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U of U EGD Studies Ethnic Studies, Disability Studies, Gender Studies & Pacific Islands Studies, University of Utah.

Folks in ETHNC 2560: Intro to Chicanx and Latine Studies have spent the Fall 2026 semester exploring the history of Lati...
10/01/2026

Folks in ETHNC 2560: Intro to Chicanx and Latine Studies have spent the Fall 2026 semester exploring the history of Latine life in the United States. In honor of Latine Heritage Month, check out what students have to say about what this month means to them!

What’s better than pizza and pizzaz? The EGDS lounge was happy to host folks today! If you weren’t able to make it, we h...
09/30/2026

What’s better than pizza and pizzaz?

The EGDS lounge was happy to host folks today! If you weren’t able to make it, we hope to see you at the next Communi-Tea. 🍕✨

09/29/2026

We might need a take two? The EGDS team gets through a game of guess who. 👀🕵🏻‍♀️🔎

Video description: Dr. Allison Sáenz and Terra take turns asking each other questions to try to decipher which EGDS faculty member’s picture is taped to their foreheads. Dr. Sáenz has a picture of Dr. Hackford-Peer taped to her forehead and Terra has a picture of Dr. Allison Sáenz taped to her forehead.

Event Alert 🔔You’re invited to the Department of Ethnic, Gender, and Disability Studies’ first Communi-Tea of the year! ...
09/23/2026

Event Alert 🔔

You’re invited to the Department of Ethnic, Gender, and Disability Studies’ first Communi-Tea of the year!

Come meet faculty, spend time with fellow students, and enjoy pizza and bracelet-making materials on us.

Hope to see you there!

🗓️ Tuesday, September 29th
🕰️ Noon to 2pm
📍EGDS Department, Gardner Commons Suite 4200

Looking for some local recommendations? EDGS Faculty have you covered! Swipe right to see some of our fave nooks across ...
09/20/2026

Looking for some local recommendations? EDGS Faculty have you covered! Swipe right to see some of our fave nooks across town.

What’s your favorite spot in the Wastach Front? We’d love to hear your recommendations in the comments. ⬇️

Dr. Jaimie Crumley: Sugar House Park

Dr. Allison Sáenz: Sugar House Coffee, District Coffee, Weller Book Works, City of Industry

Dr. Chelsea Bouldin: Momomaru

Dr. Ella Myers: Chinatown Supermarket, Blue Copper Coffee Room, Decades Vintage Clothing, Chanon Thai Café, and SLC Main Library Rooftop

Dr. Matt Basso: All Purpose Bakehouse

Dr. Lezlie Frye: Under the Umbrella Bookstore

Dr. Angela Smith: Takashi, Koyote, and The Other Place

09/18/2026

Salt Lake City is our classroom!

Professors in EGDS are busy building incredible curriculum that gets students exploring spaces across town. Our folks in Gender and Nature (GNDR 5120) recently went on a field trip. Here’s a peek into their lovely course gathering at the Tracy Aviary in Liberty Park exploring reciprocity and queerness through the lessons of the birds 🦩🦉🪷🪿🌿

Event Alert 🔔In collaboration with the Tanner Humanities Center and Department of Political Science, the Department of E...
09/07/2026

Event Alert 🔔

In collaboration with the Tanner Humanities Center and Department of Political Science, the Department of Ethnic, Gender, and Disability Studies is excited to host Dr. Kathi Weeks.

A professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Duke University, Professor Weeks will speak about her recently published book, “Abolition Archives, Feminist Futures.”

🗓️ Thursday, September 24th
🕰️ 2-3:30pm
📍Jewel Box/Room 143, Tanner Irish Humanities Building

Books, books, and more books! Folks in our department sat with some fantastic reads over the break. Swipe right to check...
09/06/2026

Books, books, and more books! Folks in our department sat with some fantastic reads over the break. Swipe right to check out our EGDS Summer Library. 📚

What did you read over the summer? We’d love to hear your recommendations in the comments. ⬇️

Kilo Zamora’s summer reading list:
•Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe — Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• Banquet for the Damned — Adam Nevill
• Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
• The House of the Scorpion - Nancy Farmer
• A World Appears - Michael Pollan
• The Sum of Us — Heather McGhee
• Broken Country - Clare Leslie Hall
• Now I Surrender - Álvaro Enrigue
• Go as a River - Shelley Read
• The Homemade God — Rachel Joyce
• Take Me to Your Leader - Neil deGrasse Tyson
• The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller
• Spell Freedom - Elian Weiss
• Fire Weather — John Vaillant
• Secure — Amir Levine
• Tom’s Crossing - Mark Z. Danielewski
• The Story of Birds - Steve Brusatte
• The Wayfinder - Adam Johnson
• A Naked Singularity — Sergio De La Pava
• The Indifferent Stars Above — Daniel James Brown
• Circe - Madeline Miller
• Hell’s Heart - Alexis Hall
• The Way of Integrity - Martha Beck
• The Whistler - Ann Patchett
• The Serviceberry - Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Emergent Strategy — adrienne maree brown
• Gendered Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and

Dr. Bouldin’s summer reading list:
•Kin by Tayari Jones
•Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
•Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan
•Let us Descend by Jesmyn Ward

Dr. Quinn’s (top three) summer reading list:
•The Fall-Down Effect by Liz Johnston
•Land by Maggie O’Farrell
•Encampment by Maggie Helwig

Dr. Crumley’s summer reading list:
•Newport Gardner’s Anthem by Edward E. Andrews
•Sarah Osborn’s World by Catherine Brekus
•Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Marie Brown
•Educated for Freedom by Anna Mae Duane
•Maria W. Stewart: The Essential Writings of a 19th Century Black Abolitionist by Douglas A. Jones
•The Grimkes by Kerri Greenidge
•Brooding Over Bloody Revenge by Nikki Taylor

Dr. Antunes’s summer reading list:
•On Morrison by Namwali Serpell
•Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Dr. Sáenz’s summer reading list:
•Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
•Sunrise on the Reaping by S

09/04/2026

When the social media team is alone in the EGDS suite…👀🥲

Video description: Dr. Sáenz and Terra posing around the EGDS lounge and offices in the dark.

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