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title: "Zuri Gordon: Women's Studies at NYU"
category: spotlight
series: Manifold spotlight
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date: 2024-06-05
author: Jojo Karlin
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For her MA in Higher Education and Student Affairs, Zuri Gordon created a digital publication on NYU Manifold to bring togther resources from NYU Special Collections with her own reflections. "Women's Studies at NYU" provides a point of entry for public engagement with the history of these fields at NYU.

<img src="https://nyu-dh.github.io/website-media/files/projects/gordon.jpg" alt="screenshot of homepage of Women's Studies at NYU Manifold project"/>

When asked what she was most proud of, Gordon remarked, "I am so proud to share the stories, voices, and materials of people who have been involved in WGS at NYU! The institution has never had a dedicated WGS department, but there have always been feminist academics, administrators, and students doing important and necessary work here. It was a complete shock to me to learn that a few decades ago, there was a WGS program in the NYU school I am currently attending, or that students created a feminist journal with original work. Everyone I spoke to was so kind. Even in their responses to my email requests for interviews, I consistently got positive affirmations from them about my project, and interest in speaking with me. I hope it can reach more people who have been involved in this programming at NYU, and are interested in WGS as an academic discipline in general."

Zuri reflected on the skills that helped her project succeed. "My instructors Professor James Fraser and University Archivist Janet Bunde gave me a great foundation in how to utilize the NYU Archives & Special Collections, and the staff in the Bobst Library and Digital Scholarship Services were helpful in acquiring reproductions, requesting books to be added to circulation, and creating my Manifold website. This was very much a labor of love; it was not a requirement for my degree, I have a full-time job, and I'm not even a History or WGS or Digital Humanities student. Despite that, I was motivated to complete it because I was learning so much and talking to fascinating people. My background in English/Creative Writing also helped to make my project accessible. About halfway through the project, I decided to revise everything I had already written to be more creative and personal. I wanted it to sound less like a research paper, because the project is also about me and my experience in the archives, and I wanted the reader to be along my journey."
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