Janie Long papers, 1990-2020
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Summary
- Creator:
- Long, Janie
- Abstract:
- Janie Long was Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Duke and the former Director of the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. This collection documents the professional and administrative activities of Janie Long, including the development of the Duke Center for LGBT life, programs and resources for the Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity (CSGD), CSGD Student Groups including Athlete Ally and Duke's student body LGBT history.
- Extent:
- 1.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11869
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection documents the professional and administrative activities of Janie Long, director of Duke's Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity, and the Associate Dean and Vice Provost in the Office of Undergraduate Education. Professional activities documented include the development of the Duke Center for LGBT life, programs and resources for the Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity (CSGD), CSGD Student Groups including Athlete Ally and Duke's student body LGBT history. Other files include information about Christianity and LGBT life at Duke, including the event details of hosting a conversation in 2008 with Gene Robinson, the first openly gay priest in a major Christian denomination to be consecrated a bishop in the United States.
Materials are largely textual and administrative in nature, comprising CSGD notes, reports, student group surveys, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter regarding LGBTQ student life. Electronic Records, Duke Athlete ally pins, a Duke Athlete Ally Trophy, Hawthorne Press Therapy Journals, a signed and inscribed copy of Kate Bornstein's book, Gender Outlaw, and a personally annotated copy of Jay Hayley's book, Problem-Solving Therapy are also contained in the collection.
The collection also includes some digital records that are unprocessed. Contact Research Services for more information.
- Biographical / historical:
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Janie Long was Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Duke and the former Director of the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. She is a first-generation college graduate from Cherryville, N.C., is a licensed family therapist who holds a doctorate degree from Virginia Tech, and a master's degree from Duke Divinity School. She served on the faculties of The University of Georgia, The University of Louisiana, Purdue University, and Antioch College. She left a tenured position at Antioch College in 2006 to run Duke's Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life, which was renamed the Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity in 2013. She retired from Duke in 2023.
- Acquisition information:
- The Janie Long Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2020.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Shiloh Jines, April 2023
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2020-0083
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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