This course explores the radical power of trans history, movements, and futures through the lens of care. Together, we will examine how trans communities have shaped—and continue to shape—the world through activism, art, mutual aid, and collective resistance. We’ll engage with histories that are often erased, looking at trans lives, culture, and art across time and geography.Grounded in the principles of disability justice, the course honors the leadership of disabled trans and queer folks who have long shaped practices of revolution, resistance, and care. Through readings, media, and personal reflection, students will investigate: What does it mean to imagine and build caring futures rooted in trans liberation? What are the intersections of trans liberation and disability justice? How have trans and queer people created systems of support in the face of institutional neglect? In what ways do art and activism intersect in contemporary art movements?Open to queer, trans, disabled, and allied students, this course invites all participants to think critically and collaboratively about the world we are building together.Critical Ethnic Studies 3000-level seminars deepen students’ knowledge of the fundamental theoretical and political questions regarding the social construction of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class from both domestic and global perspectives. The seminars utilize decolonial, transnational and intersectional approaches for producing knowledge about resistance, power, oppression, and systems of knowledge from the interdisciplinary fields of critical ethnic studies: Africana studies, African-American Studies, Asian American studies, Indigenous studies, Chicano/a /x and Latino /a/x studies, Women’ studies, border studies, cultural studies, and global racialized and global silenced communities. Courses can be in-person, hybrid, or online.

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