Focus Groups Archive

Autumn 2023

Class Title Student Facilitator Email Course Section
Cancel Culture and Conspiracy Karsten Lomax karstl2@uw.edu
Queerness in the Failed Coming of Age Narrative Maya Zigler mzigler@uw.edu CHID 496 B

Spring 2023

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Eco-Textual Intimacies Auden Finch audenf@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Exploring Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Media Karen Lopez Ramires klr34@uw.edu CHID 496 B

Winter 2023

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Exploring representations of gender and sexuality in pop culture Anqi Chen and Karen Lopez Ramires angelc08@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Exploring Representations of Gender and Sexuality in Pop-Culture Anqi Chen angelc08@uw.edu

Autumn 2022

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Ethics, Equity, and Reconciliation Wendi Zhou wzhou1@uw.edu CHID 496 B
Exploring representations of gender and sexuality in pop culture Karen Lopez Ramires and Anqi Chen angelc08@uw.edu CHID 496 D
Minority Languages and Digital Media Auden Finch audenf@uw.edu CHID 496 C
The Interconnectedness of Art, Culture and Nation Mohammad Daragheh moham93@uw.edu CHID 496 A

Spring 2022

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Swipe, Share, Like: Queering Social Media Sydney Flyge sflyge@uw.edu CHID 496 B

Winter 2022

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Queering Cinema Sydney Flyge sflyge@uw.edu CHID 496 C
Dissing Media Courtney Cole crc97@uw.edu CHID 496 B
Making Ideas Actionable with Decentralized Blockchain Communities Chris Banbury chris@banbury.family CHID 496 A

Autumn 2021

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Dreamix: Re-Imagining Unreality Through Multimedia Remix Andrew Ryan andrer24@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Intro to Queer Activism Nhi and Sydney bnhi@uw.edu CHID 496 D
Mental Health, but make it cool! 4th and final edition Race Porter racep@uw.edu CHID 496 C
Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation (Or Not?) Wendi Zhou wzhou1@uw.edu CHID 496 B

Spring 2021

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Mental Health, but make it cool! 3rd edition Race Porter racep@uw.edu CHID 496 B
Queering Anarchism Olivia Jacobs & Linds Whittaker oj22@uw.edu CHID 496 C

Winter 2021

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Mental Health, but make it cool! Second Edition Race Porter racep@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Queering Academics, Research & Activism Q Center Staff qval@uw.edu CHID 496 C

Autumn 2020

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Mental Health, but make it cool! Race Porter raceporter123@gmail.com CHID 496 A
The Ethics of COVID-19 Ella Kaplan ellah2@uw.edu CHID 496 B

Spring 2020

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Conscious Cooking for Community Shelby Kindem and Molly Evans (Food Systems Major) kindem@uw.edu CHID 496 C
Exploring the Pratyabhijñā-hṛdayam Anna Barton anna.barton327@gmail.com CHID 496 B
Look Alive! The Motion of Life from Animation, Biology, and Robotics Maxx Naoyuki Yamasaki mechmaxx@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Me and White Supremacy Alexandra Browne Blake429@uw.edu CHID 496 D

Winter 2020

Class Title Student Facilitator Email Course Section
Comparative Consciousness Studies Parker Kennedy pjk7@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Q’lloquium: Intersectional research topics for and by queer/trans scholars Valerie Schweigert Schwvr94@uw.edu CHID 496 B
study of the Self Shelby Kindem kindem@uw.edu CHID 496 C

Autumn 2019

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A Climate in Crisis: Staying Present and Active in the Time of Climate Change Liepa Braciulyte liepab@uw.edu CHID 496 D
Insights to Queer America Francis Rose Trail francisrosetrail@gmail.com CHID 496 C
Speech and Improvisation Simone Schwartz-Lombard srsl@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Zines and Zinemaking: The Radical History and Creative Future of Self-Published Work Alwyn Mouton alwyn@uw.edu CHID 496 B

Spring 2019

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Eroding Positionalities: Foundations and Infiltrations of White Supremacy in Higher Education Izumi Nance izumin@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Wittgenstein Reading Group Instructor: Jonathan Rey Lee jreylee@uw.edu CHID 496 B

Winter 2019

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Death and Dying: A Community Journey Simone Schwartz-Lombard srsl@uw.edu CHID 496 A

Summer 2018

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Animation: Miyazaki and the Vitality of Media Mary Hinsvark meh560@uw.edu CHID 496 A

Spring 2018

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Ethical Design Thinking and Practice Michael Beach mwb8@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Queer 101 Malvika Nair malnair@uw.edu CHID 496 B

Winter 2018

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Queer 101 Malvika Nair malnair@uw.edu CHID 496 E

Summer 2017

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Our Summer Drifts Brandin Steffensen steffb3@uw.edu CHID 496 A

Spring 2017

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Present and Engaged: Staying Informed in a Time of Alternative Facts Abigayil Talkington abbytalk@uw.edu CHID 496 E
Seattle: Exploring the Layered City Madison L Eggerding eggerm22@uw.edu CHID 496 C
The History of the New Age Taylor Herring herritay@uw.edu CHID 496 D

Winter 2017

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Post-Election: Where Do We Go From Here? Cynthia Anderson chid@uw.edu CHID 496 C
Queer 101 Alix Brumbaugh qzone@uw.edu CHID 496 A
Storytelling and Solidarity Magenta Nigel Loera mnl108@uw.edu CHID 496 D
The Politics of Improvisation: What Exists Within Us When We Give Ourselves Space to Express Ariel Vardy arieljv@uw.edu CHID 496 E