Tentative Conference Schedule–All Rooms are in the Liberal Arts Building
8:00 am: Registration & Sign-in begin (Liberal Arts Lobby)
8:30- 9:25: Opening Remarks, Featuring Dr. Betty Harris, Former Director of Women’s Studies at the University of Oklahoma (Pegasus Theater)
9:30-10:25: Break-Out Session 1
Panel A (LAR 215):
Janet Ake, The Courageous Role of Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello
Lorry Gail Cieri, Dethroning a Queen: The Antifeminist Portrayal of Hippolyta in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Jennie Williamson and Stephani Wagoner, French Housewives and Their Maids: a Comparative Study of the Woman’s Condition in Nineteenth-Century France
Panel B (LAR 217):
Brooke Larson & Nicole Williams, Nineteenth-Century Women’s Fashion: Constraints and Restrictions
Darlene Kness, Fashion’s Negative Impact on Women
Christa Copeland, Portrayals of Women in Advertising: Objectified or Liberated?
Panel C (LAR 219):
Julie Campbell presenting for Krema Genova, The Essence of Communication through the Eyes of Dr. Deborah Tannen
Karenne Saylor, Virginia Woolf as Feminist Rhetorician
Dr. Lee Tyner, Dr. Dan Mertens, & Abbie Lambert, Men Earn More, but Are the Reasons Legitimate?
10:30-11:25: Break-Out Session 2
Panel A (LAR 215):
Jean Alger, “Get yourself some trousers!” Inversion of the Sentimental Novel in Terry Pratchett’s Monstrous Regiment
Meredith Bigheart-Seagraves, Gender Strolls: Oppression and Liberation in José Donoso’s “Paseo”
Kara Hanas, The Feminist Movement and Music
Panel B (LAR 217):
Mouna Taleb & Emily Vosberg, Social Norms and Women’s Submission: Exploring the Economic Marginalization of Women in Nineteenth-Century France
Lorry Gail Cieri, Nature and its Revelation: The Influence of Romanticism and Social Stigmas in Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”
Dr. Theresa Flowers, Kate Chopin’s Approach to Gender and Sexuality in “At the ‘Cadian Ball” and “The Storm”
Panel C (Room LAR 219):
Lindsay Dearinger, On the Existential Agony of Jewish Womanhood
Dorothy Weaver, Perceptions of duty and missing men: why the churches are filled with women
Dr. Cheryl Evans, Women in Leadership Hit the Class Ceiling, Too!
Panel D (LAR 231):
Blaine Riggs, Cowboys, Razorgirls and Hustlers: Jacking Into Gender Characterization in Cyberpunk Literature
Jennifer Walpole, Women, Science Fiction, and Sexuality: Is guilt the expected atonement for “sin”?
Leah Heitzke, A Woman’s World: The Evolution of the Female Role in British Horror Cinema
11:30-12:25: Break-Out Session 3
Panel A (LAR 215):
Lindsey Bartgis, Exploring Sexual Assault within Gender Perceptions and the LGBT Community
Stefani B. Hewatt, Too Queer to Come Near: Reinforcing Normalcy in Sex Scripts
Marybeth Menz, Compromising the Pink Shirt: the Rise of the Metrosexual
Panel B (LAR 217):
Tonya Bruton, From South Texas to North Dakota, From Gloria Anzaldúa to Louise Erdrich: A Cross-Cultural Study of Nepantla and Nepantleras
Eri Hitotsuyanagi-Kobayashi, A Woman Asking for Recognition: An analysis of the heroine in Jean Rhys’s Voyage in the Dark (1934)
Nafissatou Sall & Ouissal Slitine, From venal to glorious: Prostitution in France of the Nineteenth-Century
Panel C (LAR 219):
Dr. Amanda Miller, Cohabiting Men’s Roles in Determining the Outcomes of Unplanned Pregnancies
Andrea B Chapman & Kathleen McConnell, Sex Differences in Family Communication about Student Finances
Jamie Korsmo, Image Projection: The Uses of Female Imagery in In My Mother’s House
Panel D (LAR 231):
Steve Kluge, The Woman’s Voice is a Smoking Gun
Katherine Cooper, The Angel is Everywhere: Obstacles for Professional Women
LuElla Putnam, “Mother, I owe my life to thee”: The Politicized Role of Women in Rudyard Kipling’s Kim
12:30-1:45: Lunch (LAR 225)
2:00-3:15: Presentation by Brittany Novotny, Attorney at Law (Pegasus Theater)
3:30-4:45: Performance by Andrea Gibson, Poet and Performance Artist (Pegasus Theater)
4:45-5:00: Closing Remarks (Pegasus Theater)