The Department of Gender + Women's Studies is thrilled to present this year’s Korenman event. E. Patrick Johnson's will perform selections from his 2009 play, Sweet Tea—The Play, based on his book, Sweet Tea. The play had its world premiere in April 2010 and had a month run to rave reviews. He won a Black Theatre Alliance Award for Best Solo Performance for the show. He has toured to over 80 college campuses from 2006 to the present.

RSVP to the event here: http://my.umbc.edu/events/20834

Professor Johnson’s performance will help us celebrate our Critical Sexuality Studies minor. Johnson’s work amplifies UMBC’s commitment to scholarly practice, and his performance continues our shared project of telling our stories as a model for civic engagement and social justice.

Professor Johnson is the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University. He is also an Artistic Fellow at the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media at Columbia College, Chicago. A scholar, artist, and activist, Johnson has performed nationally and internationally and has published widely in the area of race, gender, sexuality and performance.

You can find out more about Johnson at his website:  http://epatrickjohnson.com/. For background readings and additional updates on the event, see the GWST website.

The GWST 7th annual Korenman lecture is co-sponsored by the Dresher Center for Humanities, the Office of the Provost and the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Join the UMBC Delegation to the 2014 National Model African Union

Are you interested in Africa?

Are you interested in Diplomacy?

Do you like to Debate?

Would you like to meet others who share your interests in Africa,
diplomacy and debate?

If yes, then …

Join the UMBC Delegation to the National Model African Union

The Model African Union provides a unique opportunity to college
students to study the role, structure, and performance of the 54
nation-state African Union through simulations augmented by briefings at African Embassies in Washington, D.C. 

The MAU demonstrates the patterns of cooperation and conflict that characterize intra-African diplomacy in search for solutions to continental issues. The 2014 MAU will be at Howard University, February 20 – 23, 2014.

UMBC will represent the nation of Swaziland!!!! Preparation is going
on right now.

The UMBC Delegation to the National Model African Union is coordinated by the Department of Africana Studies and the Department of Political Science.

To join the UMBC Delegation or for more information, please contact Dr. Tyson King-Meadows (tkingmea@umbc.edu), Dr. Cynthia Hody (hody@umbc.edu), or UMBC Model United Nation’s Secretary General Paul Weisko (paulw1@umbc.edu).

Participating in the MAU will be an experience of a lifetime!

Please see below for information from the November GSA Senate meeting.

Sean Astrakhan, Barbara Church, Jesse Fox, Romy Hübler, Dan Miller, Afsoon Saadin, and Stephanie Ward are attending the National Association of Graduate and Professional Students (NAGPS) National Conference in Kalamazoo, Michigan this weekend. All UMBC graduate students are NAPGS members and should take advantage of membership benefits.

The November GSA Social Hour will be in Flat Tuesdays on November 21st from 6:00 to 8:00pm.

The second GSA IMDA Gallery is open. Please stop by the GSA Office to view the beautiful artwork of fellow graduate students.

The GSA Senate approved the #GradsHaveDebt2 Resolution.

The Bangladesh Graduate Student Organization has been approved by the GSA Senate.

If you should have any concerns that you would like to bring before the GSA Senate, feel free to send an email to Romy at rjones12@umbc.edu.