Gender Fair Speaker: Dr. Miranda Findlay - NMU Events and Announcements

Gender Fair Speaker: Dr. Miranda Findlay

Dr. Miranda Findlay, an NMU graduate and Visiting Assistant Professor at Ripon College, is the 2026 NMU Gender Fair speaker. Her talk, titled "Collective Resistance: Building Inclusive Futures in Rural Higher Education," explores what it means to teach and learn in rural Gender Studies programs during a time when diversity and gender education are increasingly under political scrutiny. 

"Drawing on my experiences as a queer woman of color teaching gender and media studies in rural Wisconsin, I reflect on how representation, media, and classroom conversations shape the way students understand gender, race, and belonging. By centering student voices and feminist scholarship, the talk highlights how learning communities can challenge exclusionary narratives and build forms of collective care, solidarity, and resistance."