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Gender Researchers Social for UW-L Faculty and Staff
Please join us for an opportunity to casually socialize with faculty/staff across campus and explore collaboration possibilities with others, working on gender.
Tuesday, February 12, 4pm
Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
Sponsored by the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department
Gender and the De-Americanization of American
Muslims
with Dr. Saher Selod, Simmons College
Wed, February 20th, 4pm
1309 Centennial Hall
American Muslims come from many distinct racial
and ethnic groups. However, due to their shared
religious identity, they have been lumped into a
single racialized category, which has been
stigmatized in political discourse and the
press, and thus denied the privileges associated
with social citizenship in the United States.
This anti-Muslim discrimination varies by
gender: Muslim women are regarded as a threat to
American cultural values, while Muslim men are
regarded as a threat to national security.
Similarly, American Muslims' resistance to this
discrimination also varies by gender, with
American Muslim women more likely to resist and
men more likely to feel silenced. This
presentation, based on qualitative research with
Arab and South Asian Muslim Americans
in Chicago and Texas, examines the unique ways
gender influences anti-Muslim discrimination as
well as resistance to these experiences, and
reveals a growing need to examine the
intersectionalities of Muslim experiences along
lines of gender, race, citizenship and religion.
Bio:
Dr. Saher Selod is an Assistant Professor of
Sociology at Simmons College. Her research
interests are in race and ethnicity, gender,
religion, and citizenship. She recently
completed her dissertation, “Collateral
Damage—De-Americanization of Muslim Americans
after 9/11.” Her research examines how Muslim
Americans experience racialization in the United
States through their de-Americanization or
cultural exclusion from social citizenship.
Earlier this year, she earned the Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award
from SAGE and the American Sociological
Association. Professor Selod has published
widely and is currently co-editing a special
issue of Critical Sociology,
examining the public attitudes towards Muslims in the United
States based on a national survey conducted by the Pew Research
Center.
Sponsored by the Provost Office’s Visiting
Scholar of Color grant and the Women’s, Gender,
and Sexuality Studies Department
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International Women’s Day Celebration: Four
Cultural Perspectives
Thursday, March 7th, 5:30pm
Hall of Nations, Centennial Hall
This event will feature women from various
non-western cultures around the world. They will
discuss their personal journeys as women, their
educational and work experiences, and their
reflections on the challenges that women face in
their respective countries.
Sponsored by the American Association of
University Women-La Crosse Chapter, Departments
of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies,
History, and YWCA-La Crosse
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Jennifer Baumgardner, Feminist Activist-in-Residence
Mon, April 1, 7pm
Film Screening of "I Had an Abortion" followed
by Q&A
1400 Centennial Hall
More on the
film:
http://www.jenniferbaumgardner.net/i-had-an-abortion/
Tues, April 2, 4pm
Feminist Activism Workshop
2305 Centennial Hall
Tues, April 2, 7.30pm
Film screening of "It Was Rape" followed by Q&A
1400 Centennial Hall
More on the
film:
http://www.jenniferbaumgardner.net/it-was-rape/
Wed, April 3, 4pm
Lecture: Current Issues in the Gay Rights
Movement(s)
1400 Centennial Hall
Bio:
Jennifer Baumgardner is a filmmaker, activist, writer, and lecturer whose work explores abortion, sex, bisexuality, rape, single parenthood, and women’s power. Jennifer is the author of five books: Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics (FSG, 2007, which was nominated for a Lambda Award), Abortion and Life (Akashic, 2008), and the essay collection F ‘em! Goo Goo, Gaga, and Some Thoughts on Balls (Seal, 2011), as well as the best-selling books about feminism written with Amy Richards—Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (FSG, 2000) and Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism (FSG, 2005). In 2003, the Commonwealth Club of California honored her as a “Visionary for the 21st Century.”
For more on Baumgardner: http://www.jenniferbaumgardner.net/about/Sponsored by the College of Liberal Studies Inclusive Excellence grant, Violence Prevention Office, Women’s Studies Student Association, Campus Climate and Diversity Office, American Association of University Women- La Crosse Chapter, and the Departments of English; Health Education and Health Promotion; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Psychology; and Communication Studies
-----$mart $tart: A Salary Negotiation Skills workshop
(for genderqueer/woman-identified persons)
Sat., April 6, 10am-1pm
NOTE: This is for genderqueer/woman-identified
juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
Registration
is REQUIRED; limited to the first 40
participants. To reserve your seat, please
email:
aauwlacrosse@hotmail.com.
In conjunction with the WAGE Project (www.wageproject.org), this workshop seeks to raise awareness about resources for benchmarking reasonable salaries and benefits, including salary ranges, the impact of market realities on salaries, and how to compare skills and accomplishments to target a realistic salary range. Negotiation skills, including role playing, that teach participants how to aim high and be realistic will also be addressed.
Sponsored by the AAUW-La Crosse Branch, YWCA-La Crosse, UW-L’s Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, Women’s Studies Student Association, Career Services, and Asian, Latino, African, Native American Women (ALANA).
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Film Screening of "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People" with discussion to follow
Tuesday, April 30, 4 pm
1400 Centennial
Film synopsis:
Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores the history of a long line of degrading images of Arabs in Hollywood cinema and how their persistence over time has naturalized prejudice toward Arabs. The film underscores the need for counter-narratives that reflect the diversity and richness of Arab people, history, and culture.
Here's a trailer.
Sponsored by Office of International Education, Campus Climate and Diversity, School of Arts and Communication, Depts. of Ethnic and Racial Studies, History, Sociology/Archaeology, International Studies, Communication Studies, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Affirmative Action Office.
For more information, please contact: Mahruq
Khan,
mkhan@uwlax.edu
Fall 2012 Skip to October November
In addition to our programs, there are many other events related to women, gender, sexuality and social justice issues on campus. Other places to look are the Pride Center, Office of Multicultural Student Services and Campus Activities Board.
September
A Lecture by Provost Heidi Macpherson
Monday, September 17, 2012
4 pm
Centennial Hall Auditorium, Room 1309
Political Landscapes, Private Hauntings: Violence in Contemporary American Women’s WritingRanging across a wide range of contemporary American women’s writing, this talk will focus on how contemporary anxieties are played out in the pages of women’s fiction, as well as the ways in which women’s writing increasingly stages legal conflict, or engages in representations of the aftermath of violence. A primary focus will be on Lionel Shriver’s award-winning novel We Need to Talk About Kevin (recently made into a film with Tilda Swinton) as well as other novels in which mothers come into conflict with the law and negotiate their ‘innocence’ or ‘guilt’ in the face of both real and imagined courts of law.
Print a copy of the flyer here
Dr. Michael Kimmel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York-Stony Brook
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
7:30 pm
Graff Main Hall Auditorium, Room 260
Here's the link to Kimmel's UW-L presentation! http://mediastream.uwlax.edu/UWLMediasite6/Play/4eabcc4fd90d44fb99ebeaa6788f5e911d
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become
Men
Guyland is based on more than 400 interviews over a
four-year span with young men, ages 16–26. Kimmel’s study shows
that the guys who live in “Guyland” are mostly white,
middle-class, totally confused and cannot commit to their
relationships, work or lives. Although they seem baffled by the
riddles of manhood and responsibility, they submit to the “Guy
Code,” where locker-room behaviors, sexual conquests, bullying,
violence and assuming a cocky jock pose can rule over the
sacrifice and conformity of marriage and family. Obsessed with
never wanting to grow up, this demographic, which is 22 million
strong, craves video games, sports and depersonalized sexual
relationships.
Sponsored by: UW-L College of Liberal Studies, Departments of
Psychology, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies,
Communication Studies, Sociology/Archaeology, History, the
Wellness Center and the Violence Prevention Office
Here's a printable copy of our flyer: Guyland poster
Join us for three events with:
Kulsum Ameji, Attorney for Legal Assistance
Foundation and Advocate for Survivors of Domestic Violence
(Click
here for the
poster!)
Wednesday, October 17th, 6pm
Centennial Hall Auditorium, Room 1309
Lecture: Of Margins and Intersections: Learned Lessons and
Unanswered Questions from a Decade of Working With Immigrant
Survivors of Violence
In this campus-wide lecture, Kulsum Ameji will discuss: the
barriers immigrant survivors face, some of the resources
immigrants have available, examples of intersectionality
impacting survivors' lives, the challenges of doing this work,
the shortcomings of a prosecutorial approach, the need for
nuanced complex family empowerment strategies, the importance of
academic-community partnerships, and the paucity of research
around legal aid and anti-violence work in immigrant
communities.
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Thursday, October 18th, 12:30pm
Cartwright Center, Port O’Call
Workshop: The Face Behind The Veil: The Illusion of Judicial
Neutrality and the Intersections of Race, Gender, Culture, and
Immigration Status in Immigrant Survivor's Legal Cases
This interactive workshop will discuss the history and current
status of US immigration laws, laws related to race, and family
laws; engender conversation about the law in theory v. the law
in practice; encourage students to think critically about the
ways in which the law is or isn't neutral; share anecdotes and
experiences about how these issues manifest in some low income
immigrant survivors real lives; encourage students to expand
their understanding and familiarity with the theoretical
frameworks on which our laws are based, the law as a tool for
social change, and their role as future attorneys in
complicating and questioning the legal paradigm; and provide a
reading list for further research on critical race legal theory,
the history of immigration law, the history of family law, and
current movements for legal change.
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Thursday, October 18, 4pm
Viterbo University
Brophy Center, Room 122 (entrance on 10th St.)
Workshop: Mental Health in the Global Context: Issues Impacting
Immigrant Survivors of Violence
Ameji will facilitate an interactive workshop with social work
students based on case models. It will address issues of
cultural competency, diversity, cross-cultural communication,
cultural stigmas against mental health services, multiple layers
of trauma in immigrant women’s lives (e.g., war, the lifetime
spiral of gender violence, the trauma of the immigration
process, etc.,) and the paucity of culturally- and
linguistically-competent mental health services for immigrant
survivors. The workshop will emphasize the critical role that
social workers can and should play in immigrant survivor's lives
and provide strategies for social work students to employ as
practitioners someday and further resources relevant to their
field.
Sponsored by: UW-L Provost’s Office Visiting Scholar of Color
Grant, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department,
Violence Prevention Office, and Viterbo University
Bio:
Kulsum Ameji is an attorney with the Legal Assistance Foundation
in Chicago, an advocate and educator, dedicated to community
empowerment, access to justice, immigrant rights, gender equity,
and the eradication of poverty. The American-born daughter of
Kenyan-Indian immigrants, Kulsum lives and works at the
intersections of gender, culture, immigration, poverty, and
anti-violence efforts. For eight years, she has coordinated the
Legal Assistance Foundation’s Project SOS (Safety Through
Outreach and Services), a project dedicated to empowering
immigrant women through education, outreach, holistic services,
and legal representation. She has trained thousands of advocates
on cultural competency, immigration remedies, and family law
issues for immigrant women. Most importantly, she worked closely
with women and children from over 60 countries on their
religious, legal, and cultural rights.
In 2009, she received the Community Renewal Society’s 35 Under
35 Award for her work empowering communities of color and
working towards social justice. In 2010, she was selected as a
Lead the Way Fellow through NYU Wagner’s Women of Color Policy
Network for women of color who are emerging leaders in the
non-profit sector. In April 2012, Kulsum was honored with the
Chicago Foundation for Women’s 2012 Impact Award for “Defending
Women’s Rights in the Courtroom, the Capitol, and Beyond.” In
August, she will participate in the LEAP Emerging Leaders
program for leaders in the Asian Pacific Islander community. In
October, Kulsum will travel to Armenia as part of the U.S. State
Department’s Legislative Fellows exchange program. There, she
will research and report on women’s rights and legal aid in the
Caucasus.
Prof. Ray Block, Political Science and Public
Administration
Monday, October 22, 2012
Ray Block poster here!
4 pm
Centennial Hall, Room 1303
The Women of Contemporary Presidential Politics: A Panorama of
Survey Reports from the iPoll Databank
This research talk combines numerous surveys over a
fifty-year period to explore public perceptions of several First
Ladies of the United States (or, "FLOTUSes") and how pollsters
"talk about" these important women. We find that the "type" and
"intensity" of these FLOTUS dialogues vary considerably from
person to person, but we also discovered some interesting
commonalities across women (i.e. discussion of the First Lady's
likability, fashion choices, and the challenges of balancing
work and family). This ongoing project teaches us a great deal
about the American Presidency, and it highlights the ability of
surveys to reflect--as well as influence--public perceptions of
women in politics.
Sponsored by the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies
For more information, please contact:
Mahruq Khan |
mkhan@uwlax.edu | 785-8351
November (Click here for the Transgender Identities series poster)
Fatima Arain and Owen Daniel-McCarter
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
5 pm
339 Cartwright
Transgender Youth, Homelessness, and the Law
The speakers will discuss how a) how the non profit
industrial complex limits services for LGBT and queer homeless
youth, b) the unique needs of queer youth who are experiencing
homelessness, c) interpersonal, community and state perpetrated
violence in the lives of LGBT homeless youth, d) how the prison
industrial complex targets queer homeless youth.
Bios:
Fatima Arain received her Masters in Social Work from
the University of Chicago, worked for Peace for the Streets by
Kids from the Streets (PSKS), focusing on (LGBTQ) homeless youth
in Seattle, and has significant experience in non-profit
advocacy.
Owen Daniel-McCarter, Esq. is one of the founding
collective members of the Transformative Justice Law Project (
TJLP ) of Illinois, which provides free, zealous, life-affirming
and gender-affirming holistic legal services to poor transgender
and gender non-conforming people targeted by the criminal legal
system in Chicago, as well as folks in prisons throughout
Illinois. TJLP provides legal services with a commitment to
three core values: the right to gender self-determination,
vision towards a long-term goal of prison abolition, and
dedication to resisting state-sponsored systems of control
through transformative justice and community empowerment models.
Owen—who has advised LGBTQ organizations such as Chicago Dyke
March—is also an adjunct professor at DePaul University.
Sponsored by: College of Liberal Studies, the Pride Center,
Rainbow Unity, Campus Climate, School of Arts and Communication,
and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Prof. Stephen L. Mann, English Department
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
4pm
Centennial Hall, Room 1303
'We Are Family': Language Attitudes and Usage in Gay
Men's Created Kinship Networks
Sociolinguistic studies of kinship networks consistently
highlight the positive effect of strong kinship ties on
attitudes toward and adherence to community language norms.
These studies, however, fail to account for non-family of origin
(i.e., created) kinship relationships common in many LGBTQ
communities of practice. In this presentation, I address this
gap in the literature by considering the effect of different
types of kinship ties on gay men's attitudes toward/use of gay
male varieties of American English.
Sponsored by the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality
Studies