Conference Schedule

All sessions are in the Banquet Room in Johnson Commons East.

Tuesday

Noon - Free Preconference Concert featuring Austin Lucas

Part of the Folk Punk on the Porch Series
Barnard Observatory Courtyard

Wednesday

11 AM ~ Reflecting on the Art of the Unexpected: Roundtable on Fall 23 Sarahfest Artist-in-Residence

Moderator: Starkey, Theresa and Balach, Nancy Maria

Kraus, Julia (Graduate, Southern Studies)
Ocampo, Noreen (Graduate, Creative Writing)
Rai, Sandip (Graduate, Integrated Marketing Communications)
Sen, Ira (Graduate, English)

Noon ~ Not so Equal: Discrimination in Politics, Religion, and Work Life

Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Venell, Instructional Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

Burdine, Madeline (Graduate, Sociology) – “‘We’re just like everybody else,’ Until We Aren’t: How Intersectional Inequalities Shape the Politics of Perseverance in Queer Mississippi”
Kraus, Julia (Graduate, Southern Studies) - “Documenting Ex-/Inclusion: The Intersections of Queerness and Religion in Lafayette County“
Smith, Virginia (Undergraduate, Gender Studies) – “The Devaluation of Care Work: Unveiling Gender Inequality and its Economic Impact”

1 PM ~ Legislating Hate? Managing the Impacts of Anti-Queer Policy on LGBTQIA+ Communities

Moderator: Dr. Pip Gordon, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

Burdine, Madeline (Graduate, Sociology) – “How Are Straight Supporters Navigating and/or Maintaining Relationships with LGBTQ People in Mississippi? ”

Mabus, Chloe (Undergraduate, Gender Studies) – “Suffering and Pain: An Inside Look into the Law-Binding Effects on Transgender Lives and the LGBTQ+ Community”
Mora, Paul (Graduate, History) – “Flipping the Script: The Queer Conservative Impact on Same-Sex Marriage and Queer Geography.”

2 PM ~ Feministing the Screen: Gender and Film

Moderator: Dr. Jennifer Venable, Instructional Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

Cummings, Symantha (Undergraduate, Gender Studies) – “Feminist Film Analysis of Requiem for a Dream (2000): How Sara Goldfarb and Marion Silver Serve as an Exhortation for Women’s Liberation from Patriarchal Oppression”

East, Julia (Undergraduate, Gender Studies) – “The New Princess Jasmine”
Sanchez Torres, Luisa Juliana (Undergraduate, Gender Studies) – “Encanto, a Movie that Embraces Cultural, Gender, and Family Identities”

3 PM ~ Queer Southern Stories

Moderator: Dr. Julie Enszer, Instructional Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

Lengacher, Emily (Undergraduate, Psychology) – “My Role in Queer Life”
Lowes, Audrey (Undergraduate, Psychology & Gender Studies) – “The Female Experience: Training, Expectations, and Competition”
Rodgers, Samuel (Undergraduate, Psychology) – “My Stake in the Queer Story”
McLellan, Aubrey (Undergraduate,Psychology) – “My Life in the Larger Queer Story”

4 PM ~ Media Representation and the Body

Moderator: Dr. Leslie DeLassus, Instructional Assistant Professor of Gender Studies and Film

Conte, Laura (Graduate, Southern Studies) – “A Post-Structural Reading of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”

Johnson, Jessica (Undergraduate, Journalism) – “Appropriation or Appreciation? A Comparison of Madonna’s “Vogue” and Beyoncé’s Renaissance”
Vieira Zaidan, Ana Clara (Graduate, Experimental Psychology) – ““Am I Sexy?”: Variations in Body Concerns during Sex Across Sexual Orientation, Gender and Partner Sex”

5:30 Social Hour

The JC East Parlor becomes an Ice Cream Parlor in this exciting feminist social hour

Thursday

8 AM ~ The Eras of Gender (Taylor’s Version)

Moderator: Venell, Elizabeth Instructional Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

Maudlin, Cadence (Undergraduate, Education) – Is Taylor Swift “The Man”?
Harmon, Seth (Undergraduate, Education) – My Reputation’s Never Been Worse… So?
Woodard, Sydney (Undergraduate, Education) – Taylor Swift is a Feminist, Nothing New (10 Minute Version)

9:30 AM ~ Soundscapes of Intersectionality: Music and Affective World-making

Moderator: Njoku, Obianuju Instructional Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

Marshall, Antoin (Graduate, Music) – “The Impact of Gladys Bentley’s Sexuality on her Musical Success (1920s vs 1950s)”
Yoshida, Nodoka (Undergraduate, Political Science) – “Women, Agency, and Representation in J-pop (Kohaku TV Show) ”
Moses, If-not-god (Graduate, Music) – “Exploring Gender Negotiations in the Music Ministry of the Deeper Christian Life Ministries”
George, Olivia (Graduate, Graduate Non-degree) – “Supportive Favs: Affective Labour and the Construction of Queer Allyship in K-Pop Fandom”
Uselton, Kennedy (Graduate, Musicology) – “Joint Fisk University and Library of Congress Folk Culture Study of Coahoma County, Mississippi and the implications on the memory and documentation of the Blues

11 AM ~ Gender, Institutions, and Inequality

Moderator: Dr. Angie LaGrotteria, Instructional Assistant Professor of Gender Studies

Barnett, Paige (Undergraduate, Secondary Math Education) – Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes About Gender, Education, and Mathematical Aptitude: A Quantitative Study
Davis, Savannah (Undergraduate, Political Science) – Compliance, Title IX, and Equity: Women’s Athletics at the University of Mississippi
Myers, Abigail (Undergraduate, English & Psychology) – Beyond Bars and Bias: Unveiling Misogynoir and the Prison-Industrial Complex in Contemporary Black Women’s Literature.
Whitt, Madeline (Undergraduate, Public Policy Leadership) – The Life Experience of Women in Traditionally Male-Dominated STEM Fields

1 PM ~ Roundtable: Are We on the Air? Student Podcasts and Discussion of Inequality

Moderator: Paul Mora, Graduate Instructor of Gender Studies

Mirabella Nichols (Undergraduate, IMC)

Rene Booth (Undergraduate, Marketing)
Grace Lytle (Undergraduate, Psychology)
Caralyn Mitchell (Undergraduate, IMC)

2 PM ~ Gender in Student Film