Monday, April 4 | Tuesday, April 5 | Wednesday, April 6 | Thursday, April 7 | Monday April 11 | Tuesday, April 12 | Thursday, April 14 | Awards Ceremony
Friday, April 1, 2022
12:00pm
Keynote: Dr. Arlene Stein “Fear of a Gender-Fluid Planet? Understanding the New Culture Wars”
Moderated by Dr. Alison Bailey (WGSS/PHI)
Monday, April 4, 2022
7:00pm
Keynote: Dr. Veronica Ivy “Sport is a Human Right, Even for Trans People: The Science, Ethics, and Law of Fairness in Competition”
Moderated by Dr. Cassie Herbert (WGSS/PHI)
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
10:00am
Panel One: Recentering Education
Moderated by Dr. Georgia Tsouvala (HIS)
Michael Severino – “Culturally Responsive Teaching”
Otis Schulz – “Decolonizing Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies: A Look at Post-Colonial Feminist Theory and its Application to Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies”
2:30pm
Panel Two: Better Understandings of Sex & Sexuality
Moderated by Kate Fortner (WGSS)
Kylie Hagmann – “Stoicism, Accusations, and Sex Education”
Ulysses Constance Bougie – “Ace Sex Positions: Representing A/sexual Dis/interest Through Visual Art”
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
10:00am
Panel Three: Illuminating Gender Norms Through Narrative
Moderated by Courtney Ebersole (WGSS)
Serenah Minasian – “An Analysis of John Keats Breaking the Binary”
Pearl Osibu – “Rite of Passage”
Thursday, April 7, 2022
7:00pm
Keynote: Dr. Karma Chávez “The Borders of AIDS: Race, Quarantine, and Resistance”
Moderated by Dr. Maura Toro-Morn (SOL/LALS)
Monday, April 11, 2022
10:00am
Panel Four: The Parental Role: Understanding Mothering Experiences of Women in Jail
Moderated by Dr. Dawn Beichner (CJS)
Bothwell Piason – “The Parental Role: Understanding Mothering Experiences of Women in Jail”
2:30pm
Panel Five: More Inclusive Approaches to Bodies & Embodiment
Moderated by Courtney Ebersole (WGSS)
Maria Ross – “A Qualitative Inquiry of the Body Project on College Campuses in Illinois”
Elena Cotter – “Eurocentric Femininity: How European Traits Have Become the Norm Across the Board”
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
10:00am
Panel Six: Reclaiming Power
Moderated by Dr. Rocio Rivadeneyra (PSY/LALS)
Anna Ortiz – “Las Mujeres Garifuna Su Tierra Y Su Testimonio”
Dorothy M. Stone – “Using Instagram to #StopAAPIHate: Hashtag Activism as Tactical Technical Communication”
2:30pm
Panel Seven: Queer Understandings
Moderated by Prof. Bridget Sundin (WGSS)
Sophie de Sa e Silva – “The Real Meaning of Queer”
Edcel Cintron Gonzalez – “Exploring Embodied Agency and Graphic Narratives in Gender in the Humanities”
Wednesday, April 13, 2022
1:00pm
Panel Eight: WGSS Alumni Panel
Moderated by Dr. Jenna Goldsmith (WGSS)
- Dr. Erin Frost – East Carolina University
- Val Laymon – Panera Bread
- Meaghan Lynch, MS – Nevada State College
- Dr. Andrew Anastasia – Harper College
- Dr. Ana Roncero-Bellido – Lewis University
Thursday, April 14, 2022
7:00pm
Keynote: Maia Kobabe “Writing and Drawing Gender”
Moderated by Dr. Gavin Weiser (EAF)
Friday, April 15, 2022
12:00pm – 6th floor Milner SW corner
WGSS Awards Ceremony
Presented by Dr. Alison Bailey (WGSS/PHI)
- Minors
- Queer Studies Concentration
- Graduate Certificates
- Triota Honors Society
- WGSS Award Recipients