{"id":153,"date":"2017-08-22T09:26:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-22T13:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws-draft\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2025-04-02T15:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:43:04","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><div class=\"content\"><div id=\"localist-widget-90679244\" class=\"localist-widget\"><\/div><script defer type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"https:\/\/events.uri.edu\/widget\/view?schools=uri&#038;types=9659&#038;groups=gender_and_womens_studies_program&#038;days=120&#038;num=5&#038;match=any&#038;container=localist-widget-90679244&#038;template=card\"><\/script><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/student-spotlight-jasmin-valdivieso-sanches\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Image-3-21-24-at-2.50-PM-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Image-3-21-24-at-2.50-PM-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Image-3-21-24-at-2.50-PM-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/student-spotlight-jasmin-valdivieso-sanches\/\">STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Jasmin Valdivieso Sanches<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Gender and Women\u2019s Studies Department is proud to spotlight Jasmin Valdivieso Sanches (she\/her). She is from Las Vegas, Nevada, double majoring in Political Science and Gender and Women\u2019s Studies. She is working on finding an answer to her research question;&nbsp;When there are restrictive immigration policies in place, what resources do immigrants have difficulty accessing?&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/student-spotlight-eve-potvin\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/87B40119-DDB7-4121-A014-59076995C044-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/87B40119-DDB7-4121-A014-59076995C044-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/87B40119-DDB7-4121-A014-59076995C044-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/student-spotlight-eve-potvin\/\">STUDENT SPOTLIGHT &#8211; EVE POTVIN<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Gender and Women\u2019s Studies Department is proud to spotlight Eve Potvin (they\/she). They are from Warwick, RI, majoring in English. They chose to take GWS classes because she feels it is important to their academic education, and she wants to someday teach at a college or university. They enjoy reading and learning about queer [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2023\/11\/16\/uris-first-transgender-professor-speaks-on-midwestern-trans-movement\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/joy-ellison-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/joy-ellison-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/joy-ellison-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/joy-ellison-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/joy-ellison-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodycigar.com\/2023\/11\/16\/uris-first-transgender-professor-speaks-on-midwestern-trans-movement\/\">URI\u2019s first transgender professor speaks on Midwestern trans movement<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Assistant Professor of Gender and Women\u2019s Studies, Joy Ellison, highlighted underrepresented transgender movements in Midwestern history in a lecture titled \u201cUn-forgetting Trans Feminism: Lessons in Survival and Resistance from Midwestern Trans Movements\u201d as a part of the Dana Shugar Colloquium lecture series.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/student-spotlight-jae-dossantos\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Jae-DosSantos-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Jae-DosSantos-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Jae-DosSantos-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Jae-DosSantos-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Jae-DosSantos.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/student-spotlight-jae-dossantos\/\">Student Spotlight: Jae DosSantos<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Jae DosSantos is a junior from East Providence, Rhode Island, double majoring in Political Science and Gender and Women\u2019s Studies. They have been working on an Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Workshop, they hope to turn this into a campaign, that focuses on queer relationships due to the lack of resources and information.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/student-spotlight-elliot-el-hartshorn\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/El-Hartshorn-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/El-Hartshorn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/El-Hartshorn-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/El-Hartshorn-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/El-Hartshorn.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/student-spotlight-elliot-el-hartshorn\/\">Student Spotlight: Elliot\/El Hartshorn<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Elliot\/El Hartshorn (they\/them) is a junior from around Boston, MA, double majoring in Marine Biology and Gender and Women\u2019s Studies. They have been working on many projects, including a mutual aid prisoner PenPal project, and has spoken at the RI Statehouse about issues affecting transgender people today. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/class-of-2022\/quezada\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Merylz-Quezada-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Merylz-Quezada-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Merylz-Quezada-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/class-of-2022\/quezada\/\">Meet Merlyz Quezada, Class of 2022<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A double major in GWS and Human Development and Family Studies, Merlyz talks about her independent research study, and the value of diversity in her liberal arts education at URI.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/associate-professor-kyle-kusz-on-finding-liberation-in-the-liberal-arts\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Kyle-Kusz-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Kyle-Kusz-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Kyle-Kusz.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/associate-professor-kyle-kusz-on-finding-liberation-in-the-liberal-arts\/\">Faculty Spotlight: Kyle Kusz<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Associate Professor Kyle Kusz, serving jointly in the departments of GWS and English, talks about moving over from Kinesiology and finding liberation in the liberal arts.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/loayza-miranda\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Juan-Loayza-Miranda-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Juan-Loayza-Miranda-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Juan-Loayza-Miranda-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Juan-Loayza-Miranda-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Juan-Loayza-Miranda.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/loayza-miranda\/\">Juan Loayza-Miranda<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Juan is graduating in May of 2022 with a double major in GWS and Human and Family Development Studies, along with a minor in Leadership Studies, and plans to pursue graduate study in the field of higher education.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/class-of-2022\/estacuy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Claire-Estacuy-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Claire-Estacuy-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Claire-Estacuy.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/class-of-2022\/estacuy\/\">Q and A with Claire D. Estacuy, Class of 2022<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Claire Estacuy '22 talks about her experience as a GWS and Health Studies major at URI, and her plans to pursue her dream career after graduation.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/emma-hayes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Emma-Hayes-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Emma-Hayes-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Emma-Hayes-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Emma-Hayes-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/554\/Emma-Hayes.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/emma-hayes\/\">Meet Emma Hayes &#8217;22<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">GWS and Communication Studies major Emma Hayes talks about sharing the stories of women and other marginalized groups. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Events Recent News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-153","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2660,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions\/2660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/gws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}