Undergraduate Research Conference
Undergraduate Research Conference
in Gender and Women Studies
April 20, 2012
Gamble Room, Rush Rhees Library
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
9:30am Breakfast and opening remarks
Honey Meconi, Director, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies
10:00am Gender, Identity, and Art
Facilitator - Allen Topolski, Chair, Department of Art and Art History
- Exploring Feminine Identity - Lauren Blair
- "I Swear I'm Good at This": Subconcious Communication - Megan Brown
- Words We Don't Like to Hear: No! No! No! - Shirley Zimmer-Kidd
10:45am Break
11:00am Community Organizing with Empire State Pride Agenda - Jonathan Richardson
11:15am Women of Color Circle: Safe Spaces and Voice
Facilitator - Sasha Eloi, Counselor, Office of Minority Student Affairs, The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program
- Women of Color Circle (WOCC) Panelists: Melika Butcher, Tsion Girum, Sharese King, Lecora Massamba
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Keynote Address
Women, Population, and the U.N. Millennium Population Goals - Jane Roberts, co-founder, 34 Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
1:45pm Break
2:00pm Media, Representation, Gender, and Sexuality
Facilitator: Rebecca Burditt, Susan B. Anthony Teaching Fellow, Visual and Cultural Studies Program
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"I could Take you Apart in One Blow": Camp in BBC's Merlin - Sara Cohen
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"Pettin' in the Park" and "Mack the Black": Two Dance Representations of Gender and Sexuality Across Two Decades - Erika Howard
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Born in a Closet... I Mean Trunk - April Daniels
2:45pm Under the Radar: Harriet Jacobs and Female Slave Resistance in the South - Sarah Ndegwa
3:00pm For the Camera: Representations of Minority Experience in Performative Video Works - Kirsten Williamson
3:15pm Closing Remarks
Honey Meconi, Director, Susan B. Anthony Institute
