Gender, Politics, and Society Conference
Program
Friday, March 25, 1:00-2:45 “Women’s Agency, Subjectivity, and Public Policies”
Chair: Harry Wilson; Discussant: Harry Wilson, Andreea Mihalache-O’Keef
Hurdles for Women in Politics: Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood’s Influence on Women’s Roles in Politics
Olivia League, Katie Haugen, Maggie Anderson, Meghan Sigurdson, and Heath Brown; Roanoke College
Online Mobilization and Maintenance: A Study of Women’s Interest Groups
Anne Whitesell; Roanoke College
Women’s Roles, Pesticide Use, and Health Risks, in the Philippines
Devon Prater; Virginia Tech
Friday, March 25, 3:00-4:45 “Oppression, Masculinity, and Sexuality”
Chair: Srinkanth Mallavarapu; Discussant: Srinkanth Mallavarapu, Monica Vilhauer
A Universal Analysis of the Five Faces of Oppression
Patrick Dolan; Roanoke College
Consuming Phallocentrism: Discourses of Gender, the Media and Society in the Anglo-Caribbean
Damion Blake; Virginia Tech
Orlando and Gender Trouble: A Literary Drag Show
Brooke Lestock; University of Virginia
Discerning Transformative Moments During the Refugee Trajectory: An Ethnographic Study of One Woman’s Experience
Michele James-Deramo; Virginia Tech
Friday, March 25, 5:00-7:00
Chair: Claudia Leeb
Keynote Address by Drucilla Cornell
“Ethical Feminism: Rethinking Feminist Theory and Practice in the 21st Century”
Friday, March 25, 7:00-9:00
Reception
Saturday, March 26, 10:00-11:45 “Identity, Sex Trafficking and Teenage Girls”
Chair: Kirsten DeVries; Discussant: Kirsten DeVries, Meeta Mehrotra
Sita Sings the Blues
Lily Beauvilliers; University of Virginia
Sex Trafficking Industry: Health and Human Rights Implications
Molly Milliken; Roanoke College
Teenage Girls, Internalized Sexism, and Ageism
Rachel McCarthy-James; Hollins University
Saturday, March 26, 12:00-1:00
Lunch
Saturday, March 26, 1:00-2:45 “Gender in the Professional World”
Chair: Courtney Cooper
Maria Pirone, Senior Business Development/Account Manager, Harris Corporation.
Carrie Harris, Associate,Spillman, Thomas & Battle, PLLC.
Dr. Dolores Flores-Silva, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Roanoke College.
Saturday, March 26, 3:00-5:30 Movie: The Contender