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Faculty Fellows Event: Addressing Anti-Intellectual Movements

by Poorvu Center: Faculty Programs and Initiatives

Training/Workshop Faculty Faculty Teaching Event

Mon, Oct 28, 2024

12 PM – 1:30 PM EDT (GMT-4)

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Join Professor Roderick Ferguson for an insightful presentation and discussion on the intersection of anti-intellectual movements and civil rights struggles. Dr. Ferguson will highlight how various forms of anti-intellectualism have historically been mobilized to undermine civil rights advancements, stifle critical thought, and maintain systems of oppression. By examining key moments in history, Professor Ferguson will reveal how intellectualism has been both a target and a tool in the fight for social justice. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the threats posed by these movements and the crucial role of critical thought in protecting civil rights.

This workshop will be facilitated by Roderick Ferguson from the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, who is one of our Faculty Fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year and will be focusing on the topic of anti-racism The Faculty Fellows Program is a yearlong opportunity for a small group of faculty from across disciplines to foster discussions of teaching, and learning and to promote equitable teaching practices. They will also inform the Center’s future priorities and offerings for faculty, departments, and schools.

We are committed to hosting inclusive and accessible events that allow all participants to fully engage. Please contact us at faculty.teaching@yale.edu to let us know of accommodations you need or dietary restrictions we should be aware of, or for questions about inclusion.
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Roderick Ferguson

Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and American Studies

Yale University

Roderick A. Ferguson is professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. He is the author of One-Dimensional Queer (Polity, 2019), We Demand: The University and Student Protests (University of California, 2017), The Reorder of Things: The University and Its Pedagogies of Minority Difference (University of Minnesota, 2012), and Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique (University of Minnesota, 2004). He is the co-editor with Grace Hong of the anthology Strange Affinities: The Gender and Sexual Politics of Comparative Racialization (Duke University, 2011). He is also co-editor with Erica Edwards and Jeffrey Ogbar of Keywords of African American Studies (NYU, 2018). He is currently working on two monographs—The Arts of Black Studies and The Bookshop of Black Queer Diaspora.



Ferguson’s teaching interests include the politics of culture, women of color feminism, the study of race, critical university studies, queer social movements, and social theory.


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