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11/08/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 11/08/2024 08:35

OIB@GCSU Podcast Episode - A Chair is Still a Chair: Fat Students, Campus Environments and Body Terrorism

OIB@GCSU Podcast Episode - A Chair is Still a Chair: Fat Students, Campus Environments and Body Terrorism

Inclusion and Belonging, Office of Friday November 8, 2024

Please tune into the new episode of OIB@GCSU, presented by the Office of Inclusion & Belonging. In this episode, we talk with Dr. Erin Weston, assistant director for Services with the Office for Student Success and Achievement at the University of Georgia, about her collaborative research article, "A Chair is Still a Chair: Fat Students, Campus Environments and Body Terrorism." Dr. Weston discusses what inspired the research, how fat bias is exhibited on campuses, the impact of fat bias on students and ways to increase inclusion efforts in this area.

Be sure to tune in to OIB@GCSU, where we highlight and value uniqueness with inclusion in mind.

Updated: 2024-11-08
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