Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/10/2025
12:00 am
Location
LGBT Center - Goodhand Room
Categories
QBlack and DisCo are excited to bring Dr. Sami Schalk to campus for QPENN this year! Malik Muhammad, Director of the Office of Interpersonal Development and Engagement, will join us to facilitate a conversation with Dr. Schalk.
Dr. Sami Schalk (she/her) is an associate professor of Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Bodyminds Reimagined: (Dis)ability, Race and Gender in Black Women’s Speculative Fiction (Duke 2018) and Black Disability Politics (Duke 2022). Dr. Schalk’s academic work focuses on race, disability, and gender in contemporary American literature and culture. She also writes for mainstream outlets, including a monthly column called “Pleasure Practices” in TONE Madison. Dr. Schalk identifies as a fat, Black, queer, disabled femme and a pleasure activist.
LUNCH PROVIDED!!!
