provide context and develop frameworks for further unpacking.
Join us for a discussion.
Alesha Doan, Public Affairs & Administration/Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Ayesha Hardison, English/Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Ashley Muddiman, Communication Studies
Maryemma Graham, English/Project on the History of Black Writing
March 29, 2018 - Whiteness & the NCAA
Shawn Alexander, African and African-American Studies/Langston Hughes Center Etienne Thomas, Kansas Athletics Mauricio Gómez Montoya, Jayhawk Student One Stop 12:00pm Thursday, March 29, 2018 | The Commons Supported by the University Honors Program, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Achievement and Assessment Institute, and The Commons
How does whiteness appear in the realm of college sports, and specifically, within the NCAA? How do these issues present themselves nationally? How do we see them play out locally? Join us for this conversation with scholars. For additional reading, see “The NCAA as Modern Jim Crow? A Sports Historian Explains Why She Drew the Parallel” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, 01/12/2018.
February 27, 2018 - Unpacking Whiteness
A conversation about the meaning and history of ‘whiteness,’ and how it functions in the U.S. today, led by: David Roediger, American Studies Cécile Accilien, African & African-American Studies/Institute of Haitian Studies Dave Tell, Communication Studies Ami Nanavaty, American Studies & Microbiology, Honors Student
White people in the U.S. have so long dominated, in terms of numbers and power, that their racial identity does not get named or discussed. Too often, studying race means only studying people of color, despite powerful traditions of naming whiteness as a problem by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian-American thinkers. This event will explore the meaning, history, and functions of ‘whiteness.’ For background, see “The First White President,” an essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates in the October 2017 issue of The Atlantic.
