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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)

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"

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"

April 16 Presentations (on Zoom):

Maria Katsulos (History)

"Transmasculine Crossdressing in Britain and France, 1600—1750"

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"

Evan Zhao (Sociology)

"Exposure: The Publication of the Sexual Self through Internet Exhibitionism'

Jesse Rothbard (Spanish & Portuguese)

"The Woman Who Loved Horses: Gambling and Other Sapphic Pleasures in the Uruguayan Novecientos"

Austin Bryan (Anthropology)

"Key Populations, Liberation Movements, and HIV/AIDS Foreign Assistance"

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"