Denison: 'A History of Gay Student Organization Lawsuits'

The Department of Educational Studies welcomes Michael Hevel, associate professor of higher education in the department of rehabilitation, human resources and communication disorders at the University of Arkansas, presenting "LGBTQ College Students' Contribution to the Gay Rights Movement: A History of Gay Student Organization Lawsuits." Hevel is a leading scholar exploring this significant topic at the intersection of the history of higher education and the gay civil rights movement. Hevel is active in the American Educational Research Association, the Association for the Study of Higher Education, and the History of Education Society and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of College Student Development and Oracle: The Research Journal of the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors. Hevel earned a doctorate at the University of Iowa, where he served as a visiting assistant professor in the higher education and student affairs program in the 2011-2012 academic year. Before beginning his doctorate, he worked for several years in student affairs at Willamette University in Salem, Ore. He received his master's degree in college student personnel from Bowling Green State University in 2003. This talk is co-sponsored by Denison's Queer Studies Concentration, the Department of History and the Center for Women and Gender Action.