My key texts and my theoretical framework(s): Broadly, my theoretical commitments are situated in cultural studies, with specific investments in Black and women of color feminisms and queer of color critique. In these traditions, felt experience is honored for its political implications. Feelings are “loaded with information and energy” (Lorde, 1981, p. 280): they facilitate the reproduction of oppression, and they animate and sustain transformative political action. In designing my specific conceptual framework, I draw heavily on Feeling Power: Emotions and Education by Megan Boler (1999); The Cultural Politics of Emotion by Sara Ahmed (2004); Cruel Optimism by Lauren Berlant (2011); …

Objectives: to identify common strengths and weaknesses across projects, with an eye toward replicating our successes and addressing our weaknesses and missed opportunities What went well? What I heard: don’t beat yourself up about that I loved it I wanted to know X, and I wanted to know Y write in the background stories I wanted a hyperlink with to authoritative source I liked X, Y, and Z {{lots of head nodding and eye contact}} I wanted more context Here are more examples of the thing you’re talking about… I wanted more accessible language I had never thought about that …

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