Spring 2027

Narrating Queer Lives

Explores how LGBTI+ identity shapes life experiences across time, analyzing the diversity of queer stories and using oral history to preserve these narratives.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.81 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discover and analyze the variety of queer (LGBTQ) experiences in the United States

  • Discover how trends in queer experience have changed over time

  • Analyze tropes of queer autobiography

  • Develop oral history techniques

  • Practice effective and respectful oral communication skills

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GEN&WS 345

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.81 GPA, 92.3% A/AB (n=13 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.78 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=16 letter grades).

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Topics

  • The influence of LGBTI+ identity on personal life experiences.
  • Intersections of queer identity with religion, disability, race, and class.
  • Narrative tropes common in queer memoirs and autobiographies.
  • Oral history as a method for preserving LGBTI+ life histories.

Skills

  • Analyze the diversity of queer life stories and their intersection with race, class, disability, and religion.
  • Identify and critique recurring narrative structures in queer memoirs and autobiographies.
  • Apply oral history methodologies to preserve and document LGBTI+ personal narratives.
  • Engage in respectful and effective oral communication within the context of sensitive life histories.

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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