Behind the Publication with Dr. Josh Wilburn

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Please join the Center for Gender and Sexuality for our second session of Behind the Publication, a behind-the-scenes workshop series on faculty research in gender and sexuality.

The series continues with Dr. Josh Wilburn, Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy. Dr. Wilburn's research focuses on how ancient Greek views on race and gender intersect with their views on politics and human psychology. His most recent research explores 20th century writer Langston Hughes and the philosophy of race, racism, and political identity in the United States that he develops through his essays and literary work over the course of his career.

For this talk, Dr. Wilburn will share from his experience writing "Amazons in Magnesia: Racialized Gender and Political Psychology in Plato’s Laws."

About the series: The central goal of this series is to offer graduate and undergraduate students a series of informal workshops where faculty encourage and demystify research by sharing their own experiences. We invite WSU faculty members to share a little about the genesis of their current or recent research. We ask them to discuss the joys and frustrations of the project; to elaborate on the decisions around the scope of the work; to assess methodological questions; to discuss writing practices; to highlight the importance of colleagues, librarians, friends, and other interlocutors more generally for their work; and to offer tips and strategies to help students through their own projects.