By Vanessa Vanderzee
Title: Queer Studies Program Records, 2012-2020
Predominant Dates: 2013-2015
ID: RG 278
Primary Creator: Oregon State University. Queer Studies Program.
Extent: 0.45 cubic feet. More info below.
Arrangement: The Queer Studies Program Records are arranged in one series: 1. OSU Queer Studies Program Files
Date Acquired: 00/00/2016
Languages of Materials: English [eng]
The Queer Studies curriculum was introduced in summer term of 2013 at Oregon State University with the Introduction to Queer Studies course thanks to the work of Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill and other faculty in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at OSU. Since its launch, the Queer Studies curriculum--which is a nested program within WGSS--now offers over ten different courses, an undergraduate minor, a graduate minor, and may now serve as a secondary or third field of study in the master’s in interdisciplinary studies degree (MAIS) program.
The Queer Studies curriculum at Oregon State centers on the activism and scholarship of women of color, transnational feminisms, Two-Spirit Indigenous people, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) people of color, and examines homophobia and transphobia's relationship with racism, colonialism, sexism, ableism, classism and other forms of systematic oppression.
Accruals: Additions to the collection are expected.
More Extent Information: 2 boxes, including 1 oversize box
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Note: Items were donated by Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Studies co-founder and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies core faculty member
Related Materials: This collection is a part of the OSU Queer Archives (OSQA). Other collections related to LGBTQ+ history include the Pride Center Records (RG 236), the Queer History Research Collection, and the Thomas Kraemer Papers, as well as the OSU Queer Archives Oral History Collection.
Preferred Citation: Queer Studies Program Records (RG 278), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Oregon State University. Queer Studies Program.
Driskill, Qwo-Li
Bisexual college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Gay college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Lesbian college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Oregon State University--Curricula.
Oregon State University--History.
Oregon State University. Queer Studies Program.
Transsexual college students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Universities and colleges--Curricula--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History
Women--Social conditions.