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Tatsiana Shchurko

Assistant Professor of Instruction & Undergraduate Studies Director
Office: CMC202
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Biography

I am a queer feminist researcher and activist from Belarus, committed to transnational and intersectional feminist theory and practice. Inspired by bell hooks’ idea of pedagogy as a practice of freedom, I see teaching as a way to explore complex social issues and empower students to engage critically across disciplines. My teaching emphasizes collaborative learning and creates a respectful, affirming environment. I draw on my transnational and interdisciplinary background to encourage deep reflection and meaningful dialogue. 

My research is grounded in anti-colonial feminist theory, examining the complexities of imperialism within and between Europe, Eurasia, and the United States. In 2023, I received an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship to support my book project. This work investigates the critical histories of transnational feminism, focusing on connections between U.S. Black women’s activism and Eurasian knowledge production. Digital project: The Archive Revisited: Black Feminist Internationalism and Eurasian Knowledge Production.   

One of the things I value most in teaching is creating spaces where feminist research becomes collaborative, experimental, and materially grounded. I’m excited to share this zine created by students in my Feminist Research Methods course, developed through a collaboration with the USF Herbarium. This beautiful collective project invites us to think with plants - not simply as botanical specimens, but as beings embedded in social, political, cultural, and ecological histories. Through feminist inquiry, archival exploration, and creative experimentation, students traced the many lives of plants and transformed their research into this thoughtful and inspiring artifact. I’m deeply grateful to my students and collaborators for making this project possible, and proud to share a glimpse of what interdisciplinary feminist pedagogy can make possible in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Explore the zine here.

In 2026, I received the WLP Dr. Kathleen Moore Faculty Excellence Award from the University of South Florida in recognition of my contributions to teaching and faculty excellence.

Recent Publications 

My publications can be found through my ORCID profile. 

I publish on transnational feminism, anti-colonial feminist theory, imperialism, Eurasian knowledge production, and feminist solidarities in journals including Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Slavic Review, Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism, WSQ, and others. I also write for broader public and interdisciplinary audiences through digital and online publications, including NewsNet, Edge Effects, the International Feminist Journal of Politics blog, Berliner Gazette, and Feminist Translocalities, among others, where I explore topics ranging from Russocentrism and feminist politics of knowledge to environmental histories, nuclear power, internationalism, war, and transnational feminist solidarity.