Friday Speaker Series: Fall 2003
The Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series is in its 15th year of
presentations by faculty, students, and community members. We usually
meet in room 137 of the Tate Student Center, but check the schedule
below to be sure. The talks are from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m.
September 5 • New Women Faculty Reception
We invite the university community to join us in welcoming
all new women faculty to UGA. Please encourage new women
faculty in your department to attend. Help us welcome all
new women faculty to the university. Come meet potential
collaborators and friends. Also, this year we will honor
Dr. Sylvia Hutchinson with the 2003 Women's Studies Faculty
Award. The Honorable Louise McBee will introduce her.
Dr. Sylvia Hutchinson
Please plan to join us!
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Reception Hall, Tate Student Center.
Hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Co-sponsored by: the WSP, the Franklin College of Arts &
Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Family and
Consumer Sciences, the Grady College of Journalism and
Mass Communication, the Honors Program, the Institute of
Higher Education, the School of Public and International
Affairs, the School of Music, the Departments of Geography,
History, Sociology, and Romance Languages
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September 12 • Dr.
Su-I Hou, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Health Promotion
and Behavior
HIV Counseling and Testing: College Students'
Motivations, Beliefs, and Concerns, Tate
Center, Room 137
Dr. Su-I Hou
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September 19 • Dr.
Tracey D. Ford, Administrative Director, Office
of Institutional Diversity
Black Voices: Social and Academic Experiences
of African American Students at UGA, Tate
Center, Room 137
Dr. Tracey Ford
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September 26 • Trisha
Das, Award-winning Indian Filmmaker and CHA Visiting
Artist
Steps and Strides: Women and Development
Strategies in India, Tate Center, Reception
Hall
Trisha Das
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October 3 • Dr.
Fran Teague, Professor of English, 2003 Meigs Award
Winner
Homebrew, Hornbooks, and How Descartes Died:
Women and Science in 16th- and 17th-Century Europe, Tate
Center, Room 137
Dr. Fran Teague
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October 10 • Fakhri
Hagghani, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History,
Georgia State University
After the Veil, a Makeover Rush?: Female Gaze
and Transnational Identity Politics, Tate
Center, Room 137
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October 17 • Dr.
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru, Assistant Professor of Advertising & Public
Relations, 2003 Russell Award Winner
Critiquing Patriarchy but Rejecting Feminism:
The Paradox of "El Pais de las Mujeres," a
Venezuelan Telenovela, Tate Center, Room 137
Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru
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October 24 • Dr.
Emily Cheney, Assistant Professor, Religion
Gender Reversal as a Strategy for Reading Biblical
Narrative, Tate Center, Room 137
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November 7 • Scott
Titshaw, Attorney at Law, Arnall Golden Gregory
LLP, and Instructor in the UGA School of Law
Gender Role Nonconformity and Discrimination
Against Lesbian, Gay and Transgendered People: Legal
Problems and Legal Solutions, Tate Center,
Room 137
Scott Titshaw
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November 21 • Njeri
Marekia-Cleaveland, J.D, International Center for
Democratic Governance, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
Women and Political Participation in Kenya, Tate
Center, Room 137
Njeri Marekia-Cleaveland |
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