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RESOURCES

Courses

Please click here to see a list of QS related courses for the Spring.

QS Coordinator & Advisor

The Coordinator for the Queer Studies Program is Dr. Sheena Malhotra.

Please follow the link to Dr. Malhotra's Advising page for her office hours and contact information.

Dr. Sheena Malhotra will also serve as the Advisor for the Queer Studies Program. Please email her to set up an appointment for advising.

Email Dr. Malhotra

Please come in and see the QS Advisor if you have any questions about your class scheduling or if you are considering Queer Studies as a minor.

 

Affiliated Faculty

Ian Barnard

English

Shira Brown

Women's Research and Resource Center

C. Jacob Hale

Philosophy

Leilani Hall

English

Greg Knotts

Elementary Education

Sabina Magliocco

Anthropology

Sheena Malhotra

Gender & Women's Studies

Gina Masequesmay

Asian American Studies

Jeanine Minge

Communications

Karen Morgaine

Sociology

Martin Pousson

English

Kathryn Sorrells

Communications

Yarma Velázquez-Vargaz

Chicano/a Studies

 

For QS Students...

Links to QS Clubs & Organizations

NEWS AND INFORMATION

Queer Studies Program

California State University, Northridge

18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge, CA 91330-8415

Phone: 818-677-6762
Fax: 818-677-3605

The Queer Studies Program is located in Sierra Hall 194 in the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.

 

Announcements

QS Spring Lecture Series

May 1st. 7 p.m. Noski Auditorium.

Each year, the QS Program hosts a lecture by a Queer Studies theorist, writer or performer. This year, Dr. Mignon Moore from UCLA will speak on Articulating a Politics of (Multiple) Identities: Race and the Changing Landscape of LGBT Sexual Politics. Please click on the link below for more information on the event.

The Queer Studies Spring Lecture for 2012

Wong Sayaman Equality Award

Each year, the QS Program gives out the Wong-Sayaman Equality Award in the Spring. Please click on the link below to apply.

Application for the 2012 Award

Part-Time Teaching Positions

We have the following anticipated openings to teach in the QS Program.

Please be aware that each class represents a seperate pool. Your application MUST indicate for which classes you want to be considered:

QS 301 - Application for Fall 2012 & Spring 2013

QS 401 - Application for Fall 2012

LGBTIQ news at CSUN

Here are some recent LGBTIQ related articles in the student newspaper and College of Humanities newsletter:

Spring 2012 Event Highlights

CSUN to host National Queer People of Color Conference

The Queer People of Color Conference hosted at CSUN this year, drew over 500 participants from all over the nation, as well as participants from Canada and Australia. The keynote address was given by performance artist, Adelina Anthony. Please click here for a link to the QPOCC 2012 website. The link below provides a summary of the conference.

QS Spring Lecture Series on May 1st, 2012

The lecture is at 7 p.m. at the Noski Auditorium. Dr. Mignon Moore from UCLA will speak on Articulating a Politics of (Multiple) Identities: Race and the Changing Landscape of LGBT Sexual Politics. Click this link for the event flier.

Rainbow Graduates Celebration on May 21st, 2012

Northridge Center, University Student Union. 1-3 p.m.

Every year, the Queer Studies Program alongwith other LGBTQ organizations on our campus, hosts the Rainbow Graduates Celebration. This is an event that highlights LGBTQ graduating students from ANY major or minor who wish to participate.

Dr. Bryant Alexander, a performance artist, activist and scholar will be giving the keynote address at the Graduation Celebration this year.

If you would like to participate, please fill out the form linked below, and email it to sheena.malhotra@csun.edu by May 10th, 2012.

Rainbow Graduates Celebration Form: Word

Rainbow Graduates Celebration Form: PDF

Other Events

LGBTA General Meeting - Thursdays at 7 p.m. (Thousand Oaks Room).

If you have a queer studies related event to announce, please contact sheena.malhotra@csun.edu

Highlights from past QS events, and reflections on current events.


 

Watch this space for announcements on upcoming QS events. QS Calendar


Students at a "Take Back the Night" rally

 

 

Welcome to Queer Studies

The Queer Studies Program at CSUN began offering classes in the Fall of 2008.

Housed in the College of Humanities, QS is an interdisciplinary minor that questions normative constructions of sexuality and gender.

The Queer Studies minor focuses on histories, contemporary experiences, and community-based knowledges of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, intersexed people, queers, and others who occupy non-heterosexist and non-normative gender positionalities.

Dr. Masequesmay and partner at a Pride rally

The program explores how heterosexism, heteronormativity and transphobia intersect and collide with national, ethnic, racial, class and other identifications, fostering a community of learners who grapple with issues of diversity, gender, sexuality and social justice.

QS at CSUN provides an academic home for those who wish to study the intellectual, cultural and material conditions that have shaped our current understandings of sexuality and gender variation as well as for those who wish to generate new, resistant theories and practices. The program offers an undergraduate minor, sponsors courses, organizes lecture series, and brings together interested students, faculty, and larger Los Angeles communities.

The Queer Studies Minor

Queer Studies offers an 18 unit minor.

Queer Studies Minor Requirements

Queer Studies Learning Outcomes

Please click the link above or here to view the QS SLO's

QS Happenings


Queer students and allies at an Immigration Rights rally

Queer students and allies at an Immigration Rights march.