Julie Shayne and Dave Ellenwood Co-present Paper at Northwest Archivist Conference

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne and librarian presented a paper titled 鈥淔eminist Pedagogy and Critical Information Literacy: 糖心vlog视频鈥檚 Social Justice and Diversity Archive鈥 at this year鈥檚 in Seattle. Shayne and Ellenwood discussed the (SJDA) which they co-created with and Kara Adams. The SJDA is a central part of Shayne鈥檚 class 鈥淗istories and Movements of Gender and Sexuality鈥 (BISGWS 302) which is one of the core classes in IAS鈥檚 new degree in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. For the assignment students work in groups to do community based research about local feminist or gender justice organizations, conducting and transcribing interviews, collecting primary documents, attending events, and taking photographs. Students then submit all of the materials and Denise prepares everything to be added to the Archive. Shayne and Ellenwood were part of a session titled 鈥淪peaking Truth to Power: Archives, Community Engagement and Advocacy.鈥 The other panelists were Nathaniel Moore of San Francisco鈥檚 and Marjorie Bryer, archivist at UC Berkeley鈥檚 The Bancroft Library and former managing archivist of the in San Francisco. Faculty interested in incorporating the SJDA into their courses should contact Julie Shayne, Dave Ellenwood, or Denise Hattwig.