Student
Conference on Gender, Diversity, and Identity An International and Interdisciplinary Women's Forum |
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Free and Open to the Public! |
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Friday,
March 5, 2004
University
Union Saltair Room
9:00 a.m. -- 5:30 p.m. |
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In the current context of emerging identity politics and evolving new democracies, contested issues of gender and diversity have become the focus of heightened debate. This conference integrates student-researchers into the rapidly expanding interdisciplinary and collaborative fields of gender and culture studies by providing them a forum in which undergraduate and graduate students from the US and abroad engage in dialogues of mutual concern. These students, among the best and brightest in their fields, specialize in a wide range of disciplines and represent many cultural/geographical areas of the world. Their work on gender and culture is global in scope, combining empirical research with theoretical arguments. The conference offers the opportunity for University of Utah students to make linkages on common issues with students living and working in other regions of the US and the world. Naturally, public participation from both men and women will be a vital part of the conference. The conference is held in the memory of Susan Moller Okin, Professor of Political Science and Martha Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society at Stanford University. The news of her untimely death came only two days before the conference. Okin took a keen interest in the conference and nominated one of her students to participate in the event. At the time of her death, she held the Martina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. |
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"This promises to be a significant conference
that will benefit our students," notes Robert Newman, Dean
of the College of Humanities, one of the sponsors of the conference.
"Gender, diversity, and identity are key interrelated terms that
now propel study in the Humanities. Understanding each term and its
relationship to the others will help make our students better critical
thinkers and citizens." |
| CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE |
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| Students |
Faculty
and Staff |
Tamara
M. Abousleman (Educational Psychology) |
Holly
Campbell (Tanner Humanities Center) |
| Karolina
Abuzyarova (Political Science) |
Debra
Daniels (Women's Resource Center) |
| Taylor
Arrigo (Philosophy) |
Janice
Frost (Undergraduate Studies) |
| Jeff
Fullmer (Philosophy) |
David
Keller (Philosophy, UVSC) |
| Adrian
Johnson (ASUU) |
Chandran
Kukathas (Political Science) |
| Michelle
Larsen (Business) |
Ron
Mallon (Philosophy) |
| Ammon
Pate (Philosophy |
Rebecca
Olsen (Anthropology) |
| James
Roach (Political Science) |
Janet
Theiss (History) |
Umu
Kisia Tukuafu (ASUU) |
Seetha
Veeraghanta (Undergraduate Studies) |