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  • Dissenting Voices

    Dissenting Voices is a student engineered eJournal collaboratively designed, authored, and published by undergraduate Women and Gender Studies majors in connection with their Women and Gender Studies Senior Seminar at SUNY ...
  • #History: A Journal of Student Research

    #History: A Journal of Student Research is a student driven, peer-reviewed, electronic journal that publishes articles by graduate and undergraduate students from any accredited college or university.
  • Jigsaw

    Jigsaw is a student literary magazine, published by the English Club at The College at Brockport, SUNY. It accepts students' writings and artworks. Jigsaw is published annually in the spring.
  • Journal of Literary Onomastics

    The Journal of Literary Onomastics is the only scholarly periodical devoted to the study of names in literary texts.
  • Literary Onomastics Studies

    Literary Onomastics Studies was published from 1974 to 1989 as “the official journal of the proceedings of the annual Conference on Literary Onomastics,” held during those years at SUNY Brockport or in Rochester, New York.
  • McNair Summer Research Journal

    The mission of the Ronald E McNair Post-baccalaureate Program at SUNY College at Brockport is to provide disadvantaged undergraduate college students with preparation for doctoral study. To that end, we provide academic, ...
  • Philosophic Exchange

    Philosophic Exchange is published by the Center for Philosophic Exchange, at the College at Brockport. The Center for Philosophic Exchange was founded by SUNY Chancellor Samuel Gould in 1969 to conduct a continuing program ...
  • The Seneca Falls Dialogues Journal

    The Seneca Falls Dialogues Journal is a multidisciplinary, peer reviewed, online journal that grows out of the Biennial Seneca Falls Dialogues conference.
  • The Spectrum: A Scholars Day Journal

    The Spectrum: A Scholars Day Journal, is a faculty juried, cross-disciplinary, electronic journal. Its goal is the publication of outstanding, student produced scholarship presented at the College at Brockport annual ...

Recent Submissions

  • Dissenting Voices Volume 13 (Spring 2024)

    Women and Gender Studies, Senior Seminar Students (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2024)
    Volume 13 of Dissenting Voices, a student engineered e-Journal collaboratively designed, authored, and published by undergraduate Women and Gender Studies majors is an extension of their Women and Gender Studies Senior Seminar at SUNY Brockport. This volume showcases the work of six incredible feminist scholars who poured their time, passion, sweat, and maybe even a few tears into their contributions to the project.
  • AGE OF EMPOWERMENT: A FEMINIST DISCOURSE SUPPORTING TRADITIONAL WIVES

    Keegan, Beamish J. (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2024)
    This essay seeks to explore the complex historical relationship between conservative women and feminism, examining the religious influences that shape the worldview of trad wives, and synthesizing recent research to elucidate the motivations behind the rise of traditional wives and the feminist discourse surrounding this phenomenon. By delving into these intricacies, I aim to foster a deeper understanding of the evolving landscape of gender politics and cultural ideologies in contemporary society.
  • The Overturn of Roe: Influencing Maternal Mortality

    Westmiller, Josie (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2024)
    This paper explores the history of abortion in the United States, the overturn of Roe v. Wade, maternal mortality in the U.S. prior to and within the post-Roe era, effects of current abortion restrictions, and the overall devastating reality for many marginalized communities in the United States. Abortion remains controversial, especially within the U.S., and has gained widespread attention since the overturn of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. We must acknowledge that Church and State be separated when discussing the topic of reproductive healthcare. The right to bodily autonomy and equal and safe access to reproductive healthcare should not be an issue that is debated or politicized. This topic is crucial, as limited and banned abortion access is life-threatening to many individuals in America. I hope to bring knowledge on the detrimental impacts of abortion restrictions and the vital need for safe and accessible reproductive healthcare for all.
  • MASCULINITY REIMAGINED THROUGH A VEGAN LENS: A MANIFESTO

    Hall, Jesse (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2024)
    This essay provides an opportunity to dismantle masculinity and power structures by applying a vegan lens. Part manifesto and part critical analysis of media representations of what it means to be a man, I am exploring this topic using historical, nutritional, and health data. Men are navigating a complex web of cultural norms, stereotypes, and peer perceptions that push a mainstream dietary preference that reinforces traditional notions of strength, virility, and dominance, and that subjugate the idea of veganism. This topic is important because it sheds light on the imbalance of power that exist against amongst various groups of people, highlighting the marginalization of women and animals. I hope readers will see that performative acts of masculinity, often in the form of the consumption of animal products, only further divide the people and animals of the world. There is a better way to navigate a relationship with one another and our Mother Earth. The deep overlap between feminism and veganism must challenge traditional notions of masculinity.
  • When Colonization is not History: The Continued Exploitation of Palestine, Haiti, and African Nations

    Marryshow, Elizabeth (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2024)
    An investigation on the reason that most developing countries are underdeveloped and its consequences, with a focus on Palestine and Africa.
  • Women's Lives in the Middle East and their relation to the Hijab

    Markarian, Bella (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2024)
    We raise our voices, our fists in resistance. We insist that all individuals should have the right to bodily autonomy and reproductive healthcare. Our goal is to push back against society norms around gender expectations, and we realize the deep connection between veganism and feminism. We, as feminists, advocate for the rights, mental health, and well-being of transgender individuals. We lay bare our frustration and fight through our wearied eyes and souls as we grapple for empathy and equality for all. We recognize intersectionality and use that to combat injustice. Table of Contents: Bek Orr: Note from the Editor…1; Women and Gender Studies Senior Seminar Class of 2024: Our Voices…3; Bella Markarian: Women’s Lives in the Middle East and their Relationship to the Hijab…5; Elisabeth Marryshow: When Colonization is not History: The Continued Exploitation of Palestine, Haiti, and African Nations…12; Jesse Hall: Masculinity Reimagined Through a Vegan Lens: A Manifesto…21; Josie Westmiller: The Overturn of Roe: Influencing Maternal Mortality…35; Keegan J. Beamish: Age of Empowerment: A Feminist Discourse Supporting Traditional Wives…43.
  • We are not confused: Misgendering Effects on Transgender Youth

    MAGNANTE, SOFIA (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2024)
    The oppression of women is a thread that has woven together cultures and religions from across the world. Though many women have begun to sever that tie; this bond still holds strong within the Middle East. This article asks, How do women in the Middle East view their daily lives? Do they want or need change? Do our internal biases as Americans affect our perception of these women? Specifically, the role of the hijab in women’s religion and activism across the Middle East is e
  • Can BRICS Bridge the Gap Neoliberal Policies have ignored to Properly Address the Climate Crisis?

    Nguyen, Christopher (SUNY Brockport, 2024-12)
    This article explores how the geopolitical bloc of primary BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) offers alternatives to the neoliberal policies of continuous economic growth and market­centric approaches affecting environment and climate issues. The distinct economic structures and settings of BRICS nations are posited to collectively go beyond existing policies toward a more sustainable and equitable global response to the climate crisis. Four country archetypes (Green Dream, Innovation Wins, Great Wall of Change, and Surfers) presented by the Shell scenarios are described as representing different approaches to clean energy adoption. BRICS countries prioritize government intervention and collective action in contrast to an emphasis on market-based solutions. Their innovative approaches emerge as a formidable force to challenge
  • The Spectrum: A Scholars Day Journal, V. 8, Issue 1, Fall 2024

    SUNY Brockport; Executive Editor, Mitchell Christensen; Managing Editor, Mary Jo Orzech; Assistant Managing Editors, Imari M. Houston, Sharvani Regmi (SUNY Brockport, 2024-12)
    Scholars Day at State University of New York at Brockport included a variety of presentations and posters in 2024. This 2024 issue of The Spectrum, includes a small sampling of papers from April 2024 Scholars Day event. The sessions showcased a range of scholarly and creative activities in numerous disciplines, subjects, and specific topic areas. They provide evidence of an active intellectual spirit, inquiring curiosity, and encouraging academic activity. Scholars Day 2024 was marked by overall themes intersecting resilience and sustainability relating the Eclipse (April 8, 2024). Special thanks to the Scholars Day Committee chaired by the Office of Scholarship, Research, and Sponsored Programs (Laura Merkl, Matt Kotula, Meghan Irving, and Kim Remley), keynote speaker Dr. Eric Monier, poster judges, students, and faculty who helped to make Scholars Day a success.
  • Can Atheists Have Faith?

    Jackson, Elizabeth
    This paper examines whether atheists, who believe that God does not exist, can have faith. Of course, atheists have certain kinds of faith: faith in their friends, faith in certain ideals, and faith in themselves. However, the question we’ll examine is whether atheists can have theistic faith: faith that God exists. Philosophers tend to fall on one of two extremes on this question: some, like Dan Howard-Snyder (2019) and Imran Aijaz (2023), say unequivocally no; oth-ers, like Robert Whitaker (2019) and Sam Lebens (2023), say unequivocally yes. Here, I take a middle position: I ar-gue that atheists can have action-focused theistic faith (faith in how they act) but not attitude-focused theistic faith (faith in what attitudes they have).
  • On Being Responsible or Irresponsible

    Neta, Ram Neta (SUNY Brockport Philosophic Exchange, 2024)
    When I describe someone or something as irreverent, I need not be criticizing. But when I describe a voter or their vote, an investor or their investment, as irresponsible, I am thereby criticizing. Why do charges of irresponsibility differ in this way from charges of irreverence? What is it about irresponsibility that makes its attribution always and everywhere a criticism? The present paper addresses that question.
  • 2023-2024 Joshi. Socially Motivated Belief and Its Epistemic Discontents

    Joshi, Hrishikesh (SUNY Brockport, Philosophic Exchange, 2024)
    What might an ideal epistemic agent look like? The picture given to us by philosophers over time suggests something like an autonomous thinker who appropriately responds to her evidence wherever it may point. She would believe those things for which there are the best (epistemic) reasons and wouldn’t simply believe on the basis of what is comfortable or what is popular. Thus, Descartes sought to rebuild his belief system from the foundations of only those beliefs of which he could be rationally certain. Socrates challenged the widely held philosophical and theological assumptions of his time, for which he was put to death. Mill enjoins us to follow the argument wherever it leads, even if it goes against commonly held opinion.
  • The Spectrum: A Scholars Day Journal

    SUNY Brockport; Executive Editor, Mitchell Christensen; Managing Editor, Mary Jo Orzech (SUNY Brockport, 2023)
    Scholar’s Day at SUNY Brockport returned to its pre-pandemic format of presentations and posters in 2022. This combined 2022-23 issue of The Spectrum includes a sampling of papers from both April 2022 and 2023 Scholars Day events. The sessions showcased a range of scholarly and creative activities in numerous disciplines, subjects, and specific topic areas. They provide evidence of an active intellectual spirit, inquiring curiosity, and academic ethos as the campus worked to return from Covid. Scholars Day 2022 and 2023 were marked by overall themes related to resilience, empathy, and sustainability. Special thanks to the Scholars Day Committee chaired by the Office of Scholarship, Research, and Sponsored Programs (Laura Merkl, Matt Kotula, Meghan Irving, and Kim Remley), keynote speaker Dr. Marcie Desrochers, poster judges, students, and faculty who helped to make Scholars Day a success. Brockport’s hosted journals like The Spectrum have a new look emphasizing individual author contributions that make articles more discoverable at the individual item level and include improved metadata without the appearance of a traditional journal. The change represents an opportunity to consider new forms of scholarly communication and dissemination. We hope that you find it engaging and welcome your feedback.
  • Misrepresentation of Queer Folks in Theatre

    Mace, Kendra (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2023-08)
    This essay uses content analysis to explain the misrepresentation of queer folks in theatre. This topic is important because a lack of proper representation can harm young queer people. I hope readers understand the information presented and advocate for proper representation.
  • The Reality of Maternal Mortality

    Kim, Julie (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2023-08)
    This paper explores the racial disparities of maternal mortality, with a focus on the disparities between Black and White women. This topic is important because it is not gaining enough attention on a national scale and it highlights the fact that institutional racism is still very well prevalent in the medical world (e.g., Tuskegee syphilis study, sterilization of Puerto Rican women or the exploitation of Henrietta Lacks’ (HeLa) cells). I hope to bring knowledge on how racism and medical implicit bias can affect people’s quality of life specifically women of color.
  • Stolen Sisters…Violence against Indigenous Women

    Smith, Kylene (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2023-08)
    This essay investigates the violence perpetrated against Indigenous women using a social constructivist and feminist perspective. This topic is important because it is often overlooked by society and the media. The violence and assault that Native women experience is an epidemic that has been an ongoing issue that has plagued the Indigenous community. I hope readers will understand the importance that all women regardless of race or class deserve to feel safe.
  • Not Woman Enough: A Trans Lesbian Epistemology

    Timmons, Kay (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2023-08)
    This essay explores the concepts of epistemic oppression and gender essentialism from a transfeminist, transfeminine, lesbian lens utilizing a mixed-methods autoethnography which incorporates elements of discourse analysis and phenomenology. This topic is important because of the continued underrepresentation of trans, especially transfeminine, voices in the study of trans experiences. I hope that readers will examine their own relationship with gender essentialism.
  • The Changes in Sexuality Over Time Through Life Experiences

    Rivera, Alexis (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2023-08)
    This essay explores the evidence of changes in sexuality that may occur throughout time during the course of many women's lives. The multiple theories proposed in this essay include ideas addressing variation in sexual attitudes and desires as different life experiences present themselves. This essay challenges biology and the concept of nature and nurture in a way that sexuality can be a result of both, not just one or the other. By having an understanding of how sexuality can change, we can begin to acknowledge the women who are struggling with these newfound inclinations and find ways to help them continue on with their lives as desired.
  • Healthcare Inferno: Exposing Medical Bias and Recounting Stories

    Colletti, Leana (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2023-08)
    This essay explores medical/healthcare bias, its harms, and how it has personally impacted my health and been exacerbated by my social identities. This topic is important because healthcare bias is under-recognized and causes people to suffer and even die. My goal is to educate readers on healthcare bias and inspire healthcare professionals to work on their biases.
  • Dissenting Voices Volume 12

    Women and Gender Studies, Senior Seminar Students (SUNY Brockport, Department of Women and Gender Studies, 2023)
    Epistemic control of gender oppresses us. We challenge biology and the concept of nature and nurture in a way that sexuality can be a result of both, not just one or the other. We argue that violence and assault against Native women is an ongoing epidemic that plagues the indigenous community. We confront the toxic misrepresentation of queer identity in theatre. We expose the detrimental impacts of healthcare bias and highlight ways healthcare bias increases Black maternal death. We come together in strength and unity to dismantle oppressive systems around us. Leana Colletti (she/her), Julie Kim (she/her), Kendra Mace (she/her), Alexis Rivera (she/her), Kylene Smith (she/her), Kay Timmons (they/them) Table of Contents: Opening Voices-- Kay Timmons: Not Woman Enough: A Trans Lesbian Epistemology..1; Kylene Smith: Stolen Sisters…Violence against Indigenous Women ..13. More Voices --Alexis Rivera: Nature and Nurture: The Changes in Sexuality Over Time Through Life Experiences.. 23; Kendra Mace: The Misrepresentation of Queer Folks in Theatre..31. Closing Voices-- Leana Colletti: Healthcare Inferno: Exposing Medical Bias and Recounting Stories..41; Julie Kim: The Reality of Maternal Mortality..53

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