Title: Feminist Criminal Justice
Moderated by: Dr. Jason Whitesel (WGSS/SOA)

Presenter: Courtney Ebersole, “Law and Disorder: Provocation Defenses, Sociobiology, and Constructions of Masculinity ”

Presenter: Marina James, “Dire Straits for Trans Women in Men’s Prisons: The Cases of Strawberry Hampton and Tayvia Tate in Illinois”

Title: Power in Art & Design
Moderated by: Dr. Melissa Johnson (ART)

Presenter: Emma Oliver, “Where My Power Is”

Presenter: Laura Phillips, “Intimacy Coordinators: A Much Needed Change”

Presenter: Molly Perling, “Dressing for Her: An Overview of Butch/Femme Fashion”

Presenter: Dorothy Stone, “Digital Rhetorics by Design: Interrogating the Myth of the Normal Person”

Keynote: Dr. Tristen Johnson, “(Re)Writing Black Women Back into the Narrative: Tools for Well-Meaning “Allies” to Reconcile, Rebuild, and Recover”

Title: Higher Education: Beyond the Surface
Moderated by: Dr. Gavin Weiser (EAF)

Presenter: Kaytee Johns and Meaghan Lynch, “Theory of Relationship Development for First-Generation Women Students”

Presenter: Kevin Goffard, “Exploring Gay & Lesbian Politics in Higher Education: A look at Student Affairs,”

Presenter: Jess Coates and Gracie Nilsson, “Not Too Big to Think: Challenging Systems of Oppression Against Students of Size”

Title: Activist Interventions in Queer and Feminist Texts
Moderated by: Dr. Erika Sparby (ENG)

Presenter: Bryanna Tidmarsh, “Ethical Representations of Activist Movements in Picture Books”

Presenter: Sanam Shahmiri, “Activist Storytelling Subdued through Translation: The Silencing of Shahrzad”

Keynote: Harsha Walia, “Abolish Borders, Abolish ICE”

• Border & Rule: Global migration, capitalism, and the rise of racist nationalism

• Undoing Border Imperialism

Title: Transnational Feminisms
Moderated by: Dr. Dawn Beichner (CJS)

Presenter: Anna Ortiz, “A Case For Hondureña Liberation in Postcolonial Ecofeminism”

Presenter: Kosiso Madu, “Intersectionality Through the Lens of Non-Western Women”

Title: Gender and Justice
Moderated by: Dr. Dawn Beichner (CJS)

Presenter: Loretta Addo-Danso, “Examining Women of Color’s Experience with Intimate Partner Violence and the Criminal Justice System’s Response Through the Lens of Intersectionality: A Literature Review”

Presenter: Nastasha Powers, “A Call to Validate, A Call to Heal, A Call to Report!”

Presenter: Pious D. Maedzenge, “Parenting Experiences of Women in Prison”

Presenter: Tyler S. Smith, “The Efficacy of “Say[ing] Her Name”: How Highlighting the Invisibility of Black Women as Victims of Police Brutality Could Help Liberate Us from the Bondage of Policing”

#SayHerName Dance Performance and Discussion

Choreographed by: Professor Laina Carney

Performed by: Mariana Cantu, Alyssa Fuentes, Resha Holmes, Cait McGee, and Katie Thomas

Title: Power of Representations of Identity
Moderated by: Dr. Shannon Epplett (THE)

Presenter: Dani Park, “Network of Normalcy and the Radicality of Gender”

Presenter: Tamanna Tasmin, “Hijab Beyond Identity: Muslim Women’s Use of Media to Reconcile the Stereotype – A Feminist Critical Analysis”

Presenter: Wesley Skym, “More Than the Label: Representing Non-Binary Sexualities in Television”

WGSS Scholarship and Awards Ceremony
Grace Bartlett, Opening Remarks, “Admiration and Thanks to WGSS”

Presentation of Scholarships and Awards

• Luellen Laurenti Scholarship

• Dorothy E. Lee Scholarship

• Anne M. Semlak Memorial Scholarship