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Henry Hudson Room, 3rd Floor, Fontaine Hall
This documentary tells the tragic story of the first wife of Albert Einstein - her struggle
to become educated, her unhappy marriage to Albert Einstein, and the
haunting sacrifice that she made to keep him. Further, it tells the little known story of
Maric's scientific collaboration with Einstein that produced the greatest theories of the
20th Century, a fact that has been relegated to obscurity.
Concurrent Panels: Session 1 1:00- 2:30
1.A Women and Politics
Leading the Way Rhetorically: Women Governors'Leadership
Styles & Message
Julia A. Spiker, The University of Akron
Images of Women on Bulgarian National Currency Depicting
Gender Differences in Historical Perspectives
Petrouchka Alexieva, CSULA
1.B. Women and Activism
Transforming the Academy: Spiritual Activism, Multicultural Pedagogies and Women's Studies Programs on the Verge
Donna Souder, Colorado State University
The Texts of Gloria Anzaldua
Gillian Collie, Colorado State University--Pueblo
Transforming the Liberal Arts Core: The Application of Theory in Everyday Life
Joanne Ardovini, Metropolitan College of New York
1.C. Workshop
Recording Herstory: How to do a quality oral "his/her"tory interview
Karen Michel, Marist College
Concurrent Panels: Session 2 (3:00-4:30)
2.A. Societal Views of Female Idealization
Overexposed: Female Celebrity and the Search for the Perfect
Shot
Brandeise Monk-Payton, New York University
Our Depilatory Obsession
Sophie Ordway, Marist
2.B. Poets Present Women in History, Art, and Myth
Session Organizer: Judith Saunders, Marist College
Participants: Lucia Cherciu, Dutchess Community College,
Lea Graham, Marist College,
Raphael Kosek, Marist College and Dutchess Community College
2.C. Pushing "Normal"
Taking on the Wedding Industrial Complex: A Feminist Analysis of
the Contemporary Western Ideology of Female Bridal Beauty
Dara Persis Murray, Rutgers University
Claiming: Becoming a Visible Person Intentionally
Sarah Cooper, Purdue University
2.D. Oppression
Controlled Parenthood: Bioethics and the Notion of the Family
Maya Sabatello, New York University
Feminism and Psychological Oppression
Cathleen Muller, The Ohio State University
The Role of Community in Addressing the Cultural Legitimization of
Domestic Violence Among Indo-Caribbean Immigrant Women
Aneesa Baboolal, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
7:30 p.m. Henry Hudson Room, 3rd Floor, Fontaine Hall
Keynoter:
Gerber's acclaimed Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless
Strategies From the First Lady of Courage focuses on the continuing need
for women to take on more leadership roles and draws on the values,
tactics, and beliefs that enabled Eleanor to bring about transformational
change in her own time.
For more information about Robin Gerber and her books visit
www.robingerber.com
Concurrent Panels: Session 3 (9-10:30)
3.A. Music, Artistry and Identity
Narrative Themes in Lyrics by Female Hip Hop Artists
Erin C. Manion, Syracuse University
Out of the Closet and Into the Mainstream: Exploitation of Lesbian
Imagery in the Music Industry
Katie Swain, University of Mississippi
3.B. Student’s First Impressions of Women in Asia
Moderated by Kristin Bayer
Students from a course Women in Asia reflect on their initial
impressions.
3.C. Education Outside the Classroom
Women in Prison - Institutional Violence, Values, and Healing
Mar Peter-Raoul, Marist Praxis Project for Public Citizenship
The Enlightenment As a Continuation of Scholasticism: Another Reason for the Lower
Status of Women’s Ways of Knowing in the Social Sciences and Professions
Jerry Willis, Marist College
Beyond Four Walls
Joanne Myers, Marist College
3.D. The Battlefront of Politics
Constructing Pelosi: A Case Study of Gender, Politics and the
Press
Jennifer E. Liebman, Syracuse University
The Home as a Battlefront: Femininity, Gendered Spheres, and the
1943 Women in National Service Campaign
James J. Kimble, Seton Hall University
FGM: Women's Health is a Human Right
Padmini (Mini) Murthy, New York Medical College
School Of Health Sciences
Concurrent Panels: Session 4 (10:45-12:15)
4.A. The First Ladies
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Struggle for Human Rights: A Close
Textual Analysis of her September 1948 Address to the United
Nations
Amanda Gresens, University of Memphis
Meeting Michelle: The Framing of a First Lady
Lyn Ringer Lepre, Marist College & Naeemak Clark, Elon University
4.B. Momism
Cashing in on Domesticity: Mass Consumption, Motherhood and
Women's Businesses in the 1950s
Debra Michals, Merrimack College
A Little “TLC”: Depictions of Motherhood and the Working Mom as
a "Learning” Experience
Shannon L. Roper, Marist College
Getting at the Maternal: Cross-Cultural analysis of mothering in the
Women's Studies classroom
Kristin Bayer, Marist College
4.C. Screening of “Not Your Mama’s Roller Derby”
With discussion led by Alexia Kosmider, Producer, University of
Rhode Island & Debbie Monuteaux
The film focuses on the story of Providence Roller Derby and film examines why
women join sports and what sports mean to them and also confronts the
stereotypes of women in roller derby. It brings up serious questions about the
ways in which women are perceived in sports and also highlights women's
communities.
4.D. Lenses of Looking
Sexuality and Power Through the Gaze: Gender Inequality in Jack
Vettriano’s Studio Process and Paintings
Darenda DeLoach, University of North Texas
Women Sports Fans and the Pleasures of Looking
Kim Toffoletti and Peter Mewett, Deakin University,
Victoria, Australia
Gender Benders
Kelly Gallagher, Marist College
4E Workshop
Internet Publication and Reputation Building
Kate Lindemann, Mount Saint Mary's College
Concurrent Panels: Session 5 (1:30-3:00)
5.A. Talk and Discussion: The Evolution of Statuatory
Rape/Consent Laws
Gloria Browne-Marshall, Founder/Executive Director-The Law and
Policy Group, Inc.
5.B. Visibility, Stereotypes and Representations
It's Not Fake, It's Just Unrealistic: High School Girls' Perception of
Their Identity Through Television
Teri Del Rosso, Syracuse University
Memoirs and Women's Voices
Nels P. Highberg, University of Hartford
Love and War: How Militarism Shapes Hetrosexuality
Tom Digby, Springfield College
5.C. Women's Rights Across the Globe
The Past and Present Predicaments of Women's Rights and Islam
in Indonesia
Kimberly Twarog, UCLA
Indigenous Women's Human Rights: An Analysis of International
Agreements
Marcheta L. Wright, Lynn University
Towards a Rights-based Approach to Poverty and Development
Jerusa Ali, Marist College
5.D. Commanding the Royal Gaze: Imperial Women's Patronage of
Art in Cultures of Female Seclusion
Visible but Unseen: Hadice Sultan's and Patronage of Yeni Valide Mosque Complex in Istanbul
Laural Anne Braun, SUNY Oswego
For all the World to See: Illustrating Japanese Women for the
Women's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
Lisa K. Langlois, SUNY Oswego
Concurrent Panels: Session 6 (3:15- 4:45)
6.A. Sounding the Borders of Nation and Womanhood
Playing a Tune for the Nation: Women Traditional Musicians and
the Boundaries of Intelligibility in Early 20th Century Ireland
Tes Slominski, New York University
The Masculine Sound of South Africa
Nicol Hammond, New York University
Country, Class and Gender in the Construction of Post-9/11
American Patriotism
Elizabeth K. Keenan, Columbia University
6.B. Seeing The Feminine Side
Emily Hobhouse, Human Rights, Whiteness and Femininity
Rachel Poyatt Spassiani, University at Albany, SUNY
Gender Representations in three 'Dangerous,' 'Daring,' and
'Double-Daring' Childhood Conduct
Jessica Sippy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
6.C. The Culture of Fear on College Campuses
Lauri Hyers, West Chester University
Carla Schwager, & Michele Paisley, West Chester University
