Interdisciplinary Studies: A Celebration of Scholarship

Monday, December 2, 2024 7:20 PM to 8:50 PM EST

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The Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS) program invites you to join us online on Monday, December 2 at 7:20 pm as we hear from several students about their research interests, and project and thesis proposals. 

RSVP for this online event. An email will be sent with the link to join the presentations a day or two prior to the event.

Schedule of Presentations:

7:20pm-7:35pm: Artemis Simmons (History and Women and Gender Studies Dual MA, Thesis), “'I Will See What Thou Carriest:' Trans Historiographies, Queer Post-Structuralism, and Narrative Gender Identity”

7:35pm-7:50pm: Leeana Norman (Social Justice and Human Rights, Project) “History Within History: A Comparative Analytic Mapping of the Virginia Counties Bedford and Loudoun”

7:50pm-8:05pm: Elham Mohaba (Social Justice and Human Rights, Project), “Trauma in the Ivory Tower: Black Muslim Women’s Experiences in Higher Education in the United States”

8:05pm-8:20pm: Nan Feliz (Social Justice and Human Rights, Project) “Pretendian Nations?: CPAINs, Indigenous Identity/Belonging, and New Manifestations of Settler Colonialism”

8:20pm-8:35pm: Angelina Jarrouj (Social Justice and Human Rights, Project), “Culinary Colonialism and the Role of Food in Enduring Systems of Domination: An Interdisciplinary Course Syllabus”

8:35pm-8:50pm: Teron Lee Buffington (Individualized Studies, Project), “Combatting a Lack of Social Media Literacy”