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Tatsiana Shchurko

Tatsiana Shchurko

Assistant Professor of Instruction
Office: CMC202
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Biography

I am a researcher and queer feminist activist from Belarus, deeply committed to transnational and intersectional feminist theorizing and activism. I am excited to join USF as an Assistant Professor of Instruction, bringing with me extensive teaching experience in the WGSS curriculum from The Ohio State University. Drawing inspiration from bell hooks' concept of pedagogy as a practice of freedom, I view teaching as an opportunity to explore the complexities of social issues and empower students to actively engage with various aspects of their lives across disciplines. My teaching philosophy emphasizes collaborative learning and fosters an environment of affirmation and respect. I actively draw on my transnational and interdisciplinary experiences to facilitate deep learning and reflection.  

My research is rooted in anti-colonial feminist theorizing, focusing on the complexities of multiple imperialisms within and between Europe, Eurasia, and the United States. In 2023, I was honored to receive an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship to work on my book project. My current research project delves into the critical genealogies of transnational feminism, emphasizing the connections between U.S. Black women’s transnational activism and Eurasian knowledge production. My book project, in particular, explores Black feminist solidarities in Eurasia, examining how these interactions resonate with and contribute to contemporary anti-imperialist feminist movements. 

I bring this research perspective into my teaching, inviting students to engage with global/local dynamics through a critical and intersectional lens. By integrating my research into the curriculum, I foster a deeper understanding of how feminist issues and movements shape—and are shaped by—the socio-political contexts in which they emerge, as well as how these contexts are interconnected. I also develop the digital project that will include pedagogy components. 

Recent Publications 

Forthcoming, “Ephemeral Solidarities and Transnational Feminist Genealogies: Re-   imagining Hermina Dumont Huiswoud’s Trip to the Soviet Union, 1930-33,” In Red Migrations: Transnationalism and Leftist Aesthetics after 1917, edited by Bradley Gorski and Philip Gleissner.

2023, “From Belarus to Black Lives Matter: Rethinking Protests in Belarus through a Transnational Feminist Perspective.” Intersections: East European Journal of Society and Politics, special issue “Gender (Studies) in Exile,” 8(4): 25–41.

2021, “Postcoloniality in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia” (co-authored with Jennifer Suchland). In The Routledge International Handbook to Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia, edited by Katalin FĂĄbiĂĄn, Janet Elise Johnson, and Mara Lazda, 71–9. New York: Routledge. 

2021, “Postsocialist Poetics: Interview with Krёlex zentr” (co-authored with Lesia Pagulich). In Postcolonial and Postsocialist Dialogues: Intersections, Opacities, Challenges in Feminist Theorizing and Practice, edited by Redi Koobak, Madina Tlostanova, and Suruchi Thapar-Björkert, 138–54. London and New York: Routledge.

2020, “(Re)thinking Postsocialism: Interview with Neda Atanasoski and Kalindi Vora” (co-authored with Lesia Pagulich). Feminist Critique: East European Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies, special issue “Breaking with Transition: Decolonial and Postcolonial Perspectives in Eastern Europe,” 3: 91–111. 

Digital publications

2023, “Geographies of Solidarity: Protests in Belarus through a Transnational Feminist Perspective (roundtable).” Feminist Translocalities. .  

2022, “‘More and more of us need to become internationalist’: The War in Ukraine, Entangled Imperialisms, and Transnational Feminist Solidarity.” LeftEast, May 2, 2022. .