On Monday, January 22, 2018, Dickinson College hosted our inaugural Spring into the Semester Common Reading Program. Almost 50 faculty, staff, students and alumni met in the Waidner-Spahr Library to discuss Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. Proposed by Jessica Howard (Waidner-Spahr Library) and me, the common reading program is designed to provide shared intellectual experiences,…
I recently finished Kate Harding’s book, Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture-and What We Can Do About It (2015). In our current moment, when courageous survivors are coming forward every day to share their experiences of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment, it continues to be a timely read. It is both…
This past weekend several Dickinsonians from the Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Department traveled to Baltimore for the National Women’s Studies Association Conference (NWSA). The weekend consisted of over 500 sessions of panels and roundtable events from Thursday, November 16 to Sunday, November 19. The weekend kicked off with a keynote conversation between the fabulous…