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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Chen, Jian <chen.982@osu.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Saturday, February 24, 2024 at 5:43</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>WS faculty <wostfac@lists.osu.edu>, Elliott, Lynaya via Womgrdst <womgrdst@lists.osu.edu>, womasfac@lists.osu.edu <womasfac@lists.osu.edu>, wgsslecturer@lists.osu.edu <wgsslecturer@lists.osu.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Invite: Queer and Trans (of Color) Research Network's first meeting (Friday 3/1/24)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dear all,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I hope you and all are taking good care. With
<span style="color:#212121">co-facilitators Joe Ponce, Mollie Blackburn, and Rasel Ahmed,
</span>I am happy to announce that the new <span style="color:#212121">Queer and Trans (of Color) Research Network (QTOCRN)—hosted by the new
<a href="https://wgss.osu.edu/community/free-center">FREE Center</a> for community-engaged feminist research and teaching—will be meeting for the first time next
</span><b>Friday, March 1, 9:30 – 11:00 a.m.</b> in <b>311 Denney Hall (<a href="https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/b/88524/files/2020/03/Access-Guide-for-The-Ohio-State-University.pdf">access guide here</a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Please join us if you are interested in meeting faculty, graduate students, and staff at the university connecting their work with queer and trans studies and issues. Barring
any technological breakdowns, people are welcome to attend by Zoom as well: <span style="color:#212121">
<a href="https://osu.zoom.us/j/95607145063?pwd=RnY2RTJmSmx4eUtvalpRQ1VRdkhidz09" title="https://osu.zoom.us/j/95607145063?pwd=RnY2RTJmSmx4eUtvalpRQ1VRdkhidz09"><span style="color:#0078D7">https://osu.zoom.us/j/95607145063?pwd=RnY2RTJmSmx4eUtvalpRQ1VRdkhidz09</span></a>
(password if needed<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color:#222222;letter-spacing:.35pt;background:white">757096</span><span style="color:#212121">).</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">Our first gathering will focus on:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">appreciating the range of work that participants are pursuing around queer and trans studies and issues</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">identifying what participants are most excited and/or concerned about in terms of queer and trans studies and issues</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">articulating ideas regarding the cluster’s future programming and directions</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">deciding on at least one concrete idea that we will implement in the second meeting</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="color:#212121;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">leaving time at the end for people to mingle and get to know each other.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you are interested in attending in-person or by Zoom, could you try to
<b>RSVP</b> <b>by Wednesday, February 28 </b>at <a href="mailto:chen.982@osu.edu">
chen.982@osu.edu</a> so we can get a count for refreshments? Also, please let us know if you have any
<span style="color:#212121"><a href="https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/u.osu.edu/dist/b/88524/files/2020/03/Access-Guide-for-The-Ohio-State-University.pdf">accessibility</a> and/or dietary needs.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Once you RSVP, we will ask you to submit a brief bio in advance of the meeting to save time using our
<span style="color:#212121">QTOCRN Carmen site.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">If you are interested in the group but cannot make the first meeting, let us know by email and we can keep you updated about meetings and also add you to our Carmen site.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxmsonormal" style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121">We look forward to launching this cluster with you all! If there is anyone else you know who might be interested, feel free to forward this email to them.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Thanks and all best, Jian (on behalf of initial network co-facilitators Rasel, Mollie, and Joe)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://wgss.osu.edu/people/chen.982" title="https://wgss.osu.edu/people/chen.982"><span style="color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Jian
Neo Chen</span></a><span style="color:black">, PhD</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Associate Professor of Queer Studies in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies and English</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Affiliate Faculty in Asian American Studies and Film Studies</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Ohio State University (Columbus)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Author, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/trans-exploits" title="https://www.dukeupress.edu/trans-exploits"><i><span style="color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Trans
Exploits: Trans of Color Cultures and Technologies in Movement</span></i></a><span style="color:black"> (Duke University Press ANIMA, 2019; Association of Asian American Studies Book Award Winner 2021;
</span>Lambda Literary Award Finalist in LGBTQ Studies 2020)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Co-editor, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.dukeupress.edu/books/browse/by-series/series-detail?IdNumber=7483501" title="https://www.dukeupress.edu/books/browse/by-series/series-detail?IdNumber=7483501"><span style="color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">ASTERISK</span></a><span style="color:black"> Duke
University Press book series</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">*I would like to acknowledge that the land The Ohio State University occupies is the ancestral and contemporary territory of the Shawnee, Potawatomi,
Delaware, Miami, Peoria, Seneca, Wyandotte, Ojibwe, and Cherokee peoples. Specifically, the university resides on land ceded in the 1795 Treaty of Greeneville and the forced removal of tribes through the Indian Removal Act of 1830. We want to honor the resiliency
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