WSC Announcements

Announcing
34th annual interdisciplinary Wisconsin Womenís Studies and
5th annual UW System LGBTQ Conference
Leadership and Collaboration in Shaping the Future: The Intersections of Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexuality
April 16-17, 2010
Proposals due October 23, 2009
UW-Whitewater
Bringing together academics, teachers, students, community leaders, activists, and others, the gathering is co-sponsored by the UW-Whitewater Women's Studies Program and three UW System offices: the Women's Studies Consortium; the Institute on Race and Ethnicity; and the Inclusivity Initiative. The conference organizers seek proposals addressing research, scholarship, program development, pedagogy, curriculum, and/or community activism in the fields of Womenís, Racial/Ethnic, and LGBTQ Studies. A general focus on intersecting diversity issues and identities, as well as emerging and effective educational and organizational practices/processes, is encouraged. Best practices and case studies suitable for replication (or to be avoided) are especially welcome, especially as they relate to the educational advancement of our students and to the fields of Women's Studies, Racial/Ethnic Studies, LGBTQ Studies and/or Disability Studies. Presentations that represent approaches to topics which are collaborative, cooperative, diverse, interdisciplinary, and inter-generational are encouraged. Go here for more information: http://www.uww.edu/conteduc/camps/wsc/form.php

Announcing
Sharing LGBTQ Best Practices: Curriculum Infusion
(Office of Professional and Instructional Development OPID grant supported workshops)
Professor Lisa Kornetsky, UW-Parkside, and Dr. Liz Cannon, UW-Oshkosh, invite UW System faculty and academic staff to attend two separate, one-day-long workshops to expand our understanding of strategies to infuse our curriculum with materials addressing the lives of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and queer identified people.
1) Learning from One Another: Focusing on Pedagogical Need and Strategies in the Development of LGBTQ Courses and Course Content
Friday, October 2, 2009
10am ñ 4pm, with a continental breakfast beginning at 9:30am.
UW-Parkside
The primary goals of this workshop will be to

• ï Share expertise in pedagogical strategies for addressing diversity in general and specifically for including LGBTQ content in courses that currently meet the university's diversity/ethnic requirement and those with a wider definition of diversity;

• ï Discuss ways in which we can link both content and expertise across the UW System;

• ï Explore some possibilities for a joint SoTL project to explore the relationship between student learning in LGBTQ courses and the rest of their curriculum.

This workshop will focus on developing LGBTQ content only courses and including such content in courses already focused on diversity issues. Discussion will address the relationship between this type of diversity course and broader learning outcomes as well as the ways in which students process their learning in diversity courses and how they relate these courses to their work/study in the major and general education.
To register: Email Lisa Kornetsky at kornetsk@uwp.edu. Put LGBTQ in the subject line. Please provide your name, email address, work phone number, which campus you are from, and your department in the body of the email and we will send you an electronic confirmation

2) Embedding Inclusive Excellence into the Curriculum: Sharing LGBTQ Best Practices
Friday, April 9, 2010
10am ñ 4pm, with a continental breakfast beginning at 9:30am.
UW-Oshkosh
The primary goals of the this workshop will be to

• ï Identify ways to embed Inclusive Excellence into the curriculum through LGBTQ content;

• ï Assist faculty in aligning LGBTQ content with Learning Outcomes;

• ï Identify best practices for infusing LGBTQ content;

• ï Exchange discipline based syllabi and assignments.

This workshop, while addressing issues from the first workshop, will focus on curriculum infusion on a wider basis, asking the question of how instructors can include diversity in general and LGBTQ content specifically into their general education and major courses. Discussion will address the challenge of teaching material outside oneís defined field of expertise, pedagogical approaches to teaching diversity effectively to resistant students, and how incorporating LGBTQ content connects to and is consistent with campus-based learning outcomes and the goals of the Inclusive Excellence initiative.
To Register:
Email lgbtqcenter@uwosh.edu. Put Embedding Inclusive Excellence in the subject line. Please provide your name, email address, work phone number, which campus you are from, and your department in the body of the email, and we will send you an electronic confirmation.

The two workshops will follow a similar structure. The morning will be devoted to panel members who will share their expertise, and, in the afternoon, participants will be able to engage in discussion and information/syllabi exchange. Panel members for both workshops are

• ï Dr. Joe Bergeron, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UW-Parkside

• ï Dr. Deb Hoskins, co-chair Womenís, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Associate Professor of WGSS, UW-LaCrosse

• ï Dr. Jordan Landry, Associate Professor of English and Assistant Dean, UW-Oshkosh

• ï Dr. Susan Wolfgram, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, UW-Stout.

TO REGISTER: You do not have to register for both conferences to attend, but if you are planning on attending both, please register for each separately. There are no registration fees, and thanks to two OPID grants, lunch and snacks will be provided. Each workshop has a limit of 50, and we will sign people up on a first-come, first-served basis. We will keep a waiting list in case of cancellations.

Disability Studies Learning Community:
The Women's Studies Consortium is interested in using its infrastructure to support the development of a Disability Studies Learning Community across the UW System. We are collecting contacts for faculty and academic staff across the UW system with an interest in Disability Studies. Participants who would be interested in starting a list serve, sharing resources, scholarship, and promoting development opportunities around curriculum, scholarship, teaching, and learning are invited to send their contact information, ideas for such a group, and particular interest areas to Helen Klebesadel at hklebesadel@uwsa.edu.