October 17, 2018
2018-10-17T16:00:00
Elmhurst College, Frick Center, Founders Lounge
$10, free for Elmhurst College students, faculty, staff and alumni
Scholar S. Simmons to Discuss Trans* Educators' Roles in Higher Education on Oct. 17
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
S. Simmons highlights the stories of trans* people in postsecondary education. A full-time lecturer at the University of Chicago, Simmons explores the discrimination, invisibility and harassment, as well as community, solidarity and resistance experienced by/with trans* educators. The goal: to illuminate expanded concepts of gender, identity and experiences in the hope that we all can live, learn and work in affirming, liberating environments. Simmons will present Canaries in a Mine