It has become harder to do feminism in higher education. Gender and sexuality studies faculty, students, and activists see their work devalued and attacked. The goal of Floridian, and now also federal policies appears to be eliminating gender studies altogether.  

How do we respond to this? How do we, in our different roles, experience this intellectual onslaught and how do we interpret it? What coping mechanisms and strategies of resistance have we developed, and how can we find ways to support each other? 

Please join our discussion with input statements from:  

Alex Cornelius, Director of the Center for Women and Gender Studies, Florida International University 

Brianna N Hernandez, PhD Candidate in International Relations, FIU, and Gordon Morgan Fellow, Political Science, University of Arkansas 

Juliana Restrepo Sanin, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Florida 

Lauren Fralinger, University of Miami Libraries 

Brenna Munro, Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Miami  

Nicole Morse, Associate Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture at University of Maryland Baltimore County and former Director of the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Florida Atlantic University 

Amy Reid, Professor of French Language of Literature and former Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, New College (tbc)