“One reason why the search didn’t work the first year is that the three people who had been hired were all white, and we were really trying to prioritize hiring faculty of color,” Plemons said, explaining why UA has only hired three of the four new staff members for the Transgender Studies Initiative so far.
Not only worthless, but racist too.
I’ll add that there are already degrees in this. These are degrees in Psychology and Psychiatry, the study and treatment of the mentally ill.
Source: UA to offer master’s degree in ‘Transgender Studies’
