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Queer Studies

The discipline of Queer Studies encompasses theories and thinkers from numerous fields: cultural studies, gay and lesbian studies, race studies, women's studies, media, postmodernism, post-colonialism, psychoanalysis and more.

No photo Michael Mayne , Assistant Professor, Chair of Queer Studies
Liz Barringer-Smith Liz Barringer-Smith , Academic Program Coordinator, Modern Languages

Queer Studies

Queer Studies explores the ways that culture defines and regulates sexuality as well as the ways that sexuality structures and shapes social institutions.

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Spotlights

Hanada Al-Masri, Mohamed El-Sayed, Hannah Bennet

Building Public Speaking Skills

Hannah Bennet ’21 and Mohamed El-Sayed ’20 get great public speaking experience after a course that features a lot of listening.
Students interacting with the About Ourselves/Inside Ourselves exhibit
How We Learn

A Look Inside Ourselves

A Denison Museum art exhibit titled About Ourselves/Inside Ourselves explores queer history and identity.
Professor-Morris
How We Learn

Building Understanding

Students "trouble" gender in Professor Morris's Transgender Studies/Transgender Issues.
CeCe McGee ’15
Where We Go

Holding the Trust

As the college's 2015 recent student trustee, CeCe McGee '15 will join the board of trustees.

What's Happening

Lectures & Discussions

Gay Liberation: A Personal Story

On Wednesday, September 27 at 8 p.m. join local legend Vince Porcheddu-Engel for a talk about the Gay Liberation Movement from a personal perspective.

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Exhibitions

A Face Should Jolt, Not Soothe

Queer Studies and Studio Art are pleased to announce a pop up show of student work in the Bryant Arts Gallery this Thursday, February 17 from 4:30-6:30

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Students

Audio Story-telling

Each year, Journalism partners across a range of disciplines to tell stories from an inside perspective for the Denison Podcast-a-thon.

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