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SMRF Anti-Racism Reading Group Meets to Discuss Pedagogy
On Monday, SMR members met for the latest installment of SMR Forum’s anti-racism reading group. This time, the readings had a pedagogical theme. Participants discussed these readings in relation to our particular teaching situations, mainly focusing on challenges and hopes...
Elizabeth McLain Hosts Disability Culture Workshops for GSIs
In February and March, SMR member Elizabeth McLain held Disability Culture Workshops for the benefit of faculty and GSIs. The first workshop focused on equipping participants with important vocabulary, understanding, and awareness about disability culture. Participants learned about the ways...
SMRF Anti-Racism Reading Group Meeting
On Wednesday, SMRF hosted the first Anti-Racism Reading Group meeting of 2021 to discuss intersectionality, utilizing articles by Matthew D. Morrison, Elizabeth K. Keenan, Kimberlé Crenshaw, and Ellie M. Hisama (for a full reading list, see below). The discussion ranged...
First Meeting of Pre-Candidate Writing Group
To kick off the second week of the Winter 2021 semester, SMR pre-candidates (organized by theorist Yiqing Mitty Ma) gathered on Zoom for the first meeting of the SMR Pre-Candidate Writing Group, snappily abbreviated as PCWG. The Pre-Candidate Writing Group...
End-of-Semester General Assembly, Fall 2020
The Thursday before winter break, SMR members gathered on Zoom to discuss possible revisions to the constitution, upcoming social and wellness initiatives, and a new writing group for pre-candidates. The SMR conference committee also shared exciting updates about their conference...