- What Are We Looking For?
Faculty teaching or doing research in the areas of gender and sexuality studies to serve as contributors, reviewers, and consulting editors for the project.
- Overview
Deborah Amory, Professor at SUNY Empire State College, is seeking participants in the creation of an introductory level LGBTQ Studies OER text in 2019. This open textbook will focus on the study of LGBTQ issues and culture from an interdisciplinary, social science perspective. It will include key documents and multimedia resources, emphasizing an intersectional, feminist analysis.
We are seeking faculty teaching or doing research in the areas of gender and sexuality studies to serve as contributors, reviewers, and consulting editors for the project.
Contributors: Commitment for authoring a 4000-6000 word chapter within a provided structure (Feb-March 2019). See our author's guide for details: https://projects.rebus.community/project/6T65jgqpSW3DQ8KB4CarPs/lgbtq-studies-a-primer
Reviewers: Commitment for providing comments on a chapter or the full manuscript around the time of April 2019
Consulting Editors: Commitment to identifying potential contributors (January 2019) and editing contributions in a particular subject area (May-June 2019).
A full project summary and an author guide can be found on our project page: https://projects.rebus.community/project/6T65jgqpSW3DQ8KB4CarPs/lgbtq-studies-a-primer
The text will cover these areas, or you are welcome to propose additional topics:
Introducing LGBTQ Studies - Author Identified
LGBTQ History
Queer Theory
Understanding Prejudices against LGBTQ people - Author Identified
LGBTQ Issues in the Workplace - Author Identified
Education
Health and Medicine
LGBTQ Families & Parenting - Author Identified
Film and Media: representing LGBTQ lives
Literature and Art
Queer Globalizations: LGBTQ Anthropology past, present and future
If you are interested in taking part, please fill out the following form: https://goo.gl/forms/LSJA7AM5DiP2wDqr2
Questions can also be directed to: Deborah Amory (deborah.amory@esc.edu) or Allison Brown, (browna@geneseo.edu).
- Time Commitment
Varies by role, see below
- Target Completion Date
30 Mar 2019
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