Bombs Bursting in Air: CHaSS Alum Recounts an Aggie Firework Fable
Dale Z. Kirby earned an undergraduate degree in German in 1963. Here he reflects on a rather "explosive" campus event he helped to pull off in 1961.
September 24, 2021
Avery Edenfield and Jamal-Jared Alexander in "Technical Communication Quarterly"
Assistant Professor Avery Edenfield and graduate student Jamal-Jared Alexander have recently published an article titled “Health and Wellness as Resistance: Tactical Folk Medicine” in Technical Communication Quarterly. The piece uses an intersectional feminist analysis to examine DIY and folk tactics Black trans people use to survive institutions that fail and oppress them. They argue for providers to have a compassionate approach to self-care (rather than to view it as noncompliance or resistance). The article has already begun to have an impact on LGBTQ public health and policy work in Utah.
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