Research Series  2020-2021

 

 

October 15, 2020

“Forgotten Heroes: Women of Past Epidemics”
Dr. Ashleigh McKinzie, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Students are especially invited to attend.
Zoom Invitation: Topic: WGST Research Series. Time: Oct 15, 2020 03:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada).

September 17, 2020

“Forgotten Heroes: Women of Past Epidemics”
Dr. Katie Foss, Professor, Department of Journalism and Strategic Media
Students are especially invited to attend.
Zoom Invitation: Topic: WGST Research Series. Time: Sep 17, 2020 01:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada).
Join Zoom Meeting https://mtsu.zoom.us/j/93578089237?pwd=dXovenNWeStXbXRJUWdXVE93NmFXQT09  Meeting ID: 935 7808 9237 Passcode: 823850

Research Series  2019-2020

September 19, 2019
"Immediate Family: On the Consolation, Embellishment, and Distortion of Memory"
Dr. Mary Magada-Ward, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

October 17, 2019
"Gender and Representation in Virtual Reality"
Dr. Stephanie Dean, Department of Media Arts 
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

November 21, 2019
"Development of a Gender-Based Needs Assessment for Puerto Rican Women and Non-Binary Individuals after Hurricane Maria"
Dr. Donna Dopwell, Department of Social Work
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

January 23, 2020
Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Student Panel
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

February 20, 2020
"I Ain’t Sorry: Discursive Style of the White Boy Anti-Apology"
Scarlett Hester, Department of Communication Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

March 19, 2020
"Dangerous Dames: Representing Female-Bodied Empowerment in Postfeminist Media"
Dr. Heather Hundley & Dr. Roberta Chevrette, Department of Communication Studies 
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

April 16, 2020
“'Remember to Breathe (But Don’t Make a Noise!)': Constructions of Birth in Post-Apocalyptic Narratives"
Dr. Katie Foss, School of Journalism and Strategic Media 
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

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Research Series  2018-2019

April 18, 2019
"'A Kind of Holy Heat': The Spatial Politics of Black Women"
Dr. LaToya Eaves, Assistant Professor, Global Studies and Human Geography
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

March 27, 2019
Women's and Gender Studies Interdisciplinary Conference Student Showcase
Graduate Student Paper Panel
Student Union Building

February 21, 2019
"The Dangers of Masculine Support Messages: Deconstructing Gender...Intimate Partner Violence"
Dr. Natalie Hoskins, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

November 15, 2018
"Environmental and Birth Justice: Promoting Heat Safety to Pregnant Women on the U.S.-Mexico Border"
Dr. Adelle Monteblanco, Assistant Professor, Sociology
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

October 18, 2018
"Technologies of Reproductive Genetic Testing for LGBTQ Individuals and Couples: Presenting Queer Standpoint Theory"
Dr. Robert Layne, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

September 20, 2018
"'I'm no longer that girl': Women Lifers' Hopes, Expectations, and Fears for Life Beyond Bars"
Dr. Meredith Dye, Associate Professor, Sociology
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

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April 19, 2018  April 2018 Research Series
"Bros Before Donald Trump: Bromance, Race, Masculinity, and Nation in the #BROTUS Memes"
Dr. Roberta Chevrette, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

March 15, 2018  March 2018 Research Series
"Constructions of Gender Identity in the Diaspora as Depicted in the Novels of Caryl Phillips"
Dr. Rebecca Dixon, Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy, Tennessee State University
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

November 16, 2017   November 2017 Research Series
“'Come Together?': Variations in Perceptions of Recovery from Disaster"
Dr. Ashleigh McKinzie, Sociology
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

October 26, 2017   October 2017 Research Series
“Virtually Gendered: How immersion and virtual embodiment can help mediate a gendered experience”
Dr. Stephanie Dean, Media Arts
3-4 p.m., Digital Media Studio, James E. Walker Library

April 20, 2017   April 2017 Research Series
“’They Are All She Had’: Formerly Incarcerated Women and the Right to Vote, 1890-1945”
Dr. Pippa Holloway, Professor of History
3-4 p.m., Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building, N 119

April 11, 2017    WGST Award Ceremony
Ayne Cantrell  Award presented to Dr. Mary S. Hoffschwelle, Professor of History
WGST Minor Student Scholarship presented to Cristina Joy Lewis, English

November 17, 2016    November 2016 Research Series
"'Black Bodies is Black Bodies': African Immigrant Linked Fate with African Americans"
MeCherri D. Aabedi-Anim, Sociology and Anthropology/Winner of the 2016 Association of Black Sociologists Graduate Student Paper Award
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

September 15, 2016   September 2017 Research Series
"Women Creating Women: Issues of Representation in the Media" with
a film screening of Lift Like A Girl by Allie Sultan
Allie Sultan, Department of Electronic Media Communication 
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

April 21, 2016    April 2016 Research Series
"When 'Wifey' is on the Front Line: Legitimizing Practices in Female Gamer Tags in Augmented Reality Environments"
Dr. Stephanie Hendrick, Department of Electronic Media Communication
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

April 14, 2016    WGST Award Ceremony
Ayne Cantrell Award presented to Clare Bratten
WGST Student Scholarship Award presented to Stephanie Ellis, English, and Charlotte "Cat" Archer, Sociology.

February 18, 2016    February 2016 Research Series
"Mary E. Hutchinson's Gender Madness"
Dr. Jae Turner, Department of History
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

November 19, 2015    November 2015 Research Series
"Navigating Sensitive Topics and the IRB Process"
Panelists:
Dr. Rudy Dunlap, Assistant Professor, Human Performance PhD program
Tara Prairie, PhD Student, Human Performance PhD program (former compliance officer)
Lesley Hanlin, MA Student, Sociology and also GA for Office of Compliance (IRB)
Facilitator:
Dr. Jackie Eller, Interim Vice Provost for Research and Dean, College of Graduate Studies
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

October 15, 2015    October 2015 Research Series Presentation
"WGST Graduate Certificate Research in Progress"
A panel made up of current WGST Graduate Certificate Students:
Matthew Byrge - "Gender Violence and Masculinity Within Indigenous Literature and Culture across the Antipodes and Pacific Regions"
Michelle Estes - "'More Closeted than Gayness Itself': The Depiction of Same-Sex Couple Violence in Newspaper Media"
Lori Stephens - "Upskirting: 'The Gaze' and the First Amendment"
Moderator:
Dr. Clare Bratten, Professor, Electronic Media Communication
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

September 17, 2015   September 2015 Research Series Presentation
"Feminist Ethics and Research"
A panel with Drs. Jackie Eller, Interim Vice Provost for Research and Dean, College of Graduate Studies; Ida Fadzillah, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology; and Vicky MacLean, Interim Director, Women's and Gender Studies/Professor, Sociology and Anthropology.
Moderator:
Dr. Clare Bratten, Professor, Electronic Media Communication
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

April 17, 2014    April 2014 Research Series Presentation
"Feminist Standpoint and Reflexive Thinking: Graduate Student Research in Progress"
A panel made up of recent WGST Graduate Certificate Students. Each panelist will describe her reflective process and dual roles as researcher and feminist. We will follow with a conversation among participants and attendees.
Shelley Maddox - "Feminist Parenting: A Mother's Auto-Ethnographic" (December 2013 Graduation)
JaDee Carathers - "Situating the Self in Reflective Practice: A Methodological Meditation on Feminist Standpoint Epistemology in Qualitative Interviewing on Maternal Sexuality and the Breastfeeding Problematic" (May 2014 Expected) 
Shaonta Allen  - "My Sister's Keeper: Reflections on Black Sisterhood, Feminist Consciousness, and Sorority Life" (August 2013 Graduation)
Felicia Brown - "Multicultural Identities among Minority Women Living in the US: Toward A Transformative Knowledge" (May 2014 Expected) 
Organizer and Moderator:
Dr. Vicky MacLean, Faculty Advisor, WGST Graduate Certificate
3-4 p.m., BAS SunTrust Room N127

March 20, 2014     March 2014 Research Series Presentation
"Medievalism and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century"
Dr. Amy Kaufman, Assistant Professor of English
3-4 p.m., BAS SunTrust Room N127