Women's Studies Consortium

1B Women Of Alverno
This presentation features members of the first class of the Women and Gender Studies (WGS) program at Alverno College. They will discuss the affects of segregation on women and girls in the Milwaukee area; the Global body through a Milwaukee area perspective; Employer education on the benefits of Women and gender studies majors in a company; and offer an open discussion on the exclusion and segregation of the LBGTQ community in the Milwaukee area. Elizabeth Flores Bustamante, Amanda Page-Hoongrajok, Yvonne Coleman, Maria Vanessa Vasquez, and Elizabeth Coppola, Students, Alverno College

1C Like a Girl: A Gay Man’s Retrospective. Through photographic images and the lens of feminist theory, a gay man’s marginalized identity is explored as an extension of his mother’s own patriarchal marginalization. Christopher Jorgenson, LGBTQ Program Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

1D Keeping Up With Inclusion on Campus
This panel will address the use of current research and practices to improve teaching for underserved populations. Presenters will also include student respondents' views of how current practices affect and inspire them.
Dr. Pari Joyce, Assistant Professor Communications & Theatre Arts; Dr. Sandy Neumann, Assistant Professor of Psychology; Dr. Caleb Bush, Assistant Professor of Sociology; and two student presenters TBA, UW Marshfield/Wood County

2B Gender and Ethnicity in Russian Cultural Theory and Practice
The presenters will discuss gender and ethnicity as important elements of analysis in contempirary Russian cultural theory and practice. Particular attention will be paid to their implications for the Russian elites in addressing ethnic conflicts and the complications of striving to appear to be a democratic country in the eyes of the West.
Dr. Yuri Kitov, Lecturer, UW-Milwaukee and Dr. Svetlana Gertner, Associate Professor, Moscow State University of Culture and Arts

2C Single Mother and Academic: Silenced, Stereotyped, and Serviceable
This presentation is a blended genre of personal narrative and research. There is little research done on single mothers in academia, but there is a term researchers coined for the lack of success for women academics, it's called 'mommy tracking.' This term is used to refer to the way women are passed over for promotion because their colleagues perceive that their priorities lie with their children. This presentation will discuss issues associated with being a single mother int he academy.
Glenda Jones, Director of Women's Studies, UW-Stout and Greta Gaard, Associate Professor of English, UW-River Falls

2D Student Perspectives: Queer Memoir & Activism, LGBT Parenting & Community, and The Need to Queer UW Policies & Traditions
Three presentations: Student Perspectives: Queer Memoir & Activism, LGBT Parenting & Community, and The Need to Queer UW Policies & Traditions.
Nichole M. Shier, LGBTQ Resource Center Social Justice Intern; Andrew P. Rojahn, Leadership Development Specialist - Campus Events and Initiatives and Vice-President Rainbow Alliance for H.O.P.E. and Katie Witz, LGBTQ Resource Center Women’s Studies Intern, UW-Oshkosh. Moderator, Liz Cannon, Director, Social Justice Program UW-Oshkosh

2E Report on the 2010 Wisconsin Young Women's Agenda
The Wisconsin Young Women's Agenda was a collaborative event between the Wisconsin Women's Network and the Department of Gender and Women's Studies of UW-Madison to kick-start a Young Women's Task Force. The forum brought together 150 women (and some men) from all ages from across the state to discuss pressing concerns for young women today and identify strategies for community action and social change. This roundtable composed of organizers and participants of the event will address the forum and its outcomes, as well as subsequent efforts to translate our words into action. Minjon Tholen, Wisconsin Women's Network Coordinator Young Women’s Agenda/ Task Force; Melissa Speener, Etonde Awaah, Jessica Callaway, Emma Hill, Kristina Nailen, and Kirsten Crowhurst, UW-Madison Students & WWN Young Women’s Task Force Members; and Elizabeth Galewski, President Madison Chapter NOW & WWN Young Women’s Task Force Member

2G Posters

Compassionate Care for Rape Victims in Wisconsin: Ensuring Policy Leads to Quality Care, The Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health (WAWH) conducted a review of the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims (CCRV) Act to determine the effectiveness of this law, uncover barriers to compliance, and provide recommendations for next steps. The study showed that knowledge about and adherence to CCRV is lacking in many Wisconsin hospitals. Amy Beth Olejniczak , MS, MPH Project Director, Wisconsin Alliance for Womens Health, and Emily Gordon, Student, UW-Madison

Addressing the Needs of LGBTQ Youth in Schools This poster highlights what is known about LGBTQ students in terms of school-based victimization, additional risk factors, and how to intervene to make their years in school safer and more enriching. Tracey Scherr, Associate Professor of Psychology; Sarah Beckman, and Amanda Myers, Graduate Assistants, UW-Whitewater

3B Women’s Studies in your Future? Applying For Graduate School In Women's Studies and What to Think About Once You Are Accepted

Applying for Graduate School in the Field of Women’s Studies. The presenter shares her story of applying for graduate school in Women's Studies, and will include how to identifying appropriate graduate programs for you. Practical considerations will include: making your personal statement stand out; taking the GRE; organizeing materials for your recommenders; and dealing with the stress and time management of applying to several programs at once. Kate Phelps, recent graduate in Women's Studies, Beloit College

What to Think About Once You Are Accepted? Getting a feel for the culture of specific graduate programs is not always easy. In addition to sharing tips for researching specific aspects of Women's Studies graduate programs during the application process, the presenter will also offer ideas about what to do once you have received letters of acceptance and need to make a decision! Her talk focuses both on how to effectively market yourself to multiple schools, and how to navigate this process in a way that allows you to effectively identify the programs that are most in line with your own academic goals, areas of interest, and commitment to community or activist involvement. This discussion addresses both Women's Studies programs and other fields (such as History or Literature) that offer a certificate in Women's Studies within a MA or PhD track. Stephanie Rytilaht, Graduate Student in History, Duke University

3C We Never Knew Our Mother’s Dreams: Safety, Remembrance and Reconnection: Connecting Real Life to the Classroom--Developing Feminist/Pro-feminist Pedagogies
Military brat and gay activist artist/teachers share feminist life lessons. The presenters will narrate the importance of inviting teacher and student lives into the classroom through art making and writing.
Ed Check. Phd., Associate Professor in Visual Studies, and Future Akins-Tillett, MFA, Associate Professor in Visual Studies Texas Tech University

3D Sexual Assault Against Women: An Examination of Progress, or Lack Thereof, Since the Anti-Rape Movement of the 1970s.
More than 30 years after the Anti-Rape Movement, sexual assault survivors face many of the same barriers to reporting and adequate investigation of crimes perpetrated against them. This presentation will examine system and data practices that affect us here in Wisconsin (using Milwaukee as an example), and discuss national issues relating to the tracking and prevention of sexual assaults. Data collection as it relates to age, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic identity. Melissa Ugland, MPH Principal, Ugland Associates Non-Profit Consulting Firm melissaugland@yahoo.com Yes Melissa Ugland, MPH Principal, Ugland Associates; Kate E. Masley, Ph.D

3E Lesbians, Pacifists, and Malcolm X: Teaching Group Leadership Online
This action research project examined how teaching a group leadership course changed the nature of students' involvement and interaction with the instructor and their classmates via Skype which is a computer -mediated system that allows live communication through a webcam. This session demonstrates innovative ways student affairs professionals can create and deliver controversial course content by challenging students' perceptions of leadership, meaning-making, and engagement. Liliana Mina, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, School of Education

3F Gayness, Love, and Sex: Framing Gay Rights Issues for Ballot Initiatives
The presenters will discuss how framing sexual orientation in terms of identity (e.g., Gay men), sexual behavior (e.g., Men who have sex with men), and relationships (e.g., Men who love other men) affects thoughts, feelings and reactions to gay rights initiatives. They will discuss examples from mass media and activism as well as present their own data from a set of empirical studies. William T.L. Cox M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology, Sabra L. Katz-Wise M.S., Ph.D. Candidate, Psychology, UW-Madison

3G Asexual and Hypersexual Strategis in Developing Identity

Queer Studies and the Extension of the Asexual Critique. Theorists celebrate freedom from pre-scripted notions of identity but have little to say about identities that reflect 'less radical' subjectivities. This paper explores the critical effects of prioritizing asexuality as radical. Erica Chu, graduate student at Loyola University Chicago.

Hickies Everywhere: An Autoethnography of a Hypervisible and Hypersexual Lesbian Culture. The presenter will discuss the women's working community (Workerville, a women only space) at the Michigan Womyns Music Festival as a hypersexual society in which sexuality permeated the culture in language, social interactions, social relationships, bodies, identities, and practices in a radical departure from hegemonic heteronormative social worlds. Sara Collas, Instructor, Sociology, Edgewood College

4C Performance as Autopsy: Extracting Internalized Oppression as Performance Art
The presenter will share her process on utilizing performance and the community support system of co-counseling as site of ‘autopsy,’ to extract internalized oppression. Inspired by concealed identity of graffiti writers and street artists, she adopts a system of storytelling under alias, costume and character performance to research portrayals of ethnic stereotyping and hypersexualization to discover the cause of both death and creation in the process of redefining self-image as part of an artmaking practice. Chanel Matsunami Govreau, Performance Storyteller and Visual Artist.

4D The Effectiveness of Unions in Resolving Gender Inequities in the Academy: Pros and Cons
This conference session will present pros and cons of unions with respect to addressing the problems of women in the academy. Michele Gee Chair, Business Department & Associate Professor, Management, and Sue Norton Professor, Human Resources , UW – Parkside

4E The Brown Brick Road: Examining the Experiences of US Latinas on Their Pathway to Leadership
This presentation offers an overall theme of education and a total of 13 common concepts surfaced among US Latinas on their pathway to leadership during a preliminary/practice qualitative grounded theory research project. Tammy L. Rivera President: Xecutiva, LLC; Founder: The Lula Project; doctoral fellows: UW Milwaukee

4G Changing a Campus, One Reel at a Time
This workshop will guide participants through the process of creating a student-run LGBTQ film festival on a University campus. Presenters will screen student-produced videos from the inaugural Eau Queer Film Festival. They will discuss how to use a LGBT film series to address heterosexism, and to strengthen the ties between a University and its region’s LGBTQ community. Pam Forman, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Ellen Mahaffy, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Journalism; Roxie Schmidt, Crystal Kazik and Dylan Jambrek, Students, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.

4H Teaching Problem Solving and Building Empathy for Victims of Domestic Abuse: A Collaboration between a Family Crisis Center and a Women’s Studies Class
Many college students may find it hard to understand why domestic abuse victims don’t just leave their abusers. This collaboration between a Family Crisis Center and a Women’s Studies class requires students to temporarily assume the role of a composite domestic abuse victim, challenging them to assess barriers to living independently of the perpetrator. Karlene Ferrante Assoc. Prof. of Communication, UW-Stevens Point and Sally Olson Domestic Violence Victim Advocate

SESSION 5
Friday, March 25, Session 5, 3:15-4:15

5A Film Series-See separate schedule

5B Theory in Practice: Reflection on Engagement

Gender and Gaming: A Literature Review. This presentation will discuss video games and why women are less likely to play. Gender stereotypes displayed among game characters may represent an important factor contributing to the fewer number of women gamers when
compared to men. This literature review will highlight what research has been conducted on this topic and discuss future directions. Jenny Saucerman, Student Researcher, Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls

Challenging the Theory/Practice Divide: Women's and Gender Studies and Student Activism. This study evaluates Women's and Gender Studies programs at three universities. Through analysis of program materials, syllabi, and interviews, the researcher concludes that there is a nuanced link between faculty pedagogy, integrated experiential education, and student activism. This link is demonstrated through students’ development of self-authorship and the discipline's increased focus on intersecting identities. Katherine Weseman, Assistant Director, LGBT Resource Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

5C Threshold Concepts, Shared Learning Goals, and Assessment in Introduction to Women's Studies Courses
In this session, three panelists from diverse institutions will discuss their approaches to Introduction to Women's Studies course(s). The session aims to begin a dialogue about 'threshold' concepts within the field of Women's Studies, learning goals that could be shared within programs, and effective methods of assessment of student achievement of those goals. Gwynne Kennedy, Director, and Kathy Miller-Dillon, Assistant Director, UW-Milwaukee Center for Womens Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Dianna Hunter, Women's and Gender Studies Coordinator, UW-Superior; and Holly Hassel, Chair, University of Wisconsin-Colleges Women's Studies Program University of Wisconsin Marathon County

5D The Social Consequences For Sexual Minority Youth

Psychosocial Problems of Homeless Sexual Minority Youths and Their Heterosexual Counterparts. The purpose of this presentation is to better understand the psychosocial problems (i.e., mental health, substance use, sexual risk behaviors) associated with homelessness among sexual minority youths and their heterosexual counterparts. It aims to examine the contextual risk factors (school, family, peers, stigma and discrimination) associated with their psychosocial problems. Maurice Gattis, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work

Gender Terror & the Illusion of Safety, This presentation considers the kinds of terrorism enacted upon people who present as trans, queer, or gender variant in public spaces, and raises questions about the meanings of citizenship in light of unequal access to public spaces. Elizabeth Zanichkowsky, Associate Professor of English and Women’s Studies, UW-Waukesha

5F Can I Participate? First-Generation African-American Women and the Technology-Driven Classroom
This project investigated how technology influenced class participation for 12 first-generation African-American women students attending a predominantly white urban institution. Three themes emerged: 1) unfamiliarity with technology; 2) hesitancies to post comments; 3) and (3) positive views of teaching methods. Implications for student affairs practitioners and faculty include providing academic support teaching and learning opportunities via workshops or tutorial programs. Liliana Mina, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee School of Education

5G Womens Knowledge: The Missing Piece for Peace
Women's contributions, both formal and informal, have not yet been sufficiently studied, disseminated, and built upon as instruments of peace, dialogue, and democracy among nations, and as vehicles of reconciliation among groups in conflict. WKP is building a transnational and transcultural framework to address this need in an academic setting. Co-Directors, Women’s Knowledge Project, Margarita Benitez, Washington D.C. and Teresa Langle de Paz, Foundation for a Culture of Peace, Madrid, Spain

6B The Growing Betrayal of Affirmative Action
The content, history and purpose of affirmative actions either misunderstood or intentionally distorted or even subverted out of a sense of "well intentioned," but misplaced political motives. These issues need to be addressed to restore affirmative action in employment statewide to its proper place. James Parker Chair, Affirmative Action Council of Wisconsin; Prof. Emeritus, Departments of History , Womens Studies, & Ethnic and Racial Studies UW La Crosse

6C Social Location, Religion and Perceptions of Sexuality

Moroccan Perceptions of Dutch (Homo)sexuality, 1964-1979, The 2010 Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau report on acceptance of homosexuality in the Netherlands suggests that Moroccan immigrants held less strict views on homosexuality in the 1960s and 1970s than today. This paper provides a history of Dutch/Moroccan interactions on (homo)sexuality. How do the Dutch perceive gay Moroccans who refuse to 'come out,' or to divide their community in the Western mode? Andrew Shield, Ph.D. Student, The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Hearing the Other in a Place of Social Hybridity. This paper explores the possibility that religion, like gender, can be re-conceived as a location of social-hybridity that can be open to others and conducive to social change. The proposed case study will describe one example of a deliberative body that labored to admit same gendered sexuality into a church polity. David Reinhart, Lecturer, UW - Whitewater

6D The Wisconsin Idea in practice: university and government collaborate to improve the health and well-being of Wisconsin's LGBT youth and adults
UW-Madison Department of Professional Development and Applied Studies collaborates with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services to improve the health and well-being of LGBT youth and adults. Accomplishments include a compendium of UW courses with LGBT content, collection of health disparities data experienced by LGBT youth and adults, and launch of a state LGBT health website. Lynn Tarnoff, Community Planning Coordinator, UW-Madison Professional Development and Applied Studies; Mari A. Gasiorowicz, Epidemiologist; and Molly H. Herrmann, HIV Prevention Program Development Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

6E Embodying Feminism in Theory and Practice

See Me, See Trouble: Women’s Naked Protest in Southern Nigeria. The presenter explores the cultural meaning of how and why women use their naked bodies to protest systems of oppression in their local communities focusing on cases where cultural ideas of womanhood are exploited and the naked female form is used as a tool to protest injustice. Eileen Zeiger. MA Candidate in Gender and Women's Studies, UW-Madison.

Will the Real Feminists Please Stand Up? Toward A More Unified Contemporary Feminist Agenda. This paper investigates debates in relation to misogyny and transphobia in popular and political culture, and their relation to feminist theory. Victoria Bolf, Ph.D. candidate in Literature in English, Loyola University Chicago

6F Contemporary India: Gender, Ethnicity, and Social Change

Gender Concerns in the Caste Discourse in the Representative Contemporary Literary Texts in Marathi. A discussion of three contemporary writers in Marathi, Kamal Desai, Pradnya Daya Pawar & Kumar Anil. The discussion is concentrated on the three collections of short stories. The analysis of these short stories aims to provide the inherent caste dynamics and its reflection in the projection of the gender issues in the contemporary literary domain. Vandana Bhagwat, Creative writer, translator & critic. Retired lecturer in English. Founder member of an experimental school in India. [Aksharnandan]. Coming from Fairfax, VA

What ‘good’ women need to know and do: Perspectives of education, marriage and motherhood among middle class women in India. This paper addresses the impact of economic liberalisation and cultural change on the lives of middle class women in urban India, focusing on their experiences of education, marriage, motherhood and employment. Anjali Kothari, Doctoral Student, Institute of Education, London, United Kingdom

7B "Circling the Left," and "Honoring the Goddess": Two Projects from "Women and Artifacts," a Material Culture Approach to Recovering Women’s Stories and Histories

"Circling the Left," and "Honoring the Goddess": Two Projects from the course "Women and Artifacts," a Material Culture Approach to Recovering Womens Stories and Histories. A garnet ring passed from a grandmother to her granddaughter; the 1950s "bullet bra" and the "no-bra" bra of the 1970s. These common objects are texts which when "read" using material culture theory allow us to recover stories and histories of the women who used them. Designer and professor of the course and two of her students will share their process of uncovering the inter-generational truths embedded in objects. Barbara Kernan Ph.D. English/Womens Studies/Material Culture; Anne Estling M.A. candidate- Women’s Studie;, and Brianna Belmore, B.S. candidate-Women’s Studies/Social Work, UW-Eau Claire

7C Sunny or Cloudy; What's your Climate? Campus climate perception and health behaviors of college students based on their sexual and gender identities

Results of a 2-year and 4-year campus wide online survey that assessed 4,400 student's attitudes, campus climate perceptions and health behaviors based on their sexual and gender identities. Recommendations and advocacy for campus faculty and staff working in areas of student diversity and understanding. Brian Vanderheyden, Community Health Education Studene; and Keely Rees, Associate Professor in Community Health Education/Women and Gender Studies, UW-La Crosse

7D Crossovers in Communication and Women’s/Gender Studies in Approaches to Research
A panel of four emerging scholars of communication will provide individual reflections on how their varied and ever-changing interests within the discipline have helped refine their research methods in women's/gender/LGBTQ studies. Kyle Christensen, Julie Martin, Maria Stefenel, and, Kendra Probst, Teaching Assistants and Graduate Students, Northern Illinois University

7E This is not a how-to manual but an invitation to engage: A Feminist Blogging Manifesto by a Chicana Feminist and a White Feminist Troublemaker
In this presentation the presenters critically and practically reflect on the value of using blogs within and beyond women’s studies and ethnic studies classrooms. They will discuss their own practices of blogging, particularly on their collaborative blog, 'It's Diablogical!' They will elaborate on their blogging manifesto and its key tenets. And they will provide some tips and suggestions for using blogs in feminist classrooms. Kandace Creel Falcón, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University Moorhead; and Sara L. Puotinen, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

7F College-aged Women and Relational Aggression: Prevalence and Impact.
Researchers at the Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls are studying relational aggression among college women aged 18-24. This paper presentation, combining quantitative and qualitative research, will examine a) the nature of relational aggression and its prevalence among college-aged young women in various environments, and b) the effects of adolescent experiences with relational aggression on their sense of personhood and current coping strategies. Katie Krueger, Meghana Rao, and Jeanna Salzer. Research Associates, Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls

7G Families of Lesbian and Gay Youths: An Exploratory Study
This study examined the experiences of families of sexual minority youths as related to the family members¿ learning about and accepting their children¿s sexual identity. The authors explored the social and school-related challenges, coping mechanisms, and needs for support that resulted from families' learning about their sons' and daughters' sexual orientation. Amanda Reinschmidt, M.S.E., Kate Hulse, M.S.E, and Dr. Todd A. Savage, Ph.D., NCSP, UW - River Falls

7H Gendered Music and Figured Cyborgs

Making Gender Visible Through Music in the Non-Gender Studies Classroom. This presentation reflects on a classroom activity designed to make students aware and capable of analyzing the subtle ways in which gender is normalized in American culture. Having students compare Eminem's '57 Bonnie and Clyd' with Tori Amos' remake of the same song pushes students to see how the subtle use of language can normalize or critique violence against women. Leslie Harris, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Androids and Cyborgs 2.011: Recovering a Figuration of Otherness. Twenty-five years later, in what ways does Donna Haraway's figuration of the cyborg remain durable, and in what ways has contemporary discourse adopted and reshaped it? Taking musical artist Janelle Monaes 'android persona Cyndi Mayweather as a launching point, this presentation suggests the possibility of a cyborg whose Otherness is not lost amongst the now-familiar landscape of technology. Lara Wagner, PhD Student, Loyola University Chicago

8B Uncommon Fun: Jumping into Wisconsin Women’s History. A creative and fun way to get elementary students excited about Wisconsin Women’s History. This workshop begins with a short play, "The History of Wisconsin Women in 10 Minutes and 12 Hats.” It focuses on little known women in Wisconsin History, who made significant contributions to building our state, from Lutie Stearns who single-handedly established over 1,000 public libraries to Betsy Thunder, a Native American healer to Emma Toft, who was a bold environmentalist in Door County. The presenters will offer hands-on activities and introduce their "The History Bingo Game," developed with Dr. Nikki Mandell. Danielle Dresden and Donna Peckett, Co-producing Artistic Directors, TAPIT/new works Ensemble Theater, Madison, WI

8C Fluid Exchanges: Intergenerational Navigation of Ways of Knowing in the Arts
This roundtable investigates spaces and strategies for critical and creative engagement across generational divides within feminist teaching, research, and activism in the visual arts. Women's studies practitioners in the arts must navigate sea changes contoured by generations of feminist praxis, including curatorial and critical practices, objects and methods of art historical and visual culture scholarship and teaching, studio (and post-studio) research and education, terms of community engagement for artists and activists, and ways in which audiences encounter the arts locally and globally. Intergenerational dialogues, often difficult, give voice to multiple formulations of knowledge crucial for feminist engagement with the creative at the intersection of critical theory, practice, and activism in the arts. This roundtable offers examples of pedagogical, curatorial, research, and activist projects that intentionally convened several generations of practitioners and that complicated traditional hierarchies of power. This roundtable will be structured as a directed conversation that examines challenges in working across generational divisions and innovative ways in which these turbulent waters have been successfully navigated. Melanie Herzog, Edgewood College; Susan Messer, UW-Whitewater; others TBA

8D Feminist Transformations in Poetics and Performance

An Engine for a New Plan: Feminist Poetries of the Iowa City 1970s. Opening with a favorite poem from her research, the presenter will share her paper while showing images of ‘Ain't I A Woman?’ Miranda Welch, MA Student, Dept. of Gender and Womens Studies, UW - Madison

Questioning the Act of Reclaiming Language. Utilizing performance, acts of reclaiming language will be questioned as to their efficacy and viewed through a feminist lens. Sarah Taylor, Student, UW- Eau Claire

8E Responses to Anti-LGBTQ Bullying, Harassment & Cyber Bullying
A continuation of the dialogue from Friday’s plenary session, presenters discuss how media coverage at the beginning of this academic year sparked campuses around the country to be vigilant in responding to anti-LGBTQ bullying and harassment. Join them for a conversation on ways to address and respond effectively to these incidences of hate. Jennifer Murray, Director, UW-Milwaukee LGBT Resource Center; Liz Cannon, Director, UW-Oshkosh LGBTQ Resource Center; Willem Van Roosenbeek, Director, UW-La Crosse Pride Center; Robin Matthies, Interim Director, UW-Madison LGBT Campus Center & Library; Ashley Olson, Sociocultural Coordinator, UW-River Falls; Ana Guerriero, Director, UW-Parkside LGBT Resource Center; and Julie Miller, LGBTQ Program Coordinator, UW-Stout

8F From the Stacks to the Streets
Librarians are on the frontlines of democratic society, championing equal access to information. Whether or not you believe that every
librarian is a 'radical librarian,' come hear about the background to the term and meet some of the Wisconsin adherents doing projects with
women's resources, and with low-income, Spanish-speaking, and tribal library users. Phyllis Holman Weisbard, UW System Women’s Studies
Librarian; Janet Freedman, Brandeis University; Chris Wagner, Branch Librarian Goodman South Madison Branch Library; Virginia Corvid,
Graduate Student, UW Madison School of Library and Information Studies and employee, Wisconsin Historical Society Visual Materials Digital Lab
and UW Archives on the Madison LGBT Oral History Project; Omar Poler, Associate Outreach Specialist UW-Madison School of Library and
Information Studies Continuing Education Services; and Rachel Dobkin, Graduate Student, UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies,
with a Concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies.

8G Science, Politics and the Limits of Diversity
In this panel the presenters discuss whether globalization challenges the hegemony of western science, features of a post-colonial nonwestern science, and how oppression in science thwarts progress towards multiculturalism and inclusivity. Claudia Murphy, Assistant Professor, Linda Fuselier Associate Professor and Director of Women’s Studies, and Jamie Holding Eagle,Bioscience and Women’s Studies Student, Minnesota State University, Moorhead

8H Constituting Gender in Contemporary Mediated Spaces
As American culture increasingly becomes more mediated, voices within mediated spaces become more diversified. Each paper in this panel uses rhetorical methodology to explore the complex ways that gendered identity is constituted in contemporary media. Cumulatively, they suggest: 1. Form and place are influential. 2. A wholly positive/feminist perspective can be difficult. 3. Gender is constituted through a dialectical relationship between text and audience. Leslie Harri, s Assistant Professor of Communication, Ruth Beerman, Lara Stache, and Kaori Yamada, PhD Students, and Semra Schneider, MA student, Communication, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

9B Seeing the Voice of Those with Disabilities
The equality of people with disabilities is greatly underestimated. It is with one paradigm that we, as non-disabled, see the daily life and functions of those with disabilities, but it is a far different paradigm through which their daily life actually exists. Photo-voice is a powerful means of seeing the inequality of every day life for those with disabilities. Esther Roberts-Ancahas, Senior Independent Study Student, Gloryanne Kilgor, student; and Guadalupe Vidales, Professor, CRMJ , UW-Parkside

9C Fostering Home School Collaboration with Parents of Transgender Youths
A qualitative study exploring the experiences of parents of transgender youths will be presented. Parental concerns about their child's school experiences will be discussed within the context of school psychological services. Session attendees will be provided a summary of the present qualitative study and be given suggestions for building positive relationships with families of transgender youths. By doing so, school psychologists can help create positive school experiences. Danielle M Johnson, M.S.E., and Jonathon Sikorski, M.S.E., Graduate Students, School Psychology, UW-River Falls

9D Informing Feminisms: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Writing Ourselves into History: A Womanist/ Feminist Response to White Postmodernism. Exploring autobiography as a form of resistance, and a way to write ourselves onto the sociopolitical landscape. By making cultural production relevant to our many, and often marginalized identities, we can break new ground in defining art and literature. Natassja Gunasena, Student, Minnesota State University Moorhead.

Combining Feminist Theory with Political Economy: A Powerful Framework. The presenter argues that feminist theory and political economy are the two key frameworks for the examination of inequality and are significant to the analysis of relationships between developed and developing nations. Amanda Page, Student Researcher, Alverno College Research Center for Women and Girls

9E Reading, Writing, and Relating LGBTQ Narratives (Part I)
The purpose of this workshop (the first session in a two-part series) is to share experiences, stories and strategies garnered from the formation of the LGBTQ Narratives activist-writers’ collective. In Part I of this workshop, participants will be given the tools and ideological framework to begin similar work in their communities. One does not need to identify as a “writer” or as LGBTQ to participate fully in either session of this workshop. Shannon N Kavanagh, Master of Arts in Art Therapy; Kristina Kosnick, Lecturer, PhD Candidate in French and Gender & Women’s Studies and Humanities Exposed Public Scholar, UW-Madison; Erin M Doolin, M.Ed., Doctoral Student Department of Counseling Psychology, UW-Madison; and Jenny Hanson, MSW, CAPSW Shelter Case Manager, YWCA

9F Women, Status, Analysis and Strategies: On campus and in the curriculum

"Seeing is Believing": Word and Image in Women's Representations of Violence in Latin America. This paper will discuss cultural strategies that women writers, artists, activists employ in the representation of the 'unrepresentable' - situations of extreme injustice and violence- in Latin America for a local and an international public. The strategies imply 'border crossing' as diverse communities are brought into contact through a process of revelation and reception. A focus on issues of representation, interpellation, concientización, distancing, and pedagogy. Catherine Bryan, Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Wisconsin- Oshkosh

Status of Women at UWRF Report. A long-overdue and much needed analysis of the status of women students, staff and faculty was conducted at UW-River Falls during 2009-2010. Rellen R. Hardtke Assoc. Prof., Physics UW-River Falls

9G Gendered Bodies: Feminist Perspectives II
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Women's Studies masters students present papers that address the concept of "gendered bodies" from US and global perspectives including such topics as women's emotional labor at the office, and race and gender in pre-Stonewall lesbian bar culture. Carrie Stehman, and Katharine Perella, Women's Studies MA Candidates; and Gwynne Kennedy, Director, Center for Women’s Studies, UW-Milwaukee

9H Transnational Perspectives on Afganistan

Gender in the Modern History of Afghanistan. Issues of gender have been raised by American politicians justifying military action in Iraq and Afghanistan. What do Afghan men and women have to say about these issues? Have these issues been recently invented by invading western forces or have they been put forward by Afghan peoples for decades? How could Islamic rule help or hinder gender rights in Afghanistan in the future? Priscilla Starratt, Professor of History, UW-Superior

Challenges in Researching Transnational Feminist Organizing In early transnational feminist organizing, there were often issues of imperialism on behalf of western feminists in determining the agenda, and writing off non-western cultures as "uncivilized" or "backwards." The presenter will discuss how she plans to avoid the same as she begins her research looking at both how American feminists and Afghan feminists campaign for Afghan women's issues, particularly after 9/11. Anisa Ali, MA Candidate, Gender and Women’s Studies UW-Madison

10B Contemporary Assessment of Male and Female Status: Constraints and Opportunities in terms of Philosophy, Language, and Religion

MALES AT RISK: Has Feminism Left Behind the Liberation of Males to the Detriment of All? Since the heyday of 70's Feminism and subsequent male liberation movements in the 80s and 90s, what is the new normal for males at present?

Sexuality of Difference in Luce Irigaray and French Postmodern Philosophy, Postmodern concepts and language of deconstruction aim to reframe issues of gender identity in similar ways in the analysis and critique of race, ethnicity, and LGBTQ.

Feminism & Religion: Friend or Foe? An inquiry into the meaning and effect of religion and various religions for 21st Century Feminism, including new and emerging religious forms and ways of life will be examined and interpreted.

Mary Lenzi, Assistant Professor of Philosophy; Phoebe Baker, Undergraduate Philosophy Major; and Devine Nzegwu, B.A., 2010, International Relations and Political Science, UW-Platteville

10D Researching Gender: International Strategies and Actions

Transgenders in School: questioning disciplines, normalization and boundaries. This presentation will address research about transexuals and travesitits' challenging and sometimes painful experience in Brazilian schools. Lennita Ruggi, Universidade Federal do Paraná - Brazil

Affection and Women in the Streets: an articulated witness in Brazil, Denmark and Portugal. A presentation co-participated comparative research into the causes and consequences of increasing number of women in street situations in countries with different political and social welfare systems, including Brazil, Portugal and Denmark. Rosimeire Silva, PhD Candidate at Centre for Social Studies, Centre for Social Studies at University of Coimbra.

Women's Bodies/State Desires: Doctors, Politicians and Misbehaving Women in Brazil, 1930-1945. The presenter shares research which examines the interactions of women with state public health policy in Brazil from 1930-1945. Dr. Melissa Gormley, Assistant Professor, UW-Platteville

10E Reading, Writing, and Relating LGBTQ Narratives (Part II)

The purpose of this workshop (the second session in a two-part series) is to provide an opportunity for attendees to partake in the LGBTQ Narratives group process, including the creation of a safe space in which writers and members of the community care for one another. Participants will be asked to help create a common list of words, write a short piece using these words and share their work with the group. Shannon N Kavanagh, Master of Arts in Art Therapy; Kristina Kosnick, Lecturer, PhD Candidate in French and Gender & Women’s Studies and Humanities Exposed Public Scholar, UW-Madison; Erin M Doolin, M.Ed., Doctoral Student Department of Counseling Psychology, UW-Madison; and Jenny Hanson, MSW, CAPSW Shelter Case Manager, YWCA

10F Organizing Across Academic Staff and Faculty Boundaries for Collective Bargaining
Presenters with experience organizing faculty and academic staff unions for collective bargaining on UW campuses ‘and elsewhere’ will talk about the process, their experiences, and issues encountered. Time will be provided for discussion, with questions and audience comments encouraged. Dianna Hunter, Womens and Gender Studies Coordinator; Susie W. Isaksen Sr. Lecturer, Writing Program, Department of Writing, Reading, and Library Science; and Dr. Gloria Toivola, Department of Social Inquiry, UW-Superior, and Jessica Stender, Organizer AFT-Wisconsin

10G An Exploration of Women and Madness
The panel will present the topic of Women and Madness through a look at how one Women’s Studies instructor teaches such a course and how two of her students have focused their research on the topic. The first analyzing what institutionalized women in the 19th century say in their letters and diaries. The second exploring how the topic is presented in 20th century literature. Liz Cannon, Social Justice Program Director; Tisha Samuel, McNair Scholar; and Tory Pingel. Graduate Student of English; UW-Oshkosh

10H The Raging Grannies
The Raging Grannies of Madison began as a project of the Madison chapter of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), first singing to the crowds of Madison WI anti-war protesters in the fall of 2003. Membership is open to all older women who know that "war is stupid" and that for the sake of their children and grandchildren they must sing out for peace, economic & social justice and the environment. They will present and perform. Grannies TBA

11B Gay Inclusion: Learning from the Past

"Most Valuable Social Work": Lessons from Victorian and Edwardian Gay Activism, 1850-1920. During the late 19th and early 20th century, a number of authors, activists, legal experts, and medical authorities throughout Europe and the United States sought to demonstrate that homosexuality was neither morally wrong nor medically abnormal. This presentation will examine these works and ask how LGBT activists in today's world can learn from them. Kristin Franseen, Student, UW-Whitewater

The Case of "The Marriage of Phaedre." Willa Cather’s "The Marriage of Phaedra," a story within The Troll Garden, is a further guarded statement of a pervasive homosocial undercurrent to the 1905 collection of short stories. Dr. Marshall Toamn, UW-River Falls

11C Positively Sex Positive: Collaborating Across Campus Organizations and Programs to Diversify Conversations about Sexuality
This session outlines how Student Life staff and faculty from a variety of disciplines at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA collaborated to develop a series of sex positive workshops during the 2010-2011 academic year. 'Sex +: Let's Talk About Sex' addresses the growing need for positive conversations concerning sex, gender, and sexuality; provides a space for students to learn, unlearn, and relearn; and gives them the tools to engage in healthy sexual relationships. Jennifer A. Smith, Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Women’s & Gender Studies; Angie Hambrick, Director of Diversity Center; and Bobbi Hughe, Director of Women’s Center, Pacific Lutheran University

11D La Conscientizaciónde la Comunidad LGBTQ or The Personal and Social Transformation of the LGBTQ Community
Applying the principles of Latin Americas Liberation Psychology to the current LGBTQ civil rights movement, this presentation will examine how UW faculty, staff and students as well as concerned community leaders and citizens, can affirm, assist and empower the LGBTQ community in their quest for civil liberty and personal freedom. The presentation will include an historical overview and an open discussion about how these teachings can be applied today. Terry McGlasson, Senior Lecturer - Community Counseling, UW - Superior

11G LGBTQ Campus Activism and Religious Conservatism: A Roundtable Discussion with the UW-Waukesha LGBTQS Pride Alliance A roundtable discussion about the challenges of being LGBTQ or an LGBTQ ally in a small school community that has a conservative religious culture and avenues for activism within that community. Lisa Hager, Assistant Professor of English; and Tim Thering, Associate Professor of History. UW-Waukesha and Students from the UW - Waukesha LGBTQS Pride Alliance, TBA

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