Faculty members create research collective to highlight feminist research
University of Arkansas at Little RockFaculty members at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock have started a group to explore feminist research and collaboration opportunities around campus.聽The Feminist Research Collective is open to all faculty members interested in intersectional feminist research, advocacy, and pedagogy at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock. Kris McAbee, associate professor of English and one of the group鈥檚 founders, said faculty members have talked about starting such a group for years. She was inspired by a similar group her friends started at the University of Texas at Dallas.鈥淭hey found really productive engagement with each other,鈥� McAbee said. 鈥淥ne rhetorical scholar and one artist have collaborated on projects and now have a joint installation at a museum in Dallas. It鈥檚 a relationship they wouldn鈥檛 have formed had they not come together through this group.鈥�This semester, the group has held two meetings exploring research on masculinity and child sexual abuse in abolitionist narratives by Dr. Laura Barrio Villar, associate professor of English, and the work on anti-racism, love, and politics by Dr. Jana McAuliffe, assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Interdisciplinary Studies.鈥淚t鈥檚 been so heartwarming and encouraging to meet and work with colleagues who have interests that I didn鈥檛 know were so similar to mine,鈥� McAbee said. 鈥淚 think it can be easy to get isolated in your department. This is a way for us to collaborate across departments and fields and share our research with each other. It鈥檚 nice to have a group to keep us committed to keeping up our scholarship.鈥�For more information, contact Kris McAbee, [email protected], or Catherine Crisp, [email protected].
