1. CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline for submission is August 15, 2016
Mobilizing the University: Curriculum, Access, and Solidarity
[working title]
Editor, Julie Shayne, PhD ~ jshayne@uw.edu
Assistant Editor, Namita Paul ~ pauln4@uw.edu
University of Washington Bothell
This interdisciplinary, edited collection focuses on the relationship between social justice
activism and the university. Using an intersectional feminist framework we seek to explore
three main themes. First, how has grassroots activism impacted what we teach and learn in
the university? For example, what is the relationship between feminist movements and the
birth of gender, women, and sexuality studies or racial justice movements and ethnic studies?
Put another way, how do marginalized histories become part of the mainstream college
curriculum? Next, how does social justice activism impact who has access to the university?
For example, what sorts of movements exist that have pushed to create welcoming spaces for
undocumented students, students with disabilities, or queer students? Finally, we seek to
explore the role of campus solidarity activism in off campus movements. For example,
historical cases might include student movements for divestment from Apartheid South Africa
or campus sanctuary movements to denounce the US intervention in Central America.
While providing a theoretically and empirically original case study of an historical or
contemporary social justice movement, contributors will be asked to address several topics in
your essays: 1) Your own social location and why activism matters to you; 2) how does
intersectional feminist analyses and methodology influence your research agenda? and
3) what do you see as the future for grassroots activism and university collaboration? Or, what
lessons can be learned from the history you have shared?
We seek essays documenting historical and contemporary social justice activism, broadly
construed, representing movements from around the world, particularly the global South. We
envision activism conveyed through cultural productions, embodied protests, intellectual
projects, among other forms of articulation. Additionally, we are particularly eager to receive
essays by scholars/activists/artists of color in the humanities, social sciences, and arts.
One section of the book will be dedicated to student essays based on students’ own activism.
This section will feature first-person narratives by undergraduate and recently graduated
baccalaureate student activists. We are especially enthusiastic to include stories and
experiences of students of color, queer students, particularly transgender and, students with
disabilities. We are interested in essays that will give an overview of the movement that you,
as a student activist are a part of, explaining how your participation in the movement informs
your learning. In addition, we would like you to share your experiences as an activist within
the academy, be it successes, failures or, merely tensions inherent in activist-academic
equations.
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2. Currently we have student essays about Students Against Sweatshops, disability access, and
undocumented student activism. We are looking to expand with topics such as students’
personal experiences with ethnic or gender, women, and sexuality studies programs, anti-
racist activism, Black Lives Matter, transnational solidarity movements, prison reform
activism, feminism, and gender justice, to name a few.
Directions and guidelines for case study chapters: Chapters must be double-spaced,
between 9,000-10,000 words (not including notes or bibliography.) Please save your essay as
a word document titled with the following naming convention:
CaseStudyEssay_Title_Author last.first names_Date
Directions and guidelines for student essays: Interested authors are advised to
consult a faculty mentor for feedback and guidance before submission. Please include name
and contact information of the advising professor with your submission. Essays must be
double-spaced, and between 1,300-1,800 words. Please save your essay as a word document
titled with the following naming convention: Student essay_Title_Author last.first
names_Date
All authors: Please do not submit previously published material. Please email essays, an
abridged CV (no more than 2 pages), your cell phone number, and a short bio to Editor Julie
Shayne at jshayne@uw.edu and Assistant Editor Namita Paul at pauln4@uw.edu.
Deadline for submission is August 15, 2016
QUESTIONS? No question is too small or too big. Please contact Julie Shayne
(jshayne@uw.edu) and Namita Paul (pauln4@uw.edu) with any inquiry.
About Julie Shayne, Editor: Julie Shayne is a Senior Lecturer and Faculty Coordinator of
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies in the School Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the
University of Washington Bothell. She is author/editor of three books: Taking Risks:
Feminist Activism and Research in the Americas (editor) (SUNY, 2014 & 2015), They Used
to Call Us Witches: Chilean Exiles, Culture, and Feminism (Lexington, 2009), and The
Revolution Question: Feminisms in El Salvador, Chile, and Cuba (Rutgers, 2004).
About Namita Paul, Assistant Editor: Namita Paul is a second year student in the
Masters of Arts in Cultural Studies (MACS) program at University of Washington Bothell.
She is a budding scholar-artist, and hopes to continue developing her curiosities through
feminist explorations of the progression of globalization and technology, and their impact on
women’s lives, with a special focus on borders, immigration, material culture, clothing, and
identity, well beyond MACS.