Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Speaker Series
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Speaker Series
Through lectures, presentations, debates, round-tables, and formal and informal dialogues, the WGSS Speaker Series aims at providing an academic forum where conversations on WGSS-related topics can be held in a spirit of open inquiry and intellectual curiosity, with a sense of mutual respect and appreciation, and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
The WGSS Speaker Series offers participants an opportunity to:
- discuss topics, figures, and practices that address WGSS-related issues and concerns across times, places, cultures, and fields of study, work, and experiences;
- present scholarly work and research (in progress or already completed) that intersect WGSS-related topics across a variety of fields of study and professions;
- raise questions about a wide range of social problems and matters, especially those having to do with social and gender justice, equality, equity, and the elimination of structures of oppression;
- help educate ourselves toward building societies and communities wherein all ways of living can flourish.
Through lectures, presentations, debates, round-tables, and formal and informal dialogues, the WGS Speaker Series aims at providing an academic forum where conversations on WGS-related topics can be held in a spirit of open inquiry and intellectual curiosity, with a sense of mutual respect and appreciation, and from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
The WGS Speaker Series offers participants an opportunity to:
- discuss topics, figures, and practices that address WGS-related issues and concerns across times, places, cultures, and fields of study, work, and experiences;
- present scholarly work and research (in progress or already completed) that intersect WGS-related topics across a variety of fields of study and professions;
- raise questions about a wide range of social problems and matters, especially those having to do with social and gender justice, equality, equity, and the elimination of structures of oppression;
- help educate ourselves toward building societies and communities wherein all ways of living can flourish.
Past Speakers
Tina Chapman DaCosta
Founder and Director of Diversity Theater, Division of Diversity and Inclusion, Rochester Institute of Technology
WOMEN WHO ADVOCATE FOR EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND INCLUSION
April 1, 2024
Yamuna Sangarasivam
Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Women and Gender Studies Program, Nazareth University
GENDERED COLONIAL SUBJECTIVITIES AND THE CRISIS OF HUMANISM
November 28, 2023
Panel
STANDING TOGETHER: PATTERNS OF RESISTANCE IN CHINA AND IRAN
March 8, 2023
Participants: Ling Ma, Department of History, SUNY Geneseo; Shahin Monshipour, International Culture and Arts Network, Founder
Milo Obourn
Professor of English and Professor and Chair of Women & Gender Studies, SUNY Brockport
WHAT’S SO FUNNY ABOUT TRANS JUSTICE?
February 9, 2023
Charles Petersen
Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow, History Department and Cornell Society of Fellows, Cornell University
GENEALOGY OF THE TECHBRO
November 2, 2022
Roundtable
REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, WOMEN’S RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS
October 18, 2022
Participants: Suzanne Bamonto (RIT, Department of Psychology); Deborah Blizzard (RIT, Department of Science, Technology, Society); Tamar Carroll (RIT, Department of History); Lauren Hall (RIT, Department of Political Science); Kelly Kamish (RIT, Campus Life—Women and Gender); Irina Mikhalevich (RIT, Department of Philosophy); Lisa Nolan(Willow Domestic Violence Center); Tiffany L. Panko (RIT, NTID Research Center on Culture and Language); Lindsay Phillips (RIT, Student Health Center).
RIT Roundtable—Honoring bell hooks through Reflections and Stories
VISIONARY WORDS: LOVE, JUSTICE, AND FREEDOM
March 25, 2022
Participants: Ann Howard (Department of STS), Nickesia Gordon (School of Communication), Jennifer Kamish (Academic Advising, KGCOE), Katrina Overby (School of Communication), Adam Rosen-Carole (Department of Philosophy/WGSS Program), Laura Shackelford (Department of English/CES), Taj Smith (Division of Diversity and Inclusion/WGSS Program), RIT students.
M. Nicole Horsley
Assistant Professor, Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, Ithaca College
AFTERTASTE: WHOSE THROAT IS THIS? TO THE AFTERLIFE OF GLORIA, A MEDITATION ON TASTE, PLEASURE, AND PEDAGOGY
March 25, 2022
Sarah LaChance Adams
Florida Blue Distinguished Professor, Director of the Florida Blue Center for Ethics University of Northern Florida
THE CRUEL OPTIMISM OF PICKUP ARTISTS: GENDER AND AGENCY IN SEDUCTION
February 18, 2022 (virtual)
Lauren Hall
Associate Professor of Political Science, RIT
BIRTH, MEDICALIZATION, AND THE POLITICS OF A PANDEMIC
March 25, 2021 (virtual)
Jennifer Foley
Deputy Director for Collections and Engagement, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum
THE ARTS OF ENGAGEMENT: CONNECTING WITH MUSEUM VISITORS
March 16, 2021 (virtual)
Mariana Ortega
Associate Professor of Philosophy and of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Penn State University
TO(O) QUEER THE ARTIST: AN AESTHETICS OF SELF-MAKING
February 25, 2021 (virtual)
Robin Mitchell
Associate Professor of History, California State University—Channel Islands
VÉNUS NOIRE: BLACK WOMEN AND COLONIAL FANTASIES IN 19TH-CENTURY FRANCE—A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR
February 9, 2021 (virtual)
Devonya Havis
Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Canisius College
PRACTICES OF FREEDOM UNDER CONDITIONS OF UNFREEDOM: ARTS OF REFUSAL
November 9, 2020
Melissa Autumn White
Assistant Professor, Critical Sexuality and Queer Studies, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
SPONSORED QUEER MIGRATION IN AN AGE OF APARTHEID
October 26, 2020
Nathan R. Lee
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Policy, RIT
THE NATIONAL GENDER GAP IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES: A NEW DATA INITIATIVE IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE
October 5, 2020
Jennifer Foley
Director of Education and Community Engagement, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
THE ART OF ENGAGEMENT: CONNECTING WITH MUSEUM VISITORS
April 9, 2020—Postponed due to Covid-19
Stacy Nation-Knapper
Director, Year One Programs, RIT
“SHE WAS OF MIXED BLOOD, FAR ABOVE THE AVERAGE”: EXPLORING NARRATIVES OF FUR TRADE FAMILY IDENTITIES
March 24, 2020—Postponed due to Covid-19
Deirdre Schlehofer
Associate Professor, Department of Cultural & Creative Studies, NTID, RIT
DISENTANGLING THE MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF DEAF WOMEN IN THE DEAF PRESIDENT NOW! MOVEMENT
February 20, 2020
Laura Finley
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, Barry College
CREATING CAMPUS-COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS TO EDUCATE ABOUT DATING AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
October 17, 2019
Lara Freidenfelds
Independent Scholar
MAKING BABIES, MAKING MISCARRIAGES: ULTRASOUND, HOME PREGNANCY TESTING, AND EARLY PREGNANCY LOSS
October 7, 2019
Margaret Bailey
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Interim Director of Advance RIT, RIT
LESSONS LEARNED IN MANAGING CHANGE & TRANSFORMATION AT RIT: A GENDER EQUITY FOCUS
March 25, 2019