Conference Schedule

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wednesday’s panels will be in the Banquet Room of Johnson Commons East

Moderator: Obianuju Njoku (Faculty, Music and Gender Studies)

Adonoo, Ernest Elikplim Kwabla (Graduate, Ethnomusicology) - Navigating Dualities: Interrogating the Body in Dzobikpe Healing Dance Practices
Kabore, Mary (Graduate, Music) - “Stop this Nonsense”: Making and Re-making Boundaries in Atenteben Instrument Production in Asante, Ghana
Singh, Muno (Undergraduate, Biology) - Snapback Culture, Postpartum Bodies, and Representation in Popular Music: A Case Study of Rihanna

Moderator: Amanda Mixon (Faculty, Gender Studies)

Guntharp, Syd (Undergraduate, Political Science) - “Stars of a Collapsing Universe”: The Political Power of Essex Hemphill’s and Marlon Riggs’ AIDS Art
Hurdle, Lucy (Graduate, School of Law) - Mississippi's Abortion Ban: Empowering Women Through Education and the Rape Exception
Schrock, Jonathan (Undergraduate, Multidisciplinary Studies) - Camp Sister Spirit Timeline & Discussion of Interviews

Moderator: Phillip Gordon (Faculty, Gender Studies)

Strickland, Paden (Undergraduate, Journalism) - The Body Politic
Wansley, Fatimah (Undergraduate, African American Studies/English) - The Black Medusa
Woodry, Chris (Undergraduate, Creative Writing) - Creating an Alternative Masculinity: Selected Readings Poetry Discussing the Intersection of Homosexuality, Disability, and Body Politics

Moderator: Jennifer Venable (Faculty, Gender Studies)

Courtney, Nora - (Undergraduate, Public Policy Leadership) - Chicks in Politics
Fassnacht, Annabelle - (Undergraduate, Exercise Science) - Women in the Church: A Look Into the Presence of Patriarchy Within the Christian Church
Glenn, Maggie - (Undergraduate, General Studies) - The Offside of Women's Sports: The Sexism and Oppression Women Face In Sports
Goldenberg, Taylor (Undergraduate, Allied Health Studies) Unmasked: A Look at the Sexualization of Women in Marvel Comics and Movies
Perez, Julianna (Undergraduate, Management Information Systems) - The Future Is The Media Abolishing Stereotypes -- Examined Through The Popular Television Show Breaking Bad
Pierce, Joseph (Undergraduate, Gender Studies) - Pointing Out the Discrepancies Faced by Being a Black Queer Individual Inside of a Marginalized Community (LGBTQIA+)

Barnard Observatory

Thursday’s panels will be in the Banquet Room of Johnson Commons East

Moderator: Jaime Harker (Faculty, English/Gender Studies)

Chuppe, Ava (Graduate, English) - Assata: An Autobiography as Abolition Feminist Praxis
Cordwell, Abigail (Graduate, English) - "Come, Madam, Come": The Politics of Love and Consent in John Donne's Erotic Verse
McCutchen, Caroline (Undergraduate, English/Political Science) - Phoenix Jackson and Ida M'Toy: Empowering Elderly Black Women in Eudora Welty's Fiction and Photography
Knox-McConnell, Astrid (Graduate, Southern Studies) - Recipe for Resistance: Food, Sex, and a Queer Politics of Pleasure.

Moderator: Carrie Smith (Faculty, Psychology)

Mossman, Emma (Undergraduate, Criminal Justice) - The Danger of Defining: Exploring Unconscious Bias and Gender Stereotypes
Richmond, Brianna (Graduate, Experimental Psychology) - Voicing Injustice: Ingroup Responses to Black Women's Sexism Claims
Wicks, Sydney (Graduate, Psychology) - Shaping Singlehood: How Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Network Opinions Influence Singlehood Experiences

Moderator: Elizabeth Venell (Faculty, Gender Studies)

Black, Xavier (Undergraduate, International Studies/French) - From Cléo to Florence: A Story of Feminine Agency and Growth
Lee, Story (Undergraduate, Film Production) - Victim to Vengeance - An Exploration of Body Horror in Relation to Rape in Media
Ogbokwese, Sylvester (Graduate, French Literature and Linguistics) - From Spectacle to Spectator: The Radical Transformation of Cléo in "Cléo from 5 to 7" of Agnes Varda

Moderator: Phillip Gordon (Faculty, Gender Studies)

Davis, Jordan (Undergraduate, English) - The Trans Gaze in Development: Making Meaning of the Phenomenon
McLellan, Aubrey (Undergraduate, Psychology) - WLW YA Literature Newspaper
Panell, Cadi (Undergraduate, English and Philosophy) - Compulsory Heterosexuality: Queer Pride and Prejudice
Skolsky, Brooklyn (Undergraduate, Psychology) - Monsters and Gender: Exploring Frankenstein and the Modern Day Zombie.

Presented by Dr. Hil Malatino (Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Penn State)

Friday’s panels will be in the LGBTQ+ Lounge on the 4th Floor of Lamar Hall

Moderator: Pria Williams (Faculty, Theatre/Gender Studies)

Boshers, Mickey (Undergraduate, English Education) - Angels in America & the Body Politic
Hite, Lauren (Undergraduate, Journalism) - The Normal Heart & the Body Politic

Moderator: Theresa Starkey (Faculty, Gender Studies) and Obianuju Njoku (Faculty, Music/Gender Studies)

Moderator: Angela LaGrotteria (Faculty, Gender Studies)

Cochran, Emma (Undergraduate, Exercise Science) - The Influence of Menstrual Cycle Phase on Upper Extremity Function
Gordy, Colin (Undergraduate, BioMolecular Sciences) - Women's Health Disparities in the Tuberculosis Epidemic
Kipping, Alexandra (Undergraduate, Public Policy Leadership) - Understanding the Effectiveness and Ethics of Gender Quota Implementation in the Sphere of American Politics
Nyary, Amy (Undergraduate, Psychology) - Trust at the Polls: Examining Perceptions of Election Fairness and Voting Intentions
Smith, Azalea (Undergraduate, Grisham McLean Institute) - Oral History Collection: Black Life in Oxford