March 29, 2016
Welcome back from spring break. I hope your break was enjoyable and that you are refreshed and ready to complete the semester.
This Saturday, April 2, Virginia Wesleyan will serve as the host site for Works
in Progress, an interdisciplinary conference of feminist scholarship. The event
will feature many of our own faculty and students as well as guests from
Christopher Newport University, Hampton University, James Madison University,
Norfolk State University, Old Dominion University, and William & Mary.
Presenters will share work in various stages of development—focused on women's
and gender issues—in exchange for feedback and consultation from other
interested scholars.
The conference will begin with a keynote address by Dr. Elizabeth Losh, Associate Professor of English and American Studies at William & Mary. The day will then be divided into three sessions, made up of 11 panels and nearly 50 presenters.
Panels will include: Subjugated Knowledge: Women in August Wilson’s Plays; Feminist Issues and Activism in Hampton Roads; Culture and Politics; Women Writers, Trauma, and Subversion; Boundary Waters: Journeys and Transitions in Beth E. Brant's "Swimming Upstream"; Defining the Experience of Black Womanhood: Reconceptualizing the Strong Black Woman Cultural Construct; Feminist Approaches to Global Crises; Leading and Establishing Yourself; Systems and Influences; Violence Against Women; and Uncovering Our Own Legacy: Representation and the Hampton Roads LGBTQ Community.
A number of Virginia Wesleyan faculty members and students will participate in the conference in variety of ways. Among them are:
Faculty Panel Chairs
Richard Bond, Batten Associate Professor of History
Kathleen Casey, Assistant Professor of History
Kellie Holzer, Assistant Professor of English
Taryn Myers, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Adam Ruh, Lecturer in English
Sharon Payne, Professor Emeritus, Social Work
Faculty Presenters
Rebecca Hooker, Batten Associate Professor of English
Alison Marganski, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Adam Ruh, Lecturer in English
Kathy Stolley, Professor of Sociology
Student Presenters/Posters
Adrian Benn
Katherine-Anne Christy
Brianna Graham
Gabrielle Henderson
Alexandria Houston
Ashley Jens
Shyail Owens
Connor Pederson
Sarah Pybus-Elmore
Kelsi Robins
Dillon Rudiger
Madison Thomer
Shanikqua Williams
Panel discussions will take place throughout the day in the Women's Resource Center, the Floyd E. Kellam Jr. Social Science Lab, and Clarke Hall (9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.).
Special thanks to Susan Larkin, Director of the Women's Resource Center and Associate Professor of English, for spearheading this collaborative event along with the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Women’s Forum, and Women’s Resource Center.
The conference will begin with a keynote address by Dr. Elizabeth Losh, Associate Professor of English and American Studies at William & Mary. The day will then be divided into three sessions, made up of 11 panels and nearly 50 presenters.
Panels will include: Subjugated Knowledge: Women in August Wilson’s Plays; Feminist Issues and Activism in Hampton Roads; Culture and Politics; Women Writers, Trauma, and Subversion; Boundary Waters: Journeys and Transitions in Beth E. Brant's "Swimming Upstream"; Defining the Experience of Black Womanhood: Reconceptualizing the Strong Black Woman Cultural Construct; Feminist Approaches to Global Crises; Leading and Establishing Yourself; Systems and Influences; Violence Against Women; and Uncovering Our Own Legacy: Representation and the Hampton Roads LGBTQ Community.
A number of Virginia Wesleyan faculty members and students will participate in the conference in variety of ways. Among them are:
Faculty Panel Chairs
Richard Bond, Batten Associate Professor of History
Kathleen Casey, Assistant Professor of History
Kellie Holzer, Assistant Professor of English
Taryn Myers, Assistant Professor of Psychology
Adam Ruh, Lecturer in English
Sharon Payne, Professor Emeritus, Social Work
Faculty Presenters
Rebecca Hooker, Batten Associate Professor of English
Alison Marganski, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Adam Ruh, Lecturer in English
Kathy Stolley, Professor of Sociology
Student Presenters/Posters
Adrian Benn
Katherine-Anne Christy
Brianna Graham
Gabrielle Henderson
Alexandria Houston
Ashley Jens
Shyail Owens
Connor Pederson
Sarah Pybus-Elmore
Kelsi Robins
Dillon Rudiger
Madison Thomer
Shanikqua Williams
Panel discussions will take place throughout the day in the Women's Resource Center, the Floyd E. Kellam Jr. Social Science Lab, and Clarke Hall (9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.).
Special thanks to Susan Larkin, Director of the Women's Resource Center and Associate Professor of English, for spearheading this collaborative event along with the Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Women’s Forum, and Women’s Resource Center.
