RU Women's Studies
Faculty Lecture Series
educating the masses since the Fall of 2000
Spring 2008
TBA
Fall 2007
Drs. Kristan Morrison, Rebecca Scheckler, Jolanta Wawrzycka, Erin Webster-Garrett, Moira Baker. "Women, Technology & the University Classroom" Wed., 11/28, 3:00pm, Heth Lounge C
Dr. Roann Barris. “The New Soviet Woman: A Collective Portrait” Mon, 10/15, Noon, Heth Lounge A
Dr. Mary Atwell. “’Equal Justice under Law’? The Roberts Court and Human Rights Issues.” Wed., 9/19, Noon, Heth Lounge A
2006-2007
Monday, April 16 12:00 “Recovering lost women writers: Virginia Woolf and Olive Moore” Dr. Renee Dickinson and Ms. Shelley Gentry, Department of English.
Tuesday, March 27, 12:30, “Lost in (Cyber)Space?: Feminist Pedagogies and On-Line Instruction” Dr. Rebecca Scheckler, Waldron College of Health and Human Services
Monday, February 19, 12:00 “Are we still failing at fairness? Gender and Secondary Education Classrooms” Dr. Suzanne Kauer, Department of English
“Forever Free” and the Tragic Mulatta: Erasing the Female Slave
Dr. Roann Barris Department of Art Noon – 1:00 Wednesday, Dec. 6 Heth Commonwealth Room
Hooking up on a College Campus: Gender Dynamics and Dating Violence Wednesday, October 25: Dr. Danielle Currier, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 12:00 p.m. Bonnie Auditorium
"I do"...? Perhaps Not: A faculty panel discussion of Virginia's Reaffirmation of Marriage Act Monday, Sept. 25, Noon Heth Lounge A
2005-2006
"Women Artists of the 21st Century" A dvd presentation and discussion presented by Dr.Roann Barriss, Thursday, April 6: 12:30 p.m. 208 Powell Hall
“Questioning Identity: Self –Portraits of Women Artists” By Dr. Roann Barris, Assistant Professor, Art History March 28th 7:00pm in the Library Conference Room
Dr. Mary Atwell , Department of Criminal Justice "'And justice for all'?: The Impact of the Supreme Court on Women's Lives " Thursday, November 17, 12:30 - 1:30 in Heth Lounge A
Dr. Danielle Currier, Department of Sociology and Anthropology "'I didn't think it could happen to me' Dating Violence on College Campus" Thursday, October 27, 12:30 - 1:30 in Heth Lounge A
Dr. Theresa Burriss, Director of LARC, Department of English "Women of Change,Women of Courage:Appalachian Activists " Thursday, September 29, 12:30 -1:30 in the Heth Lounge A
2004-2005
Dr. Mary Atwell, Department of Criminal Justice “’The Invasion of the Body Snatchers’: Recent Restrictions on Women’s Reproductive Rights” Thursday, April 14, 12:30 p.m. in Heth, Lounge A
Dr. Rosemary Guruswamy, Department of English “Breaking the Silence: Early American Women Writers’ Quest for Voice” Thursday, March 10, 12:30 p.m. in Heth, Lounge A
Dr. Danielle Currier, Department of Sociology “Self-Presentation Among Female Athletes” Wednesday, February 16, 12:00 p.m. in Heth, Lounge A
Dr. Margaret Hrezo, Department of Political Science “Research off the Beaten Track: New Approaches to Political Science” Tuesday, November 9: 12:30p.m. in Heth, Lounge A
Dr. Jeanne Mekolichick, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, with students, Melissa Bellows and Morgann McGinty “Service-Learning at the Women’s Resource Center” Tuesday, October 12: 12:00p.m. in Heth, Lounge A
Dr. Mary Ferrari Professor of History “Separate, But Still Not Equal?: Title IX and Parity in Women’s Athletics” Monday, March 8 Noon in Heth, Lounge C
Judi Cox MS, RN, FNP “Understanding Eating Disorders” Thursday, Feb. 26 Noon in Heth, Cascades Room
Ms. Lee Smith Coordinator Substance Abuse/ Sexual Assault Education, and Ms. Michelle Bertram, Sexual Assault Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator at Women's Resource Center "When Prince Charming Turns into a Real Toad: History and Current Issues in Responding to Partner Violence" Monday October 6, 2003 from 12:00 -1:00 in Heth Lounge C
Dr. Mary Atwell "What's Up with the Supreme Court?: Gay Rights and Affirmative Action" Monday September, 15 from 12:00 - 1:00 in Heth Lounge C
Dr. Hilary Lips "Are Women Still Worth Less? A Report on the Gender Pay Gap." Monday March 3, 2003 from 12:00-1:00, Heth Lounge A
Dr.
Jeanne Mekolichick "Women and Digital Technologies." Tuesday February 11, 2003
from 12:30-1:45
the Virginia Room of Heth
Dr. Jeff Aspelmeier & Dr. Ann Elliott "Sexual Abuse & Attachment." Thursday January 30, 2003 from 12:00-1:00 Radford Room of Heth
Dr. Lucy Hochstein "The Criminal Justice Response to Elder Abuse." Wednesday November 13, 2002 from 12:00-1:00 the Radford Room of Heth
2001-2002
Dr.
Kevin Everett, Sociology The Paradox of Fear of Rape Among Women 12:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, April 17th, 2002 Blue Ridge Room, Heth Hall
Kristi Stilen, RU Graduate Student in Communication "Surprisingly Positive" -
Women's Studies Online
A Video Screening and Discussion 12:00 p.m., Friday April 12th, 2002
New River Room, Heth Hall
Lucy Hochstein, Criminal Justice Professor "Legal Issues in Domestic Violence" 12:00 p.m. Friday, February 8th, 2002 Blue Ridge Room, Heth Hall
Dr. Pippa Brush “Writing on the Body:
Cosmetic Surgery and the Metaphors of Feminist Theory”
12:00 Noon, Tuesday, December 4th, 2001 Virginia Room, Heth Hall
Dr. Jeff Aspelmeier “Sexual Abuse & Attachment in Young Females” 12:00 Noon, Friday, November 9th, 2001 Virginia Room, Heth Hall
Dr.
Joe King, Psychology Professor "Women's Dress and Attributions of Success"
12:00 p.m. Friday, October 5th, 2001 Virginia Room, Heth Hall
2000-
2001
Dr. Mary Ferrari From Pocahontas to Hillary Clinton: Styles of Women's Leadership 12:30 p.m. Thursday April 12th Radford Room, Heth Hall
Kristi Stilen of the Women's Alliance Image is Nothing, Happiness is Everything: Obey Your Body 12:30 - Thursday March 1, 2001 Radford Room, Heth Student Center
Dr. Marge Murray Women Becoming Mathematicians: Mathematics Ph.D.'s of the 1940s and 1950s Noon, February 15th, 2001 Radford Room, Heth
Pam
Alexander DreamWorlds II: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video Noon, January 25th,
2001
Cascades Room, Heth
Pat Connolly "Olympic Women" Head Track Coach -- Radford University Virginia Room, Heth Thursday, November 16th, 2000 Noon
Dr.
Mary Atwell "Right, Left or Center? The Supreme Court and Women's Issues"
Virginia Room, Heth
Thursday, October 26th, 2000 Noon