Mary Foltz and local community members establish a historical marker in Kutztown honoring LGBTQ+ artist and activist Keith Haring
Despite having lived all over the country, Mary Foltz, associate professor of English and director of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, has cemented the legacies and stories of many local LBGTQ+ figures through oral histories, public humanities projects and exhibitions. Foltz is the co-director of South Side Initiative (SSI) and received the ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship thanks to all of her regional history work. The fellowship aims to bring scholars into community organizations and it allowed Foltz to work on a project to honor renowned LGBTQ+ artist and activist Keith Haring.