Presented By: Institute for Research on Women and Gender
IRWG/Rackham 2014 Community of Scholars Symposium
Graduate student fellows present emerging research
This symposium is the culmination of the 2014 Community of Scholars program, which is a four-month summer fellowship program supporting U-M graduate students who are engaged in research, scholarship, or other creative activities that focus on women and/or gender.
8:50 am: Welcome Remarks & Coffee
9:00 - 10:30 am: Panel 1. Constraining Desires and Enabling Identities
Scott De Orio, History and Women’s Studies
“Gay Men, Liberal Politics, and the Transformation of Sex Offender Registration in California, 1947-1983”
Tiffany Ball, English and Women’s Studies
“Feeling Femininity in Modern Fiction”
Michelle Johns, Public Health
“Overlooked Assets: Body Size, Body Image, and Sexual Minority Women”
Panel Chair: Hitomi Tonomura, History and Women’s Studies
10:30am-12pm: Panel 2. Masculinity Trouble: Labor, Care, and Development
Gabriele Koch, Anthropology
“For the Sake of the Company: Healing and Labor in Tokyo’s Sex Industry"
Austin McCoy, History
“The Hardcore Unemployed: The Problem of Black Masculinity in the Urban Crisis”
Alison Joersz, Anthropology
“Getting Started: The Political Pragmatics of Gender in Haiti”
Panel Chair: Gayle Rubin, Anthropology and Women’s Studies
12pm-1pm: LUNCH (provided)
1:00-2:30pm: Panel 3. Mediatized Subjects
Johnny Berona, Psychology
“Social Media Engagement and LGBTQ Youth: Implications for Mental Health”
Timeka Tounsel, Communication Studies
“The Black Woman that Media Built”
Dahlia Petrus, Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies
“‘Becky from Babylon’ and Other Arab Women in the American Imagination”
Panel Chair: Lisa Nakamura, Screen Arts and Culture, Women’s Studies, English, American Culture
2:30-4:00pm: Panel 4. Body Politics in (Post-)Colonial Discourses
Jodi Greig, Slavic Languages and Literatures
“The Queens of Lovetown”
Josh Hubbard, History and Women’s Studies
“Corporeal Colonization: Women, Children, and the Kuomintang”
Lamia Moghnieh, Social Work and Anthropology
“Feminist Activism for a Society Free from Violence”
Panel Chair: Sara McClelland, Psychology and Women’s Studies
8:50 am: Welcome Remarks & Coffee
9:00 - 10:30 am: Panel 1. Constraining Desires and Enabling Identities
Scott De Orio, History and Women’s Studies
“Gay Men, Liberal Politics, and the Transformation of Sex Offender Registration in California, 1947-1983”
Tiffany Ball, English and Women’s Studies
“Feeling Femininity in Modern Fiction”
Michelle Johns, Public Health
“Overlooked Assets: Body Size, Body Image, and Sexual Minority Women”
Panel Chair: Hitomi Tonomura, History and Women’s Studies
10:30am-12pm: Panel 2. Masculinity Trouble: Labor, Care, and Development
Gabriele Koch, Anthropology
“For the Sake of the Company: Healing and Labor in Tokyo’s Sex Industry"
Austin McCoy, History
“The Hardcore Unemployed: The Problem of Black Masculinity in the Urban Crisis”
Alison Joersz, Anthropology
“Getting Started: The Political Pragmatics of Gender in Haiti”
Panel Chair: Gayle Rubin, Anthropology and Women’s Studies
12pm-1pm: LUNCH (provided)
1:00-2:30pm: Panel 3. Mediatized Subjects
Johnny Berona, Psychology
“Social Media Engagement and LGBTQ Youth: Implications for Mental Health”
Timeka Tounsel, Communication Studies
“The Black Woman that Media Built”
Dahlia Petrus, Modern Middle Eastern and North African Studies
“‘Becky from Babylon’ and Other Arab Women in the American Imagination”
Panel Chair: Lisa Nakamura, Screen Arts and Culture, Women’s Studies, English, American Culture
2:30-4:00pm: Panel 4. Body Politics in (Post-)Colonial Discourses
Jodi Greig, Slavic Languages and Literatures
“The Queens of Lovetown”
Josh Hubbard, History and Women’s Studies
“Corporeal Colonization: Women, Children, and the Kuomintang”
Lamia Moghnieh, Social Work and Anthropology
“Feminist Activism for a Society Free from Violence”
Panel Chair: Sara McClelland, Psychology and Women’s Studies
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