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Publication Date
2-8-2024
Abstract
Abstract provided by interviewer Molly Fortner.
Amy Boone attended Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas from 1988 to 1992. She graduated with a communications degree and currently works as both a Teaching and Learning Specialist and an adjunct professor on campus. ACU prides itself on cultivating spiritual and intellectual growth for its students, and preparing them for Christian leadership in the world outside of campus. Throughout this interview, Mrs. Boone touches on how heavily influenced ACU was by traditional viewpoints of the Church of Christ, and how these influences affected student life in relation to gender and sexuality. She denotes her personal experiences with defying gender norms and discusses women's roles on campus, at church, in leadership and in ministry, as well as describing her exposure to dormitory regulations, the school dress code and code of conduct and how those differed for men and women. She also shared her observations on how little conversations surrounding sexuality were initiated during her time as a student. As a current staff member, Boone provides a unique perspective on the campus’s growth and development regarding gender and sexuality.
This interview is a primary source that provides information on the gender roles of students and conversations surrounding sexuality at ACU in the late 1980s through the early 1990s and the influence of a deeply Christian environment on student life and expectations, in both the past and the present.
Recommended Citation
Boone, Amy and Fortner, Molly, "Oral history interview with Amy Boone" (2024). ACC/ACU Gender and Sexuality Project. 32.
https://digitalcommons.acu.edu/univ_gender/32
Comments
The ACC/ACU Gender and Sexuality Project preserves firsthand accounts of alumni of Abilene Christian College (later Abilene Christian University), with particular attention to how students, faculty, and staff have experienced issues of gender and sexuality during their time at the institution. The collection began in Fall 2019 as a class project in HIST 340, Historical Perspectives on Gender and Sexualities.