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Pittman, Edward -- oral history, July 2, 2015:
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Field of study: sociology. Current occupation: Associate Dean of the College for Campus Life, Vassar College. Born in North Carolina; moved to Poughkeepsie in mid-1960s. Keywords: LGBTQ, oral history, Vassar, ally, race, Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X, education, higher education, class, athletics, community, activism, student activism, social work, sociology, administration, Campus Life and Diversity, ALANA Center, Intercultural Center, Main Take Over, social justice, All College Day, W...
Show moreField of study: sociology. Current occupation: Associate Dean of the College for Campus Life, Vassar College. Born in North Carolina; moved to Poughkeepsie in mid-1960s. Keywords: LGBTQ, oral history, Vassar, ally, race, Civil Rights Movement, Malcolm X, education, higher education, class, athletics, community, activism, student activism, social work, sociology, administration, Campus Life and Diversity, ALANA Center, Intercultural Center, Main Take Over, social justice, All College Day, Westboro Baptist Church.
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July 2, 2015
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Field, C. -- oral history, June 30, 2015:
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Field of study: neuroscience and behavior. Current occupation: Freshkills Park Manager for Science and Research Development. Born and raised on Long Island; lived in San Francisco briefly after Vassar; moved to Brooklyn. Keywords: LGBTQ;oral history; queer; Long Island; San Francisco; Colgate University, punk music; sailing; EMS; Choice; AIDS activism; Squirm; Hedwig and the Angry Inch; neuroscience; queer prom; visibility; activism; parks; community; marriage.
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June 30, 2015
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Vaid, Urvashi -- oral history, March 24, 2015:
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Urvashi Vaid was born in New Dehli, India; moved to Potsdam, NY in 1966 at 6 years old; moved to Boston in 1979; and then moved to Provincetown, MA in the early 1990s. Fields of study at Vassar: political science, English. Current occupation: Director of the Engaging Tradition Project at Columbia University Law School's Center for Gender and Sexuality Law. Keywords: LGBTQ, oral history, India, bisexual, lesbian, political activism, feminism, feminist organizing, Student Faculty Coalition, Wo...
Show moreUrvashi Vaid was born in New Dehli, India; moved to Potsdam, NY in 1966 at 6 years old; moved to Boston in 1979; and then moved to Provincetown, MA in the early 1990s. Fields of study at Vassar: political science, English. Current occupation: Director of the Engaging Tradition Project at Columbia University Law School's Center for Gender and Sexuality Law. Keywords: LGBTQ, oral history, India, bisexual, lesbian, political activism, feminism, feminist organizing, Student Faculty Coalition, Women's Center, Feminist Union, music, queer people of color.
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March 24, 2015
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Bergeman, Jessica A. -- interview
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Bergeman (VC 1996) graduated Vassar in 1996. She was actively involved in the Black Student Union and was president her Junior year. During her time she worked to build a sense of community among the other student organization in the Multi-Cultural Center. She accredits Vassar for developing her critical thinking skills and speaks highly of her time here.At the time of the interview, Bergeman resided in Austin, Texas where she worked as a lawyer.
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2015-03-19
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Vassar College ANTH-AFRS 386 Interview Project:
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The interviews in this collection are a result of the projects by students in Vassar College's "ANTH/AFRS 386: Situating Blackness" course in Spring 2015. The course encouraged students to explore the meanings of blackness (and raced identity categories) as lived experience at Vassar College and beyond.
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Spring 2015
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Streett, Laura -- oral history, December 10, 2014:
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Field of study: history and library science. Current occupation: Vassar College Archivist. Grew up in Troy, NY; undergraduate at SUNY New Paltz, graduate studies at the University of Maine; worked at Smith College and Cornell University before coming to Vassar. Keywords: LGBTQ, oral history, New York, history, Smith College, Vassar history, women's history, feminism, lesbian fashion, archives, marriage, family dynamics.
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December 10, 2014
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Greene, Brandon -- oral history, March 21, 2014:
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Born in Albany, New York; moved to North Carolina at 8 years old; move back to Albany at 11 years old; moved to Kennesaw, Georgia at 14 years old; graduated from Vassar in 2013; went back to Albany after graduation. Current occupation: Artist.
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Spencer, Ruth -- oral history, March 13, 2013:
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Associate Vice President of Human Resources, Vassar College. Born in Nuremberg, Germany; grew up in West Virginia; graduated from Oberlin College; got Masters in clinical social work; got law degree.
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Giusti, Eugenio -- oral history, Dec. 10, 2013
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Eugenio Giusti grew up in Lucca, Italy and was active in gay liberation efforts in Italy.
Went to school at the University of Florence, Italy; received his Ph.D. in Italian Medieval Literature from New York University in 1999.
He has published several articles on Giovanni Boccaccio's representation of women, Christopher Columbus's enterprise,
the novella genre, and contemporary gay movement and culture.
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December 10, 2013
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