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WELCOMING RECEPTION
Thursday, April 20, 6:30 pm
Co-sponsored by the UW-River Falls Women's Studies Program
and the UW-River Falls College of Arts and Sciences.
REGISTRATION
Friday, April 21, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
POSTERS ON DISPLAY THROUGHOUT CONFERENCE
It's Electric: Fragments of My Life as an Epileptic, presented by Amanda Schaefer, English Literature major, UW-Eau Claire.
The Rag: Diverse View on Menstruation, poster presented by Angela Merritt, student, UW-Colleges.
WORKSHOP SESSION 1
Friday, April 21, 8:30 - 9:45 am
1A. Student Experiences With the Applied Use of Abilities-based "Storytelling" in Developing Women as Leaders and as Activist Global Citizens, organized by Jim Henderson, Assistant Professor of Business and Management, Alverno College and member of WW=P Advisory Council. Student panelists TBA.
1B. Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women Campaign: A Workshop On Activism and Networking, organized by Ellie Schemenauer, Wisconsin State Coordinator for Amnesty International's Stop Violence Against Women Campaign and Instructor in Women's Studies, UW-Whitewater.
1C. Aging and Ageism: What Do Women Warriors Know Now That We Didn't Know a Decade Ago? This interactive, multi-generational session using the collaborative learning strategy "Round Robin" will be facilitated by Rosemary Keefe, Professor of English and Women's Studies, UW-Superior.
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| 1D. Race, Class, Power and Citizenship |
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A Feminist Analysis of the Role of the Afro-Jamaican Minority within Costa Rica, Timothy Crow, Associate Professor of Spanish, UW-Superior. |
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The Objectified Body: When you don't own property you are property. Land Ownership and Domestic Violence in Nicaragua, Shelly Grabe, Researcher and Activist, UW-Madison. |
Facilitated by Lisa M. Poupart, First Nation Studies/Women's Studies, UW-Green Bay.
WORKSHOP SESSION 2
Friday, April 21, 10:00 - 11:15 am
2A. This Cherished Volume: A Writing Workshop on Mythical Role Models for Women & Girls, a writing workshop facilitated by Julie Tharp, Professor of English and Women's Studies, UW-Marshfield, aided by students Robin Acker and Stacy Lavongsa.
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| 2B. Representing Mothers: Narrative and Reality |
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A Wartime Image of Mothers: Mothers of Soldiers in the News Media, presented by Karen Slattery, Associate Professor and Anna Garner, Associate Professor, College of Communication, Marquette University. |
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Stigma, Support and Faith: An Examination of Mothers of the Mentally Ill, presented by Dorothy R. De Boer, Associate Professor of Sociology, UW-Stevens Point. |
Facilitated by Annette Thornton, Theatre, Lawrence University.
2C. Conversations Among "Older" Feminists: Figuring Out Our Changing and Non-Changing Roles Inside and Outside the Academy, organized by Nancy Worcester, Professor in Women's Studies and Continuing Studies, UW-Madison. Other panelists: Fran Garb, Academic Planner, UW System; Mariamne H Whatley, Professor in Women's Studies & Curriculum & Instruction and School of Education Associate Dean, UW-Madison; Janet Wright, former Professor of Social Work, UW-Whitewater, now Madison Medical school Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Curriculum Development Coordinator & Hospice Social Worker.
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| 2D. Constructing Agency With Feminist Pedagogy |
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Finding Voice through Visual Art, presented by Helen Klebesadel, Artist and Director, UW System Women’s Studies Consortium. |
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Hear My Voice: Constructing Dissent in the Women's Studies Classroom, presented by Beth Younger, Assistant Professor of English, Drake University.
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2E. Women, Take Charge of Your Financial Future: Investing in the Stock Market While Being Socially Responsible, presented by Sandra Claflin-Chalton, UW-Stout. This workshop will specifically focus on how women can be pro-active with regard to investing in the stock market. It will cover where to go to learn how to research and purchase different investment vehicles.
KEYNOTE
Friday, April 21, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Women, Islam and Politics in the Middle East
Dr. Ibtesam Al-atiyat is a Visiting Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence in the UW-Green Bay Women's Studies Program. Dr. Al-atiyat is from Jordan where she is a
program officer at the Jordanian National Commission for Women and an instructor at Balqa Applied University. She will speak on the topic of the political status of women, the politicization of women's issues, and
the challenges facing women's active political
participation in the Arab middle east.
LUNCHEON
Friday, April 2, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
WORKSHOP SESSION 3
Friday, April 21, 1:45 - 2:45 pm
3A. Identity Politics and Women's Art: The Body, Installation, and Performance, presented by Kathryn Kelnhofer, Graduate MA student at Manchester University, UK : Gender, Sexuality, and Culture.
3B. Getting to Social Activism: Making Connection in a "Diversity Course", presented by Deb Hoskins, Associate Professor, Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, UW-LaCrosse. In many colleges and universities in the U.S., homogeneity poses problems for teaching about diverse groups. This session offers one approach to the problem that privilege raises in teaching social justice issues. The presenter will share how simulation exercises allow students to see and understand how policies, laws, and systems can impact individuals differently because of who they are.
3C. Third Wave Feminism in a Small Conservative Town, presented by Nicole Van Tassell, Lori Spahn, Jill Parkison, Erika Staub, Lisa Marie Stuhr and Jackie Wood, undergraduate Women's Studies students, Winona State University.
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| 3D. Feminist Political Theory in Action |
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Theory in Action: Women Running for Political Office, presented by Scott Nikolai, History and Political Science, UW-Platteville. |
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Lessons for Activism from Feminist Political Theory, presented by Susan Pastor, Lecturer, UW-Madison. Exploring the limits of second wave strategies in the context of political theory and suggesting a way to re-frame feminist discourse to counter those limitations. |
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| 3E. Agency toward Social Justice Activism |
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Listening as a Feminist Activist Tool, presented by Jennifer Murray, Assistant Director of the LGBT Resource Center, UW-Milwaukee. |
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The Process of Empowerment for Women Incest Survivors: Becoming Social Justice Activists, presented by Joy First, PhD in Women's Studies, and independent consultant in the area of child sexual abuse prevention, education, and awareness. |
Facilitated by Catherine Pittman, Psychology, Saint Mary's College.
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WORKSHOP SESSION 4
Friday, April 21, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
4A. Welfare Reform in the New Millennium: Battling Backlash Against Poor Rights, organized by Betty Jo Barrett, doctoral student in Social Welfare, UW Madison; Arlyce Donahue, Welfare Rights Activist, Women's Studies Major, University of Wisconsin, Madison (former welfare recipient); and Su Ann Rose, Women's Studies Administrator and Women's Studies student, University of Wisconsin, Madison (former welfare recipient).
4B. When the Doctor Isn't A Dyke: Lesbians Getting the Health Care We Deserve, Dana Alder, Manager, Campus Community Partnerships; and Carmen Hotvedt, Violence Prevention Specialist, University Health Services, UW-Madison.
4C. Using Moving Images to Move People: Media in Introduction to Women's Studies Classes, presented by Helen Bannan, Women's Studies, UW-Oshkosh; Karlyn Crowley, English Department and Women's Studies, St. Norbert College; and Phyllis Holman Weisbard, UW System Women's Studies Librarian.
4D. Feminist Activism in Academia: Vagina Warriors on Your Campus, presented by Catherine Pittman, Professor of Clinical Psychology; and Jamie Rathert, Ginger Francis, and Jennifer Hanlon, undergraduate students, Saint Mary's College.
4E. Developing and Strengthening WS Through Service Learning, presented by Sandra Krajewski, Chair, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, UW-La Crosse; and Tamara Berg, Director of Women's and Gender Studies, Winona State University.
Facilitated by Nancy Worcester, Women's Studies Program, UW-Madison.
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| 4F. Poster Sessions |
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The Rag: Diverse View on Menstruation, poster presented by Angela Merritt, student, UW-Colleges. |
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It's Electric: Fragments of My Life as an Epileptic, poster presented by Amanda Schaefer, English Literature major, UW-Eau Claire.
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WORKSHOP SESSION 5
Friday, April 21, 4:15 - 5:15 pm
5A. Ecofeminism: Weaving a Web of Connections, presented by Laurel Kieffer, Women's Studies Lecturer; Aimee Schneider, Katherine Bowman, and Mary Jo Klinker, undergraduate students, UW-Eau Claire. This presentation features a panel of students from the ecofeminist course who will share their experiences, highlight their research projects, and process how their experiences in this course profoundly impacted their lives.
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| 5B. Voicing Feminism |
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Subversive Songs: How the 3rd Wave is Reinventing Feminism, Sarah Bebhinn ( Hobart ), Graduate student in Women's Studies, Iowa State University. |
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Love's Bluff: A Feminist Reading, Patti See, Senior Student Services Coordinator / Educational Support Services and Women's Studies, UW-Eau Claire. |
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Taps are Talking: Where are the Women? presented by Annette Thornton, Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence University. |
Facilitated by Ellie Schemenauer, Women's Studies, UW-Whitewater.
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5C. Women's Equity Issues in the Academy, a roundtable. Participants TBA.
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| 5D. Representing Identity: Culture, Leadership, and Women's Roles |
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Ogichidaquay ... American Indian Women Warriors in Post-Colonial Struggles, Lisa M. Poupart, Associate Professor, First Nations Studies and Women's Studies, UW-Green Bay. |
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Re-Presenting Gender Roles in Latin American, Elia Armacanqui-Tipacti, Associate Professor, Foreign Language Department; and Dorothy R. De Boer, Associate Professor, Sociology Department, UW-Stevens Point. |
Facilitated by Catherine Orr, Women's Studies, Beloit, Beloit College.
5E. Not All Alike: Within-Group Differences in Seeking Help for Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence, presented by Susan C Turell, Coordinator, Women's Studies and Professor of Psychology; and LaVonne Cornell-Swansin, Assistant Professor of Social Work, UW-Eau Claire. Also including the presentation, Perceptions of rape responsibility and support as it relates to alcohol use, presented by Nicole Mifek and Jill Greising, women's studies students, UW-Eau Claire.
PLENARY
Friday, April 21, 5:30 - 6:30 pm
Conversations on Solidarity and Difference: Working-Class Women in the Academy, presented by Frida Kerner Furman, Professor of Religious Studies; Elizabeth A. Kelly, Women's and Gender Studies Program, DePaul University; Linda Williamson Nelson, Department of Anthropology; and Richard Stockton College, authors of the new book, Telling Our Lives: Conversations on Solidarity and Difference (Roeman & Littlefield, 2005).
EVENING MEAL - BARBEQUE
Friday, April 21, 6:45 - 8:00 pm
PERFORMANCES AND OPEN MICROPHONE
Friday, April 21, 8:00 - 9:30 pm
Performance followed by Open Microphone, organized by Lauren Smith, Director of Women's Studies, UW-Whitewater. Scheduled presenters: Lauren Smith, Andrea Musher, Sarah Hobart, Paula Henke, and Patti See. Additional performers TBA.
REGISTRATION
Saturday, April 22, 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
WORKSHOP SESSION 6
Saturday, April 22, 8:30 - 9:45 am
6A. Disciplined and Churlish, or What to do when your sharpest undergraduate students find your program's feminist theory course dull? A teaching cafe organized by Catherine M. Orr, Associate Professor and Chair, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Beloit College.
6B. Feminist Research on Sexuality, presenters:
Rachel Rivard and Erica Crenshaw, undergraduate
students; Eve Bertrand, Jerry Harrington and Katrina Vue, recent graduates, UW-Madison.
Facilitated by Sue Pastor, UW-Madison.
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| 6C. Re-presenting Transgression |
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Gender Politics in the Modern Horror Film, presented by Kathryn Kelnhofer, Graduate MA student at Manchester University, UK : Gender, Sexuality, and Culture. |
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I Want Your Sex: Sexual Desire as Transgression in Adolescent Literature, Beth Younger, Assistant Professor of English, Drake University. |
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Plum Bun, Racial Cross-dressing, and the Modernist Marketplace, presented by David Jones, Assistant Professor, English Department, UW-Eau Claire. |
Facilitated by Suzy Roundy-Schmidt, Social Work,
UW-Milwaukee.
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| 6D. Mentoring Trends |
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Toward a Policy of Inclusion - Development of a Mentoring Program for Classified Staff at UW-Milwaukee, presented by Margaret Cushinery, Phyllis Shaw, and Roberta Stanton, Classified Leadership Team, UW-Milwaukee. |
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Professional Mentoring Mid-Career: Redefining Traditional Models of Mentorship, Dr. Karen Welch, Assistant Professor of English and Director of Composition; and Dr. Katherine Rhoades, Dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences, UW-Eau Claire. |
Facilitated by Margaret Gilkison, Political Science, UW-Eau Claire.
6E. Listen Up: Women ARE Leading the Church! presented by Connie Anderson, Pharmacy Manager, Galesville, Wisconsin; Marcy Emerson, Business Manager, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, Galesville, Wisconsin; and Deanna Langle, ELCA pastor and doctoral student in pastoral theology and pastoral counseling, Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas.
WORKSHOP SESSION 7
Saturday, April 22, 10:00 - 11:15 am
7A. Researching Feminist Methodologies Across Disciplines, Cassandra Phillips, Associate Professor of English, UW-Waukesha; Nancy Chick, Associate Professory of English, UW-Barron County; Tracy White, Assistant Professor of Biology, UW-Barron County; and Mary Hoeft, Professor of French/Communication & Theatre Arts, UW-Barron County.
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| 7B. Working Feminism |
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But What Can I Do With A Women's Studies Degree? presented by Betty Jo Barrett, Social Welfare doctoral student and Women's Studies Program Undergraduate Advisor, UW-Madison. |
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Employment Segregation in the Tech Sector: Effects on Female Computer Programmers, presented by Jennifer A. Bernstein, Senior Honors Thesis candidate in Women's Studies, UW-Madison. |
Facilitated by Sandra Krajewski, Women and Gender Studies, UW-Platteville.
7C. Breaking Hard Ground: Everyday Activism Rooted in Women's Leadership in the Farm Movement, presented by Dianna Hunter, Coordinator, Women's Studies Program, UW-Superior, and former dairy farmer and farmer advocate; Anne Kanten, grassroots organizer and former Minnesota Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture; and Lou Anne Kling, grassroots organizer, founder of Minnesota Farm Advocate Program, and former Director of the Minnesota Farm Service Administration (FSA) and national FSA Deputy Administrator.
7D. Women Talking in Art: Shifting Feminist Perspectives, presented by Themina Kader, Assistant Professor of Art; Carmen Heider, Assistant Professor of Communication; and Liz Cannon, Interim Director of Women's Studies, UW-Oshkosh.
7E. Exploring the Potential of SoTL in Women's Studies, facilitated by Lisa Kornetsky, Director, Office of Professional and Instructional Development (OPID), UW System.
LUNCHEON
Saturday, April 22, 11:30 am -12:30 pm
The Saturday luncheon (11:30 am) and afternoon plenary are shared events for the two conferences and will serve as transition between the Women's Studies Conference and the LGBTQ Conference. Participants for both conferences are encouraged to attend.
2006 UW System
LGBTQ Spring Conference
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
PLENARY/Roundtable
Saturday, April 22, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Coalitions, Collaborations, and Cooperation: Toward Agency and Inclusion
Moderator: Denise Clark, Director, UW System Inclusivity Initiative for LGBTQ People.
Panelists: Vicki C. Washington, Interim Assistant Vice President for Academic Diversity and Development; Kimberly A. Barrett, Associate Vice Chancellor, Student Development and Diversity, UW-Eau Claire; Mariamne Whatley, Professor of Women's Studies and Education, and Associate Dean of Education, as well as LGBT Certificate Advisor, UW-Madison; Nilhan Gunasekera, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Women's Studies, UW-Colleges; and Jesse Janiuk, student, UW-Eau Claire.
WORKSHOP SESSION 8
Saturday, April 22, 1:45 - 2:45 pm
8A. Coalitions, Collaborations, and Cooperation: Agency and Inclusion. Follow-up session to continue discussions started by the plenary.
8B. LGBTQ Inclusivity in the Classroom and Across the Curriculum: Pedagogical Best Practices, presented by Susan Wolfgram, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Family Studies; and Jan Hare, Ph.D., Professor of Gerontology and Family Studies.
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Trans-forming Feminism, presented by Suzy Roundy-Schmidt, graduate student, UW-Milwaukee Masters In Social Work Program. Suzy received her Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice and certificates in Women's Studies and LGBT Studies from UW-Milwaukee in December, 2005. Her focus is on prison reform and issues related to LGBT individuals. Suzy became a trans activist when she witnessed blatant discrimination exhibited toward a close friend who transgressed society's idea of appropriate gender presentation. |
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Fish vs. Mammals: Second Wave Feminism, Transgender Activism, and the Michigan Womyn's Festival's Womyn-Born Women Only Policy Debate, presented by Amy Barber, a third-year Ph.D. student in Media & Cultural Studies in the Communication Arts Department at UW-Madison. This paper is a first step toward a dissertation that will focus on how the Festival can help us understand the debates over womyn-only spaces.
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8D. The Love Brother that You Yourself Choose: Friendship and Masculinity in 19th C Mexico,
presented by Victor M. Macias-Gonzalez, Associate Professor of History and Director, Institute for Latina/o and Latin American Studies,
UW-La Crosse.
WORKSHOP SESSION 9
Saturday, April 22, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
9A. Student Activism for the Advancement of LGBTQ Rights at a 2-year Commuter Campus, presented by The Alliance, UW-Rock County . The Alliance is a student group focusing on issues pertaining to LGBTQ students and community at UW-Rock County. This group has taken an activist role in opposing the Ban on civil unions and marriage for same-sex couples in the State of Wisconsin .
9B. Teaching GLBT Texts in General Literature Surveys, presented by Dr. John Pruitt, Assistant Professor of English at UW-Marshfield and member of the National Council of Teachers of English Advisory Committee on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues in Academic Studies.
9C. Teaching LGBTI Health, presented by Mariamne H. Whatley, Professor of Women's Studies and Curriculum & Instruction, LGBT Certificate Advisor, UW-Madison.
9D. From Tomboys to Stone Butches: Imagining Masculine Women in American Women's Literature, presented by H. Jordan Landry, Assistant Professor of English at UW-Oshkosh, specializing in queer studies and GLBTQ literature.
WORKSHOP SESSION 10
Saturday, April 22, 4:15 - 5:15 pm
10A. Amazing Allies and Other Super Heroines, presented by Marilyn Levin, a professional speaker and trainer committed to inspiring passion, spreading compassion, and creating bridges across perceived divides of difference. She is founder of a GLBT youth group and cofounder of a statewide coalition of GLBT youth groups.
10B. Diversity Circles on Sexual Orientation, presented by Roseann Mason, Diversity Circles Director, and Dale Schuster, PFLAG President.
10C. LGBTQ Harassment: What First Responders Need to Know, presented by Ann Malain, Associate Director of the Counseling Center and Coordinator of the Campus Violence Prevention Program and the Employee Assistance Program, UW-Oshkosh. Dr. Malain serves as co-chair of the University-wide LBGTQ Education & Advocacy Council, represents the UW Oshkosh on the UW System LGBTQ Inclusivity Initiative, and chairs the Counseling Center Diversity Committee.
CLOSING
Saturday, April 22, 5:15 - 5:45 pm
Next Steps for the UW System Inclusivity Initiative
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