Friday, March 21 2014, 1:25pm Miller Learning Center, rooms 213, 250, 268, 348 Special Information: FREE, open to the public Student Symposium 21st Annual Women’s Studies Student Research Symposium “Feminist Research Across the Disciplines” 1:25 – 2:15 p.m. (50-minute Concurrent Sessions) Title: “Constructions of Bodies: Scientific and Feminist Perspectives of Agency” Location -MLC Room 268 Chair: Taylor Houston, Graduate-Sociology, University of Georgia “Natural Birth as Resistance: Reclamation of Agency in the Face of Patriarchal Medicine” - Samantha Pinson Wrisley, Undergraduate-Women’s Studies and Psychology, University of Georgia “Considering Lesbian Body Image” -Samantha VanHorn, Graduate-Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Emory University “Globalizing the Genome: A Feminist Scientist’s Critique on the Modern Modes and Cultural Ideologies of Genomic Studies” - Jaimie Richards, Undergraduate alumni- Biology and Women’s Studies, University of Georgia Title: “Towards Inclusive Feminisms: Rejecting Essentialist Boundaries” Location- MLC Room 250 Chair: Danielle Berke, Graduate- Psychology, University of Georgia “Tyranny of the Binary: On Intersex Individuals and Liberation” -Sarah Colclough, Undergraduate alumni -Philosophy and English, University of Georgia “Constructing Essential Natures: Spinoza and the Intersectional Body” -Aaron Newman, Undergraduate- Women’s Studies and Philosophy, University of Georgia “Dismantling Transphobia of Transwomen in Feminism and Women-Only Spaces” - Lauren Pruitt, Undergraduate-Women’s Studies and Religion, University of Georgia Title: “Dress, Zines and Art: Feminist Reinterpreting Cultural Artifacts as Forms of Empowerment” Location-MLC Room 348 Chair: Daleah Goodwin, Graduate- History, University of Georgia "Androgyny Then & Now: Women Seeking Different Freedoms Through Dress" - Jaleesa Reed, Graduate- Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors, University of Georgia “The Use of Text and the Periodical in Dutch Feminist Movements” - Katy Batsel, Undergraduate-Women’s Studies and Sociology, University of Georgia “Challenging Those Who Paint with Pricks: The Vagina and Phallus in Feminist Art” - Stephanie Anne Shelton, Graduate-Language and Literacy Education, University of Georgia 2:30 – 3:20 p.m. (50-minute Concurrent Sessions) Title: “Mientras, ellos siguen libres 2007 (Meanwhile, they are free): Performance for Liberation and Visibility” Location- MLC Room 268 Chair: Jamie Palmer, Graduate-Sociology, University of Georgia “Regina Jose Galindo: Performing to Reclaim Women’s Voices” - Leda Lozier, Graduate- Latin American Literature, University of Georgia “Challenging or Reinforcing Gender Stereotypes? Lessons from the Visibilization of Women through Development in the Andean Highlands” - Kristin VanderMolen, Graduate-Anthropology, University of Georgia “Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis and their ‘Conquest of America’: Revealing the Amonument in the Counter-Production of Memory” -Rachel L. Combs, Graduate-Hispanic Studies, University of Georgia Title: “Can Pop Culture be Feminist? Examining Anime, TV and Hip-Hop” Location -MLC Room 250 Chair: Elizabeth Whittenburn-Osment, Graduate- Music, University of Georgia “Sailor Moon: The Politics of Girl Power and Femininity” - Minh Nguyen, Undergraduate -Linguistics, University of Georgia “The Role of Evolving Queer Media Representations on Normalizing Queerness” - Mary Lee Cunill, Graduate- Interpersonal and Health Communication, University of Georgia “Feminism in Hip-Hop: Reimagining Images of Black Women in Hip-Hop” - Shayla Robinson, Undergraduate-Women’s Studies and Art History, University of Georgia Title: “Literary Space of Her Own” Location- MLC Room 213 Chair: Lynn Whittaker, Graduate-English, University of Georgia “ ‘Good Girls Go Bad’: Feminism and John Gregory’s A Father’s Legacy to His Daughters” -Jack Butts, Undergraduate-English, University of Georgia “The Creation of Space for Women: A Reading of Virginia Woolf’s The Years” -Holly Fling, Graduate-English, University of Georgia “The Women of Richard III Revisited” -Maggie Touchton, Undergraduate-English, University of Georgia 3:30 – 4:40 p.m. (70-minute Concurrent Sessions) Title: “Margins and Power: (Re)examining Space and Knowledge” Location-MLC Room 250 Chair: Cecilia Herles, Institute for Women’s Studies, University of Georgia “Race in the Writing Center: Dismantling Power Structures in the University” -Savannah Downing, Undergraduate- Women’s Studies and English, University of Georgia “Epistemological Pride and Prejudice” - Adreanna Nattiel, Undergraduate- Women’s Studies and English, University of Georgia “Get Used to It: The Competing Rhetorics and LGBTWQIA+Movements” -Robert Boggs, Undergraduate- Women’s Studies and Communication Studies, University of Georgia “What to do with a Women’s Studies Major” - Cecilia Herles, Assistant Director, Institute for Women’s Studies, University of Georgia Title: “Negotiating Tensions in Traditions: Art, Spirituality, Marriage and Consumption” Location- MLC Room 268 Chair: Aubrey Denmon, Graduate- Sociology, University of Georgia “Pansori: Traditional Performance Becomes Feminist Art” - Jieun Lee, Graduate- Theatre and Film Studies, University of Georgia “From East to West: Understanding Simone de Beauvoir’s views on Gendered Oppression through Theravada Buddhist Philosophy” -Stephanie Romero, Undergraduate-Anthropology, University of Georgia “Ritual, Rebellion, and the Reclamation of Marriage in the United States” -Fiona E. Bell, Undergraduate –Cellular Biology and French, University of Georgia “Cultural Take-Out: Answering Questions Leftover from the Critique of Cultural Appropriation” - Vincent Li, Undergraduate – Philosophy, University of Georgia Title: “Feminist Scholarship-Activism: A Rhizomatic Respond to a Neoliberal Dichotomy” Location-MLC Room 348 Chair: Laura Davis, Graduate-History, University of Georgia -Rouhollah Aghasaleh, Graduate-Educational Theory and Practice, Nancy Moore, Graduate-Health Promotion and Behavior, Cindy Blair, Graduate-Educational Theory and Practice, Mary Lee Cunill, Graduate-Communication Studies, Elif Karsli, Graduation-Educational Theory and Practice, Elizabeth Pittard, Graduate- Educational Theory and Practice, Shakhnoza Kayumova, Graduate-Educational Theory and Practice, Marsha Francis, Graduate-Graduate- Educational Theory and Practice (PDF of schedule) Women’s Studies Student Symposium 2014 Committee: Daleah Goodwin, Elizabeth Whittenburg Ozment, Jamie Palmer, Aubrey Denmon, Savannah Downing, Lauren Bridgers, Katy Batsel, Cecilia Herles
