Gender Fair Speaker: Dr. Miranda Findlay
Gender and Sexuality Studies
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.
Dr. Findlay will be speaking on Thursday, April 2nd, at 6pm. We have given her creative freedom over what she will be talking about, whether it is about her time at Northern, the research she has done, etc.
"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."
