Folklorist Margaret R. Yocom (PhD, English, U of Massachusetts, Amherst) specializes in traditional narrative, material culture, family folklore, and gender studies. The director of the Northern Virginia Folklife Archive, she established the English Department's Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Co...
Poet Susan Tichy (MA, Univ. of Colorado, 1979) is the author of four volumes of poetry and, most recently, Trafficke, a mixed-genre book of poetry and historical narrative focused on her family's 200 years of slave-holding. Her poetry books include A Smell of Burning Starts the Day (Wesleyan); The Ha...
Last week on April 5th, Women and Gender Studies hosted Dr. Crystal Wilkinson, the current poet laureate of Kentucky, Dr. Heather Hoover, and Professor Rachael Meads, for a panel on Women in Appalachia. Each woman’s unique experiences and connections to Appalachia made for a rich conversation about f...
On April 26, the Johnson Center Bistro served as the venue for Mason’s 2023 Lavender and Women and Gender Studies Graduation, an occasion celebrating LGBTQ+ students, allies, and graduates of the Women and Gender Studies (WGST) program. Twenty-five graduates were celebrated for their accomplishments ...
