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Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students’ Mental Health Needs

Expert Recommendations — Executive Summary In May 2021, amidst increasing reports of anti-Asian hate crimes, the Steve Fund and the National Center for Institutional Diversity at the University of Michigan convened a group of eight experts in Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) history, college students, and mental health. The group proposes that colleges and universities adopt…

Mental Health

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Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students’ Mental Health Needs
Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students’ Mental Health Needs
Mental Health

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The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce

Introduction by series curators, Dr. Roland L. Leak, associate professor of marketing at North Carolina A&T, and Rebekah Modrak, professor of art at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor In the wake of massive racial protests over the past year, some companies began the work of re-evaluating how their brand messaging…

Power

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The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce
The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce
Power

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Educators for Change: Marginalization and Anti-Racist Curriculum in the Classroom

Introduction by series curator Dr. Lata Murti, associate professor of sociology at University of Massachusetts Global “Educational institutions are the ONE thing that we all do for 13 years,” writes Dr. Trinity Davis in her contribution to this series. But our experiences of these institutions differ widely according to race…

Teaching

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Educators for Change: Marginalization and Anti-Racist Curriculum in the Classroom
Educators for Change: Marginalization and Anti-Racist Curriculum in the Classroom
Teaching

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Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·Oct 10, 2022

Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life

Enacting Health Justice for a Flourishing Future — Introduction by series curators Andrés Cordero, Jr. (he/they), Dr. B. Ethan Coston (they/them), Deandra Escañuela (she/her/ella), and Natalie Malone (she/her) I won’t lie to you: it’s a scary time to be “out” lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, two-spirit, and otherwise not heterosexual, not cisgender (LGBTQIA2+) scholars and teachers…

LGBTQ

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Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life
Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life
LGBTQ

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Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·Oct 10, 2022

The Sex Ed Class You Never Had

Queering Museum Content & Public Engagement — By Sean Kramer and Mari Longmire This piece is a part of our Spark series: Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life Contrary to what the title suggests, the video series The Sex Ed Class You Never Had is not exclusively about sex education. Rather, it is a set of short, creative, sometimes…

Queer

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The Sex Ed Class You Never Had
The Sex Ed Class You Never Had
Queer

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Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·Oct 10, 2022

Eroticizing Our Play

Pleasure and Healing in Kink and BDSM — By Catherine Schaefer and G. Nic Rider This piece is a part of our Spark series: Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life What is Kink? What is it that defines kink and BDSM? Is it a practice, an identity, an orientation, or even all three? As with other practices and identities that have been marginalized…

LGBTQ

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Eroticizing Our Play
Eroticizing Our Play
LGBTQ

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Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·Oct 10, 2022

LGBTQ+ Activism Should Include Consensual Non-Monogamy

By Amy C. Moors, Sharon Flicker, and Michelle Vaughan This piece is a part of our Spark series: Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life Some people agree to be romantically, emotionally, and sexually exclusive to one person (commonly known as monogamy). Consensual non-monogamy, on the other hand, is described as varying levels…

LGBTQ

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LGBTQ+ Activism Should Include Consensual Non-Monogamy
LGBTQ+ Activism Should Include Consensual Non-Monogamy
LGBTQ

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Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·Oct 10, 2022

Hookups can be Purposeful, Positive, and Safe for LGBTQ+ Young Adults

By Nikole Babcock and Shannon Snapp This piece is a part of our Spark series: Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life Our new research on LGBTQ+ young adults’ hookups illustrate how they can be purposeful, positive, and safe. Sexual health choices of LGBTQ+ young adults are often depicted as “risky” (i.e., HIV/…

LGBTQ

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Hookups can be Purposeful, Positive, and Safe for LGBTQ+ Young Adults
Hookups can be Purposeful, Positive, and Safe for LGBTQ+ Young Adults
LGBTQ

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Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·Oct 10, 2022

Sissy Sonics

By David B. Green Jr. This piece is a part of our Spark series: Living an LGBTQIA2+ Life In this piece, I contend that sissy sonics is a unique style of Black music that speaks to the beauty, power, and fierceness of Black queer and trans folx — especially those…

Music

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Sissy Sonics
Sissy Sonics
Music

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Published in Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

·Jun 5, 2022

Environmental Racism and Justice

Introduction by Series Curator Amy J. Schulz, Professor in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education and University Diversity & Social Transformation Professor at the University of Michigan “Environmental racism is racial discrimination in environmental policymaking. It is racial discrimination in the enforcement of regulations and law. It is…

Racism

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Environmental Racism and Justice
Environmental Racism and Justice
Racism

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