Undergraduate Conference
Students majoring in gender and women’s studies discuss their internships
and/or independent studies, in addition to faculty nominated students
who present exceptional papers or projects on gender related topics.
2010 Undergraduate Conference Schedule
10:00 Breakfast
10:30 Opening Remarks
Honey Meconi, Director, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender & Women’s Studies
10:45 Identity, Gender, & Art
Facilitator – Allen Topolski, Chair and Associate Professor of Art and Art History
Definitions of Space and Place
Macie McGowan
Cadence
Jennifer Burger
All Wrapped Up: The Entwined Heritage of Fabric and Female
Identity in the Works of Yinka Shonibare
Emily Wroczynski
11:45 Stereotypes & Gender
Facilitator - Jeffrey Runner, Associate Professor of Linguistics & Brain and Cognitive Science
The Ordinary Heroine, Homo-Sociality and Neutral Gaze:
A Newly Defined Femininity in the World
Deb Youn
An Assessment of Instrumental Gender Stereotyping in Participants of University of Rochester Instrumental Ensembles
Annabelle Estera
12:30 Lunch
1:00 Keynote Address
"Mad Men and Alpha Wives: Feminism in Post-Feminist Culture" - Jennifer Creech, Assistant Professor of German
2:00 Women & International Human Rights
Facilitator - Jean Pedersen, Associate Professor of History – Eastman School of Music - Humanities
Factors
of Sex Trafficking in Thailand and the Philippines
Devin Denny
Patterns
of Philanthropy in South Asia: Women and Microfinance Institutions
Dhairya Dalal
Rape as a Weapon of Genocide: The Bosnian Case and its Implications
Cassie Dobbins
3:00 Women, Health, & Society
Facilitator – Heidi Bollinger, Teaching Fellow, Gender and Women's Studies
Observations of a Child Health Clinic in Rural Malawi
Anna Tobin
Residential Treatment for Recently Incarcerated Women with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues
Kathleen Stapleton
3:45 Closing Remarks
Honey Meconi, Director, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender & Women’s Studies
*Display of the 2009 National Women’s Studies Conference by Maggie Maxwell