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.
Items were donated by Dr. Qwo-Li Driskill, Queer Studies co-founder and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies core faculty member
Additions to the collection are expected.
Collection is open for research.
Queer Studies Program Records (RG 278), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
This collection is a part of the
The Queer Studies Program Records are arranged in one series: 1. OSU Queer Studies Program Files, 2012-2016.
The Queer Studies Program Records is a small but growing collection which contains a broad range of materials documenting the program’s founding and development. The records consist of course-related and promotional materials; creative work produced by queer studies students; press coverage of the program and its faculty; and programs, handouts, and posters for both on- and off-campus events centering on LGBT or queer topics.
OSU Queer Studies Program Files consist of course-related and promotional materials; creative work produced by queer studies students; press coverage of the program and its faculty; and programs, handouts, and posters for both on- and off-campus events centering on LGBT or queer topics.
Course materials included in the collection include syllabi for classes such as Introduction to Queer Studies, Indigenous Queer & Two-Spirit Studies, Queer of Color Critiques, and Trans/Gender Politics. Also included in this folder are a sampling of lesson plans and course assignments, as well as the drafted proposal for the creation of the queer studies minor at Oregon State. Promotional materials in the OSU Queer Studies Program Records consist mainly of full-color flyers, dating back to 2013, which were posted around campus to promote and encourage enrollment in various queer studies courses each term. Student-produced work included in the records consists of three unique and separate ‘zines created as part of class projects for Arts & Social Justice, Queer & Trans People of Color Arts & Activism, and as part of a Queer Indigenous Gathering at Portland State University. Press coverage in the records includes articles from the