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Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program

Lauren Savit

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Visiting Assistant Professor

Lauren Savit is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program. She has expertise in feminist media studies, queer theory, and feminist pedagogy. Her research examines the co-constitutive relationship between media (including the production, circulation, and reception of texts) and dynamic social identity categories such as gender, race, and sexuality. Her current book project explores how race, gender, and power animated the narrative logics of landmark media spectacles from the 1990s that continue to reverberate in the American political and cultural consciousness, including the Supreme Court confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas, the assault of figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, the spectacle of the OJ Simpson murder trial, and Bill Clinton’s impeachment.

Related Schools & Departments

  • Education

    PhD, Gender Studies, Indiana University

  • Contact

    l.savit@northeastern.edu

  • Address

    259 Holmes Hall

  • Office Hours

    Mondays & Wednesdays, 1:30-2:30 pm

  • Associations

Courses

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Digital Feminisms

WMNS/MSCR 2505

Explores the unique ways that feminist activism and theory are impacted by the increasing digital nature of our world. From hashtags to Tumblr, feminists are using digital tools and platforms to aid in the pursuit of social justice. Offers students an opportunity to develop a timeline that traces feminists’ engagement with the Internet, new media, and technological innovations from the late seventies to the present. Examines the strengths and challenges that the digital world creates for feminist engagement.

Lauren’s Colleagues

Nicole Aljoe

Professor of English and Africana Studies; Graduate Program Director
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Amílcar Antonio Barreto

Professor & Chair, Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies; Professor & Interim Director, International Affairs; Professor, Political Science; Affiliated faculty member of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies; Affiliated faculty member in the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs

Linda Blum

Professor of Sociology
Ekaterina Botchkovar

Ekaterina Botchkovar

Undergraduate Program Director; Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Elizabeth Bucar

Professor of Religion; Dean's Leadership Fellow

Theo Davis

Chair and Professor of English
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Silvia Dominguez

Associate Professor of Sociology

Amy Farrell

Director and Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Co-Director of the Violence and Justice Research Lab
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Julia Flanders

Professor of the Practice in English; Director, Digital Scholarship Group
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Laura Frader

Professor, Emeritus

Laura Green

Associate Dean of Teaching, Learning, and Experiential Education; Professor of English and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Carla Kaplan

Davis Distinguished Professor of American Literature; Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

M. Whitney Kelting

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Lori Lefkovitz

Ruderman Professor of Jewish Studies; Director of Jewish Studies Program; Professor of English

Alisa Lincoln

Director, Institute for Health Equity and Social Justice Research; Professor of Health Sciences and Sociology