Wind is Our Teacher: Sea Grape Consciousness at the Edge of the World

Join us in welcoming our 2026 Public Scholar in Residence,

Alexis Pauline Gumbs, in her Barbra Streisand Lecute: Wind is Our Teacher: Sea Grape Consciousness at the Edge of the World in Doheny Memorial Library (DML) 240. A reception will follow on the Pardee Lawn as an end-of-year celebration for the Consortium, the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies, our graduating seniors, and our guests from the Mellon Intersectional Studies Collectives across the U.S.

Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist and an aspirational cousin to all life. She is/they are the author of several books, most recently Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde and the award-winning Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals. She is/they are the co-founder of the Mobile Homecoming Trust, an intergenerational experiential living library of Black LBGTQ brilliance.