Aviva Dove-Viebahn is an expert on "Charlie’s Angels."
Not because she’s a huge fan of the cheesy TV series and movies that followed, mind you.
Instead, "Charlie’s Angels" is one of the media franchises Dove-Viebahn has studied for her book project, “There She Goes Again: Gender, Power and Knowledge in Contemporary Film and Television.”
June is Pride month, a time to commemorate the people, places and events that have catalyzed change for the LGBTQ community.
Arched by the story of the Stonewall Uprising of 1969, the monthlong observance calls attention to LGBTQ culture — including artists, creators and authors — and that can be an affirming space for members of the LGBTQ community, especially among young people still struggling with identity and acceptance.
Lindy Elkins-Tanton has two launches on her calendar this year.
Most prominent is the launch of the Psyche spacecraft. Elkins-Tanton, a Regents Professor in Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration and vice president of ASU’s Interplanetary Initiative, is the principal investigator of the Psyche mission.
A new study is the first to indicate the perceived impact of an instructor revealing her LGBTQ identity to students in the U.S.
The study, published in Life Sciences Education, was co-authored by Carly Busch, a biology education PhD candidate in the School of Life Sciences, and co-advisers Sara Brownell and Katelyn Cooper.
Nearly two dozen women from South America spent this past week at Arizona State University to become more empowered to fight climate change in their communities.
The 23 women, from Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru, attended a conference titled, “Advancing Women’s Prosperity in the Workplace.”
STEM education isn’t typically offered at the grade-school level, but a group of local science, technology, engineering and math activists, including faculty members and students from the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, and industry mentors from General Motors and Intel, are working to change that.
Liahnna Stanley, a doctoral candidate in Arizona State University's Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, is one of 100 women in the U.S. and Canada selected to receive a $20,000 Scholar Award from the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Stanley's nomination was facilitated by Professor Sarah J. Tracy in the Hugh Downs School, a member of the P.E.O.'s Tempe, Arizona, chapter.
When Arizona State University student Emily Lopez took a course on the history of genocide, she learned about the atrocity of femicide, the gender-based killing of women. What she learned moved her to research femicide in Mexico as part of her undergraduate honors thesis.
Ayanna Thompson is not a fan of musicals.
So you can guess her reaction when the visionaries behind “Suffs,” a musical about the women’s suffrage movement in the early 1900s, asked her to come on as a dramaturg and consultant to help with casting choices.
Stanlie James, a professor emeritus and former vice provost of inclusion and community engagement at Arizona State University, is a lifelong learner and advocate for women’s and Black issues in the U.S. and beyond.
In preparation for the March 30 webinar "Black Women in Higher Education: A Conversation with Stanlie James," the School of Social Transformation sat down with James to talk about her career milestones, academic passions, research and more.
