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Queer of Color/Trans of Color Conversations: Nic Flores
April Edition featuring Dr. Nic Flores (Latino/a/x Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
When and where
Date and time
Starts on Thursday, April 6 · 4pm EDT
Location
Room 9205, The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 5th Avenue New York, NY 10016
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About this event
- 3 hours
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Nic Flores is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He specializes in public and sexual health, HIV/AIDS prevention, ethnography, comparative ethnic and racial studies, and gender and sexuality studies with additional interests in queer of color critique, disability studies, and feminist science and technology studies.
Dr. Flores earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Studies with certificates in Latina/o Studies and Sexuality Studies from The Ohio State University in 2019. He also holds an M.A. in Comparative Studies from The Ohio State University and B.A. in Anthropology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from DePauw University. Previously, Dr. Flores was a Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies and Latina/o Studies at Kenyon College. His scholarship has appeared in Latino Studies and The Journal of Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art, as well as been featured in several local news and popular academic outlets.
In the blank spaces of his calendar, Dr. Flores enjoys cooking, tending to his plants, and co-hosting the podcast “Learning on the Job” with his dear friend James. Additionally, Dr. Flores and Dr. Michelle Rivera-Clonch host the annual Writing in Depth: An Academic Writing Retreat hosted at Hope Springs Institute in Ohio.
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All are welcome to attend in person with a Photo ID. For more information please see this link.
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This event will be live-streamed via CLAGS Youtube channel.
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