Natalie Jipson

Natalie Jipson

Affiliate Instructor

    Bradley Hall 347
   njipson@bradley.edu

 

Biography

Natalie Jipson is an instructor for Women's and Gender Studies at Bradley University. She has a Master's degree in English and a Graduate Certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Illinois State University. She also has a Bachelor's Degree in Literature from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Her research focuses on the intersection of contemporary magical literature and issues of identity, feminist theory, and queer theory.

Teaching

  • WGS 200 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies (BU)
  • LAS 102 Witchy Women and Magical Reclamation (BU)
  • LAS 102 Introduction to LGBTQIA+ Studies (BU)
  • ENG 101 Composition as Critical Inquiry (ISU)

Scholarship

"Indigenous Activism and Language Reclamation" in Grassroots Writing and Research Journal, Issue 14.1, (Fall 2023).

"Asexual Intimacy and the Magic of Belonging in The Lost Coast" in Feral Feminisms, Issue 10.2, (Spring 2022).

Awards:

  • Student Sustainability Grant, "Free Reusable Menstrual Projects, Period." Illinois State University Sustainability Fund, 2021
  • Writing Program Appreciation Award, Illinois State University Writing Program, 2021

Service

  • The Abortion Conversation Project, Board Member, 2023.
  • WGS Gender Justice Scholars Lecture Series, Bradley University, Organizer, 2022
  • New Consultants Mentoring Group, Illinois State University, Assistant Mentor, 2021