Theme: Unsettling
The concept of unsettling can be both literal and metaphorical. In a literal sense, unsettling involves land-back movements and decolonial practices that confront settler colonialism. In a metaphorical sense, unsettling catalyzes purposeful transformation through reimagining bodies, knowledge, methods, and systems. Above all, unsettling is a creative and resistant act that opens up possibilities for social change
Judith Bishop
Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
“Early Deaf Education and the Deafhood Movement as Unsettling Discourses”
Oakland Campus
Nicholas Brown
Associate Teaching Professor of Urban Landscape and History
“Trail Relations: An Unorthodox Guide to the Pacific Crest Trail”
Boston Campus
Emily Cousens
Associate Professor of Politics and International
“Unsettling Sex/Gender Foundations, Imagining Trans Futures”
London Campus
Candice Delmas
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Political Science
“An Ethic of Courtroom Resistance”
Boston Campus
Caleb Gayle
Associate Professor of Journalism and Africana Studies
“Heirs to a Stolen Harvest”
Boston Campus
Qianqian Zhang-Wu
Assistant Professor of English
“Unpacking the Lived Raciolinguistic Experiences of Asian American Women Scholars”
Boston Campus
Mario Hernandez
Associate Professor of Sociology
“From Occupation to Ownership: Reimagining Urban Land Through Community Land Trusts”
Oakland Campus
Odile Jordan
History PhD Candidate
“All Red Line: Southeast Asia and the making of the Second British Empire”
London Campus
Shalini Matharage
Political Science PhD Candidate
“Voices of Displacement: “Lived Experiences and Adaptation Among Internally Displaced Climate and Disaster Migrants”
Boston Campus
Cara Michell
Assistant Professor of Race & Social Justice in the Built Environment
“Atlas of Black Psychogeographies”
Boston Campus
Sara Rye
Associate Professor
“Unsettled hands: Women’s Handmade Art as a Tool for Resilience in Marginalized and Displaced Communities”
London Campus
Cassie Tanks
World History PhD Candidate
“New Deal Network”
Boston Campus
Michael Thornton
Assistant Teaching Professor of History
“Cultivating Empire: Colonial Urbanism on Japan’s Northern Frontier”
Boston Campus
Sophie Toff
Politics & International Relations PhD Candidate
“Biopolitics of the Climate Crisis“
London Campus
