Liz Cannon retires from UW-Oshkosh after 25 years of creating a more inclusive campus for LGBTQ students


Liz Cannon retires from UW-Oshkosh after 25 years of creating a more inclusive campus for LGBTQ students


OSHKOSH - After initially coming to Oshkosh to teach literature, Liz Cannon made a bigger impact than just inside the classroom.

Cannon, whose pronouns are ey/em/eir, was job hunting after finishing eir doctorate in English literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when ey came across a posting at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh for someone to teach an introduction to women`s literature in 1997.

After teaching for a few years on a non-tenure track — even piloting a gay and lesbian literature class at UW-Oshkosh — Cannon also became a part of the university`s Gender Equity Council...


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