SPAN Summer Research Fest
3 sessions on Tuesdays April 2, 9 & 16.
In-person sessions on April 2 & 9: 5 - 6:30 PM in Crowe 1-132
Virtual session on April 16: 5 - 6:30 PM on Zoom (registration link forthcoming; please email sexualities@northwestern.edu to be added to registration list)
The SPAN Summer Research Fest will feature brief, informal research presentations from graduate students who received a research grant from the Sexualities Project at Northwestern (SPAN) in 2023. In addition, the Fest will be a wonderful opportunity to learn about this year’s application process.
April 2 Presentations (in-person, refreshments provided):
Angad Singh (Performance Studies)
"Postcolonial/Queer: The Melancholic Archive of Agha Shahid Ali"
Emma McGorray (Psychology)
"What Makes LGBTQ+ People Feel Understood When Facing Sexual Minority Stress?"
Ray Buckner (Religious Studies)
"Touching, Buddhist, Bodies: Formations of Queer and Trans Buddhism in Bangkok"
Miguel Chavez (Sociology)
"Performing Masculinity: Wrestling with the Social Construction of Cultural Scripts"
Evan Zhao (Sociology)
"Exposure: The Publication of the Sexual Self through Internet Exhibitionism'
Aven Peters (Sociology)
"Transgender Aging in the U.S."
April 9 Presentations (in-person, refreshments provided):
Annika Pinch (Media, Technology & Society)
"How LGBTQ+ People Think, Learn, and Disclose about Mental Health on Social Media in Mumbai, India"
Jorge Ochoa (Sociology)
"Chicago's Leather and Kink Scene During the Era of COVID-19 and Mpox"
Facundo Suenzo (Media, Technology & Society)
"Hybrid Sexualities: Exploring Dating Apps Use Among Gay Men in the U.S. and Argentina"
Ethan Fukuto (Performance Studies)
"Bodies of Intake: Loss, Passivity, and Asian American Queer Performance"
Maria Katsulos (History)
"Transmasculine Crossdressing in Britain and France, 1600—1750"
April 16 Presentations (on Zoom):
Malú Machuca Rose (Performance Studies)
"Ungovernable: Queer, Trans and Feminist Performance in South America"
Syd Gonzalez (Anthropology)
"Deep In The Heart of Texas: Latinx Masculinity, Joy, & Material Embodiments"
Jesse Rothbard (Spanish & Portuguese)
"The Woman Who Loved Horses: Gambling and Other Sapphic Pleasures in the Uruguayan Novecientos"
Joshua Brallier Shelton (Religious Studies)
'A Feast of Flesh and Blood: Tantric Deities, Tibetan Gods, and Bandit Masculinity in the Life of Tantric Virtuoso Do Khyentsé Yeshé Dorjé"