2006-2009

2006

Vagina Monologues Cast, directed by Donna Acquavella'06

Theatre major Donna Acquavella'06 reads from Margaret Cho's I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight as part of the 12th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium: Gender and the Media. Other speakers were students from SIFE, Rhi Strano'07, Krisa Veblen'07 and Grace Kozik'07. Ithaca College professor Dr. Patty Zimmerman (who also presented at the 3rd Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium) discussed Australian artist Tracey Moffat's mashup film titled Love.

2007

2007 Vagina Monologues directed by Brittany Morin-Mezzadri'08

It has become a Halloween tradition to attend one of Dr. Glenn's talks about witchcraft in America. Students and faculty sometimes dress up as witches, giving out candy wrapped feminist facts.

Students invited Dr. Martha Easton to deliver the keynote speech "What Is Gender?" for the 13th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium: Gender Matters. Student presentations were offered by SIFE, Caitlin Gifford'08, Rhi Strano'07, Ashley Krentz'07, Corey Columb'07, Grace Kozik'07, Allison Escher'07 and Kristin Veblen'07. A big snow storm caused a cancellation of the Alligator Mouth Improv group, who eventually performed as part of the 2009 symposium.

Students, faculty and staff convened for the Women's Studies Annual Autumn Get-together at the Campus Center.

2008

The Gender Issues Group sponsored a visit by Jennifer L. Pozner, Director of Women in Media & News, who talked about media images of women in reality TV shows. Pozner included some of her material in her new book Reality Bites Back: the Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV. Here she poses with student and Gender Issues Group President Caitlin Gifford '08

Mary Campolieta, Caitlin Gifford, Angela Neal and Brittany Morin-Mezzadri organized and presented at the 14th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium.

Artists Wilka Roig and Tarrah Krajnak were featured speakers for the 14th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium: Through a Feminist Lens.

Vagina Monologues directed by Brittany Morin-Mezzadri'08

In the Fall of 2008, just in time for the Presidential election, the Women' Studies Program organized a panel discussion on Politics, Gender, and the Media. Students Samuel Moch Rothenberg '11 and Abby Zeigler'10, along with Dr. Jim Twombly, Dr. Myra Glenn, Dr. Corey McCall, Dr. Lauren Shaw discussed how gender is portrayed in the political media. Dr. Martha Easton moderated the debate.

The Women's Studies Program also sponsored a Hitchcock and Gender Film Festival in the Fall of 2008. Dr. Anne Bizub, Dr. Corey McCall, and Dr. Mitch Lewis each introduced and discussed one of Hitchcock's classic films.

Our Annual Halloween Lecture was presented by Dr. Mitch Lewis, focusing on gendered gothic themes in Victorian literature.

2009

Student presenters for the 15th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium were Melissa Sullivan'11 and Briana Serafino'11 who discussed the gender stereotypes found in Disney films. They were joined by other students who presented papers on their research projects: Christina Clements'09, Abby Zeigler'10, and Chelsea Bailey'10. Dr. Lauren Shaw introduced the film Killing Us Softly 3 and led a discussion afterward.

Alligator Mouth Improv performed in Tifft Lounge as part of the 15th Annual Julia Reinstein Symposium.

Vagina Monologues 2009 directed by Kayleigh McFarland'07

In honor of International Women's Day, students in the Feminist Issues seminar raised money to help female entrepreneurs worldwide through Kiva.org. By re-loaning the funds, we have helped 9 women so far. Check the progress at our Women's Studies Kiva webpage.

We had several faculty lectures events to celebrate National Women's History Month in March 2009. Dr. Robin O'Brian and Dr. Mariam Khawar gave a talk about perspectives on motherhood from the disciplines of Economics and Anthropology. Dr. Myra Glenn discussed how the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 was central to the creation of a Women's Rights Movement in the United States. Dr. Charlie Mitchell discussed messages of masculinity in the mass media. Students from the Feminist Issues and Theory seminar sponsored a showing of the film Iron Jawed Angels, about Alice Paul's life as a feminist activist.

In the Fall of 2009, the Women's Studies Program sponsored several talks and discussions, including one by the artist Diane Cox (Alfred University) and Engineer Linda Jones (Smith College). In their lecture then discussed environmental issues, women in engineering, creativity, and using a problem-solving mentality for global environmental issues.

For our annual Halloween event, students organized a panel discussion on the Twilight series of books and movies. Raven See'11 and Bridget Sharry'10,along with Dr. Megan Kennedy and Dr. Anne Bizub discussed gender roles, power, and gender limitations in the Twilight characters.

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