Black Graduate Student Network
The mission of the Black Graduate Student Network is to provide an encouraging, inclusive, social networking community for African-American graduate students at the University of California, Irvine. Our organization’s goals are to strengthen camaraderie among African-American graduate students, celebrate the culture we proudly represent, and voice our life and educational experiences to younger minority students so that they may be inspired and supported to pursue graduate education. The BGSN organizes formal and informal events in the form of social gatherings, discussion sessions, intellectual forums, community outreach, and networking opportunities for graduate students. Every event is open to all students that wish to participate and engage with our members. By working together as a solid group, we will develop continued mentoring opportunities with undergraduates, foster long-term academic and professional relationships, and increase our presence within the Associated Graduate Student community.
Primary contact: Miles Davison or Josiah Sweeting
Chican@/Latin@ Graduate Student Collective
The collective seeks to provide a supportive intellectual environment for Chican@/Latin@ graduate students, promote socially conscious research, and focus on the recruitment and retention of Chican@/Latin@ graduate students. Join us for social events, graduate workshops, undergraduate workshops, more information on the Chican@/Latin@ Graduate Emphasis, collaboration opportunities, network building and more.
Primary Contact: Vanessa Delgado
Critical Race Theory Workshop
An interdisciplinary group of graduate students and faculty working with critical race theory and other forms of critical thought. We meet regularly to discuss journal articles and present and provide feedback on works-in-progress. In addition, we have hosted outside speakers to present their contributions to the field of critical race theory.
Primary Contact: Mary McThomas
Minorities and Philosophy
Co-organized by graduate students in both the Department of Logic of Philosophy & Science and the Department of Philosophy. Some of the resources and activities included in the group are a newsletter, blog, meetings, and conferences for minority groups in philosophy. A recent conference they co-sponsored was titled “Women and Philosophy.”
Primary Contact: Kaetlin Taylor
Queer Graduate Caucus
A graduate student initiative supporting a queer-friendly university environment through social and academic programming in and around the campus community and beyond.
Primary Contact: Canton Winer
Race & Ethnicity Politics Reading Group
An attempt to foster a community of race and ethnicity scholars in the School of Social Sciences. Over the past two and a half years, we have met every other week to discuss classic and contemporary readings, as well as to critique each other’s work. The reading group has created a space for a community of race and ethnicity scholars to come together and foster collaboration. As a specialized subfield within political science, race and ethnicity politics additionally draws an interdisciplinary crowd from students of sociology, critical race theory, and social psychology among others.
Primary Contact: Kyle Lee McWagner
Race Research Workshop
A working group that is open to students from any part of campus who are interested in race and ethnicity. Students present work and give feedback, building a research community and developing professional skills.
Primary Contact: Ann Hironaka
W-Hub Queer Womxn Collective
This group is open to all queer womxn-identified individuals in the campus community, including friends and partners. Our group will be a mix of structured topics as well as open dialogue for issues concerning our community.
Primary Contact: Jessica Cabrera
Women’s Caucus in Political Science
This group is open to all queer womxn-identified individuals in the campus community, including friends and partners. Our group will be a mix of structured topics as well as open dialogue for issues concerning our community.
Primary Contact: Bianca Sofia Rubalcava
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