Speaker Series

Fall 2026 will + GSS Speaker Series

 

Jen Deerinwater, Founder of Crushing Colonialism

“Decolonized Eats: Recipes for Food Sovereignty & Climate & Disability Justice”

Monday, September 14 | 4:30 PM | Brown Alley Room, Weinstein Hall

Jen Deerinwater is a bisexual, Two-Spirit, multiply-disabled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and an award-winning journalist and organizer who covers the myriad of issues their communities face with an intersectional lens. Jen is the founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism, an international Indigenous storytelling, arts, and media non-profit organization in the so-called US. Jen has been interviewed for numerous outlets on their work, and The Advocate named Jen a 2019 Champion of Pride. They’re currently a member of the Disability Community Advisory Group for the first of its kind LGBTQ Museum in New York City. Jen is also hard at work on Sacred and Subversive: Queer Voices on Faith and Spirituality (Jessica Kingsley Publishers), a 2SLGTBTQIA+ multi-faith anthology due out soon.

This event is co-sponsored by Disability Services and the Global Environment Speaker Series.

 

LGBTQ+ History Month Kickoff

Sarah Ensor, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

“Queer Extinctions; or, Learning How to Last” 

Friday, October 2 | 12:00 PM | Location TBD 

Sarah Ensor is Associate Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she works at the intersections of queer theory, the Environmental Humanities, and American Literature. With Scotti Parrish, she is co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Environment, and her writing has appeared in American Literature, Environmental Humanities, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and the Environment. Her first book, Queer Lasting: Ecologies of Care for a Dying World, which was published by NYU Press in 2025, is a finalist for the 2026 Lammy Award in LGBTQ+ Studies, given by Lambda Literary. 

This event is cosponsored by the Hub for Student Inclusion and Belonging, the Department of English, and the Global Environment Speaker Series. Lunch will be provided. 

 

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