DOING JUSTICE, LIVING FEMINISM: PRACTICING WHAT WE PREACH
3rd Annual Women's Studies Graduate Student-Run Conference



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Thursday, Dec. 2 s

Time and Place: 7:30 pm, Lecture Center Room 6

The Spirit of Annie Mae (Catherine Anne Martin, 2003, Canada) - 50 minutes.
Discussants: Judith Barlow, Professor of English and Women's Studies, and Virginia Eubanks, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies.


Friday, Dec. 3

Place: Humanities 354

12 noon
LUNCHEON - organized by students in WSS 360 (Feminist Social and Political Thought)
VIDEO/EXHIBIT
- Feminism in Your Face - organized by students in WSS 360

- Video poem: She s no w angel (Menoukha Case, 2002, USA) - 30 minutes.

12:30 pm
Welcome - Janell Hobson, Instructor of WSS 360 and WSS 565 (Feminist Theory)
Opening Remarks - Carmen Golay, MA student in Women's Studies, UAlbany
12:45-2:00 pm
SESSION I: "Unlearning Institutions: (Mis) conceptions, Research and Vicarious Achievements."

Moderator: Mary Moller, graduate student, UAlbany.
Gina Tesoriero, "Dichotomies of a Child and Elementary Education."
Minjeong Kim, "Looking for Self-Fulfillment within Forced Vicarious Roles: Issues of Korean International Students' Wives in the United States."
Ali Kenner, "Global Capitalism in the University: A Feminist Analysis of Trends in Public-Corporate Alliance."
Discussant: Brianna Bailey, MA student in Public Policy, UAlbany.

Break

2:15-3:30 pm
SESSION II: "Through a Feminist Lens: (Re) envisioning Films."

Moderator: Ebony Harris, MA student in Women's Studies, UAlbany
Menoukha Case, Video: "She s no w angel. "
Chaula H. Shukla, "Bollywood, Feminism, and the Diaspora"
Discussant: Ali Kenner, MA student in Women's Studies, UAlbany.

Break

3:45-5:00 pm
SESSION III: "Formations of Activism: Constructing a Feminist Identity."

Moderator: Jessica Macnamara, MA student in Women's Studies, UAlbany
Rebecca Klinger, "Claiming a Shy Feminist Identity: Exploring the Possible Conflict between being Feminist and being Shy"
Lindsay Hixson, "Everyday Activisms: Toward a new vision of Activism"
Rhea Emery-Morris, “Crossing Bridges/Burning Bridges: the 'Generation Gap', "Sisterhood", and Feminism: a Critique"
Discussant: Sophia Browne, graduate student, UAlbany.

Closing Remarks: Melissa Tacke, MA student in Women's Studies, UAlbany

Ms. Understood Beauty Pageant

Humanities B39 - 6 pm

Performance by students in WSS 360