Friday Speaker Series: Spring 2004
The Women's Studies Friday Speaker Series is in its 15th year of
presentations by faculty, students, and community members. Most talks
this semester are in the Student Learning Center in room 213, but
check the schedule below to be sure. The talks are from 12:20 to
1:10 p.m.
January 23 • Dr.
Mary Carruth, Assist. Director, Institute for
Women’s Studies
Gender and Race in Captivity Narratives: From
Private Jessica Lynch to Mary Rowlandson, SLC,
Room 213
Dr. Mary Carruth |
January 30 • Dr.
Doris Kadish, Professor of Romance Languages
and Women’s Studies
Women and Abolitionism: A French Perspective, SLC,
Room 213
Dr. Doris Kadish |
Februrary 6 • Michael
Thurmond, Labor Commissioner of Georgia
The History of African Americans in Athens
and in Georgia, SLC, Room 213
Michael Thurmond |
February 13 • Dr.
Dawn Bennett-Alexander, Assoc. Professor of
Insurance, Legal Studies, and Real Estate
I'm Only One Person, How Can I Make a Difference?:
Teachable Moments and the Power of One, SLC,
Room 213
Dr. Dawn Bennett-Alexander |
February 20 • Dr.
Josephine Beoku-Betts, Assoc. Professor of Women's
Studies and Sociology, Florida Atlantic University
Gender and Women’s Studies in English
Speaking Sub-Saharan Africa: Research Issues in the
Social Sciences, SLC, Room 213 |
February 27 • Dr.
Lesley Feracho, Asst. Professor of Romance Languages
and African American Studies
Corporeal Identitites: Sexuality, Denial and
Resistance in Mayra Santos Febres and Loida Maritza
Perez, SLC, Room 213
Dr. Lesley Feracho |
March 5 • Dr.
Catherine Kleiner, Ph.D., University of New
Mexico
Radical Exodus: From Urban Politics to Lesbian
Land, SLC, Room 213 |
March 19 • Second Wave Activism Panel, featuring: Dr.
Gail Cowie, Public Service Associate, Carl
Vinson Institute for Goverment; Sharron Hannon, Special
Asst. to the Provost; Janice M. Mathis, J.D., Vice
President, Rainbow/PUSH Coaltion, Atlanta; Dr.
Garnett Stokes, Head of the Psychology Department;
Tate Center, Room 137
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March 26 • Annual
Women’s Studies Student Symposium
Sessions of the symposium will run throughout the day in
room 137 of the Tate Student Center. Check the website for
schedule.
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April 2 • Dr.
Marisa Chappell, Assist. Professor and Franklin
Fellow, History Department
The Surprising History of the Guaranteed Income
Campaign: Women, Gender, and the U.S. State, 1964-1972, SLC,
Room 213
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April 16 • Annual
Open Meeting
& End-of-the-Year Celebration,
Reception immediately following, Tate Center, Room 137 |
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