Symposium, April 10, 2010
Forum South Lounge
9:30-10:45 a.m.
Panel One: Film and Media Studies (Professor Lakesia Johnson, Moderator)
Sophie Fajardo ’12, “Performing the Construction of Sexuality: Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues and Takashi Miike's Big Bang Love, Juvenile A”
Elliot Karl ’12, “Telling Untold Tales: The Limitations of Queer Representation in Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City Series”
Zoë Schein ’12, “What Makes a Man?: Max Sweeney and Gender's Transcendence of the Body on The L Word”
Courtney Sheehan ’11, “The Visual Vibrato of U.S. Third World Feminism: Differential Consciousness in Daughters of the Dust”
11:00-12:15 a.m.
Panel Two: Social Movements/Global Feminisms (Professor Astrid Henry, Moderator)
Jessica Southard ’10, “Governing the Anglo-Indian Household”
Sejan Miah ’12, “A Tale of Two Harlots: Britishness in the Construction of Victorian Female Identity”
Ellen Saliares ’11, “Taking On the Beast”
Robin Wetherill ’12, “Finding Common Ground: An Exploration of the Similar Conditions and Challenges Faced by Egyptian and Iranian Feminisms”
2:00-3:15 p.m.
Panel Three: Sexuality Studies/Queer Theory (Professor Karla Erickson, Moderator)
Ryan Carlino ’10, “Online Sex Solicitation and Geographic Location: An Investigation of Craigslist Personal Ads from Two Very Different Cities”
Erica Hougland ’10, “TransTube: Transmen, YouTube, and Biomedical Discourse”
Eleanor Nelson ’10, “Education and Communication: Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence”
Becca Bernstein ’10, “Girl, Identity Interrupted: The Personal and Political Efficacy and Limits of Adopting Same-Sex Identities”
Allison Brinkhorst ’11, “Identity Politics and/or Queer Theory”
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Panel Four: The History of Gender and Women’s Studies at Grinnell
With guests Professor Roberta Atwell, Professor Emerita of Education, Gayle Salamon ’94, Aaron Scott ’03, Vanessa Gennarelli ’05, and Erica Hougland ’10
