Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies

Slide presentation by interdisciplinary artist, Alexandra Bell, showing the public art series, Counternarratives, MoMA PS1 courtyard. The event was part of the Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies seminar series, Democracy, Repression, and Resistance.

Striving for a just and equitable future requires knowledge, practice, and imagination.

Deconstructed American, by Toby Sisson, Associate Professor, Visual and Performing Arts

We’re a community of students, scholars, and practitioners who come together to engage in shared inquiry around topics such as violence, war, peace, genocide, prisons, structural racism, militarism, migration and displacement, adoption, trans identity and rights, social movements, resource extraction, and land rights.

Ousman Power-Greene and and colleague confer at an academic symposium on race, gender, and ethnicity

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Learn more about the work of the center, including our annual symposium and opportunities to collaborate.

Students attend a class on American LGBTQ history.

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Pursue a major or concentration in one of our areas of study or connect with a mentor who can provide guidance in your field of interest.

Jonathan Soloman worked with Professor Ousmane Power-Greene on mapping municipalities or organizations that are involved in reparations efforts, from grassroots initiatives to education or activism.

Opportunities

The Center provides support for undergraduate research and creative work, as well as travel grants and funding for study abroad.

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Migration seminar series

Our 2025 seminar series brings together scholarly work and student discussion about a variety of types of movement, including displacement, deportation and emigration from the US to places where those who have been targets of intimidation, violence, and harassment might find safety.

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The Challenge. Change. podcast offers a glimpse into the discussions that happen at the Center for Race, Gender, and Area Studies and the type of scholarship supported within our community.

In this episode, Psychology Professor, Abby Goldberg and her colleagues Danielle Slakoff and Carrie Buist discuss the depiction of queer and trans people in true crime TV, movies, and podcasts.

News

Juan Pablo Rivera in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette

Bad Bunny 101: Clark professor discusses entertainer, controversy over Super Bowl show.
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‘The truth is hard, but must always be pursued’

Cynthia Enloe, longtime professor and researcher delivered her final scheduled lecture, “Feminist Curiosity is for These Dark Times.”
Goldberg receives award for contributions to family science

Psychology Professor Abbie Goldberg has received the 2025 Social Justice Award for Contributions to Family Science from the Inclusion and Diversity Committee of the National Council on Family Relations.
History professor’s novel plunges into issues of racial justice

Professor Ousmane Power-Greene discusses his work of historical fiction, that received critical praise by NPR and the NYT on the Challenge. Change. Podcast.

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