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Brooke Jamieson Stanley

Brooke Jamieson Stanley is assistant professor of English at the University of Delaware. They hold a PhD in English from the University of Pennsylvania. Stanley works in the environmental humanities and postcolonial studies, with a focus on twentieth-century and contemporary fiction from the global South. Their interests include globalization, postcolonial ecocriticism, gender and sexuality, and food studies. Their current book project explores the politics of food, globalization, and environment in contemporary novels from South Africa, South Asia, and the United States. Their work has been published in The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism Online and the edited collection Modernism and Food Studies (University Press of Florida, 2019).

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Centering Trans Networks for a More Equitable Academia

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In her contribution to the “Sexuality & Gender Studies Now” series, Anne Esacove highlights the Trans Literacy Project (TLP) and its work at the University of Pennsylvania. Created by a group of students, activists, and scholars to cultivate and expand conversations on trans and gender inclusivity, the TLP hosted a series of events and workshops to bring to the forefront concerns and issues facing the trans community in academia. Esacove uses this opportunity to bolster the voices of the project’s participants. Six of the TLP conveners, Ava L.J. Kim, Davy Knittle, Kel Kroehle, Aylin Malcolm, Monique Perry, and Brooke Jamieson Stanley, summarize key points learned from the TLP experience, which can be used to enrich academic learning and provide a more inclusive experience for trans students and scholars.

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October 15, 2019
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