Transgress Research – A Scholars’ Studio Event

Thursday, February 25, 2016, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Research Commons, Allen Library South, UW Seattle
Event Flyer:  https://drive.google.com/a/uw.edu/file/d/0B6vERcMeHJFaZjlDczV4RHhUaDA/view?usp=sharing
Join us for a fun, informal, interdisciplinary event featuring rapid-fire lightning talks (5 minutes each) given by graduate students and postdocs doing research related to the theme: Transgress.  Talks will be followed by a Q&A with presenters, a reception with light refreshments, and conversation.
Sponsored by the UW Libraries Research Commons and Core Programs in the Graduate School.

Presenters

SeaTac-Seattle Minimum Wage History Project
Conor Casey, UW Librarian & Labor Archivist

Queering the History of Slavery
Caleb Knapp, English

Trauma & Transgenerational Haunting in El Trovador by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez
Emmy Herland, Spanish & Portuguese Studies

Not Just Copy & Paste: Online Teaching and Pedagogic Practice
Tylir McKenzie, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

Stepping In, Stepping Out: Undergraduate Research and Public Scholarship
Emily Thompson, Library & Information Science, iSchool

The Body as the Battlefield: How Women Workers in China Use Drama Performance in Breaking Boundaries
Yiyu Tian, Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies

Telling Their Own Stories: Native American Interpreters at Living History Museums
Sierra Young, Museology

Savoring Spatial Negotiations
Kurt Koegel, Architecture/Built Environments