The Spring 2019 Co-Curricular Guide

Co-Curricular Programming for Women’s Center Events

Spring 2019 Calendar

Course/Career Projected Outcomes Potential Discussion Date/Time/Place Event Description Connections Questions/Activities, Suggested Readings

“She Was Caring and We encourage 1. Recognize the Madera, Juan M., Hebl, R. Michelle, faculty, staff, and most frequent Helpful”: Avoid Gendered and Martin, Randi (2009). Gender graduate ways in which and Letters of Recommendation Language in Writing students to letters of for Academia: Agentic and Letters of attend from all recommendation Recommendation disciplines are gendered Communal Differences. Journal of 2. Develop a toolkit Applied Psychology. Vol. 94(6). PP. In collaboration with the of adjectives that 1591-1599. Available online: Career and Leadership you can refer to http://www.academic.umn.edu/wf Thurs, January 17 Development Center when writing c/rec%20letter%20study%202009 Noon-1:00PM letters of .pdf Baker 233 Join us, with past and recommendation current examples of 3. Consider the University of Arizona’s flyer on letters of types of recommendation that accomplishments avoiding gender bias in reference you’ve written, for a that should be writing: session on writing letters included within a http://csw.arizona.edu/sites/defau of recommendation that letter of lt/files/avoiding_gender_bias_in_le uses positive and recommendation tter_of_reference_writing.pdf strengths based language.

African American 1. Reflect on the Chambers, C., Donald, D. & Hasebe- Thurs, January 24 Thirsting for Knowledge Studies ways in which Noon-1PM Thursday: What would a Ludt, E. (2002). Creating a leadership has Baker 403 radical curriculum of métissage. Creative Writing

reconceptualization of typically been Educational Insights 7(2). Retrieved women’s leadership look Diversity framed from like? A collaborative Certificate 2. Use the process http://ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/publication of narrative writing process /insights/v07n02/metissage/metis English métissage to find cript.html Using narrative the “space in LGBTQ Studies between” our métissage, participants Certificate stories, the Donald, D. (2012). Indigenous will be asked to free-write commonalities métissage: A decolonizing using a topic related to Media Art and differences research sensibility. International women’s leadership. that can affirm Journal of Qualitative Studies in Participants will then be Women’s, and interrupt our Education, 25(5), 533-23. Gender, and shared asked to “weave” their doi:10.1080/09518398.2011.554449. stories together in small Sexuality Studies experiences 3. Create a narrative Available through Alden Library. groups, enabling their woven together https://www-tandfonline- group to present a new to articulate com.proxy.library.ohio.edu/doi/pdf narrative. This program current /10.1080/09518398.2011.554449 will be of particular understandings interest to those of women’s Etmanski, C., Weigler, W. & Wong- interested in arts-based leadership, as Sneddon, G. (2011). Weaving tales of well as barriers practice, as well as those hope and challenge: Exploring interested in gendered diversity through Métissage. [Video leadership development. recording]. Edited by J. Dalderis- Moore & M. Groves. Victoria, BC: The outcome of this University of Victoria. Retrieved session may be utilized in from: the creation of fiber art https://dspace.library.uvic.ca:8443 for display at the //handle/1828/3391 International Women’s Art Installation.

Hasebe-Ludt, E. & Jordan, N. (Eds.) (2010). “May we get us a heart of wisdom”: Life writing across knowledge traditions. Transnational Curriculum Inquiry 7(2). Retrieved from: http://nitinat.library.ubc.ca/ojs/ind ex.php/tci

Mon, January 28 Honoring Female Veterans We encourage all 1. Summarize O’Toole, Molly (2017). Timeline of 2:00 – 5:00 PM through Art members of our changes in U.S. Women at War. Huffington campus and women’s roles Post. December 6. Baker 230 Co-Sponsored by the Ohio community who within the military https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ Registration University Air Force ROTC have served or 2. Increased 2012/05/14/women-at-war- required and Ohio University know women who awareness of the timeline_n_1507197.html have served to ways in which (attendance is Veteran's Center Tzemach Lemmon, Gayle (2015). join us. women have capped at 30): Ashley’s War. Harper Collins: New https://orgsync.c Join us in creating a served in the military York. om/130803/forms/ submission for the Global Studies 3. Develop 347784 Women’s Center’s War and Peace intercultural Blanton, DeAnne (2003). They International Women’s Art History knowledge in fought like demons: women Installation on the role of discovering Political Science soldiers in the American Civil War. women in the military. backgrounds Batton Rouge: Louisiana State Studio Art other than your This workshop will provide University. Available in Alden: E628 own. an opportunity for us to Women’s, Gender 4. Provide support .B52 2003 honor female veterans in and Sexuality for someone who Studies our families, as well as our holds a different Schulte, Brigid (2013). “Women students, faculty, staff, background to soldiers fought, bled, and died in and community members you the Civil War, then were forgotten.” own service. In advance, April 29. The Washington Post.

we encourage 5. Ability to view the https://www.washingtonpost.com/ participants to interview world through local/women-soldiers-fought-bled- female veterans who have another’s lens and-died-in-the-civil-war-then- 6. Analyze how served. Make sure you were- power constructs also get information such affect leadership forgotten/2013/04/26/fa722dba- as their name, rank, opportunity a1a2-11e2-82bc- branch of service, war or 511538ae90a4_story.html?noredire conflict served, where ct=on&utm_term=.3a487f2f1b9c they were assigned, what their job was, and any additional information they are willing to share regarding their service.

During this workshop, we will create paper mache dog tags for each female veteran represented by our group. This will be part of a female veterans theme in the International Women’s Art Installation, along with a prisoner of war, missing in action, and killed in action table display featuring women’s hats from the military branches.

Tuesday International Women’s Students, faculty, 1. Network with *This is a social, relaxing event, and January 28 Coffee Hour staff, and others invested in is not intended to be a program There are over 100 community providing a offered for faculty seeking 4:00PM – 6:00PM countries represented by members from all welcoming opportunities for their students to Passion Works OHIO students, faculty, fields and environment for develop intercultural competence in backgrounds are international (20 E State Street) and staff. This coffee hour a structured way. It is a useful is an opportunity for welcome to women on program if you have international Also offered on international women, and attend. campus and in students in your class who are Tuesdays, their allies, to meet our community seeking an opportunity to network February 26th, others, discuss current 2. Practice English with others, or if you have students in a supportive 4:00PM - 5:00PM, events, play games, who are wanting to work on their environment Baker 403; March practice English or other language skills. 26, 4:00PM - languages, and listen to

5:00PM, Baker music from all over the 403; April 30th, world. 4:00PM-5:00PM, Baker 403. This program is supported by the Women’s Center and International Student and Faculty Services.

Wednesday Panel Discussion for World African Studies 1. Expand societal Recommended Discussion January 30 Hijab Day Diversity Studies consciousness 1. Draw similarities between the around the hijab and other veiling nd Certificate MCC 219 (2 floor Co-Sponsored by the experience of processes in the world. Baker) Muslim Students Islamic Studies hijabi in the 2. Consider how women’s rights Association, International Certificate United States and extend beyond the hijab Students Union, the Program the ways in which 3. Address myths and

Women’s Center, and the Women’s, they may face misconceptions about hijab. After attending Office of Global Affairs discrimination the panel, we Gender, and Sexuality Studies 2. Identify ways in Recommended Readings encourage you to Please join us for the which one can be

join us in wearing annual panel discussion Global Studies an ally of hijabi to

a hijab in solidarity on the experience of Sociology stand against World Hijab Day website. “My Story”: as part of World wearing and not wearing discrimination http://worldhijabday.com/participants/ Hijab Day, hijab. Included in the 3. Consider the my-story-participants/ February 1st. You discussion are both different

may borrow a hijab women who choose to experiences of from the tables on wear hijab and women hijabi, and the Khoja-Moolji, Shenila (2017). Don’t be the first floor of who do not. different reasons quick to celebrate the hijab-wearing Baker on February given for Barbie. Nov. 26. Al Jazeera. Available 1st beginning at choosing to wear online: 8am. Hijabs should hijab http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opi be returned by 4. Identify locations nion/dont-quick-celebrate-hijab- 5PM in the world in wearing-barbie-171126114202958.html which “choice” to 1st floor table in Baker wear, or not wear, hijab is not Busari, Stephanie. (2017). The hijab- honored wearing Barbie who’s become an 5. Have an Instagram Star. May 4. CNN Style increased online: understanding of http://www.cnn.com/style/article/hijar one’s own identity bie-nigeria-student/index.html as it relates to the concepts of Hasan, Asma Gull. (2004). Why I am a power, privilege, and oppression Muslim: An American odyssey. 6. Evaluate the Element (HarperCollins): London, impact that England. current events related to Nomani, Asra Q. and Arafa, Hala (2015). Western As Muslim women, we actually ask you understandings not to wear the hijab in the name of of Islam have on interfaith solidarity. Dec. 21. The communities Washington Post. Available online: https://www.washingtonpost.com/new 6

7. Provides an s/acts-of-faith/wp/2015/12/21/as- opportunity to muslim-women-we-actually-ask-you- proactively not-to-wear-the-hijab-in-the-name- participate in an of-interfaith- experience providing solidarity/?utm_term=.8e51f427a0ea exposure to a culturally Recommended Activity: unfamiliar 1. We encourage you not to situation. require participation (as it becomes antithetical to movements to allow for choice to wear the hijab). However, you could ask students to write a reflection paper on why they chose to, or chose not to, participate. 2. Have students debate the pros and cons of World Hijab Day (not hijab). This can be an opportunity to talk about respectful arguments that honor religious and cultural differences, and engage in theory like cultural appropriation, empowerment, western concepts of feminism, intersectionality, and who’s voice is uplifted. Utilize the articles in recommended

readings to help frame the debate.

Thurs Thirsting for Knowledge African American 1. Identify women of Recommended Reading: Thursday: Women of Color Studies color role models in February 7 Davis, Jessica Stafford (2016). 10 Who Paved the Way a variety of fields Diversity Studies Female Artists of Color on the Rise. Noon-1PM and movements for Join us to create art Certificate March 22. The Root. equality Baker 403 inspired by women of https://www.theroot.com/10-female- Engineering 2. Consider the color who paved the way. artists-of-color-on-the-rise- intersectional This artwork may then be Global Studies 1790854732 experiences of displayed in the Islamic Studies women of color who Gardiner, Susannah (2017). Why Making International Women's Art Certificate paved the way a Portrait of a Black Woman Was a Installation on March 26, Program 2019. 3. Engage in an arts- Form of Protest. 13 November. Journalism based practice to Smithsonian.com. We will provide pictures honor the Media Arts and https://www.smithsonianmag.com/s and biographies of women experiences of Studies mithsonian-institution/why-making- of color who have paved women of color who portrait-black-woman-was-form- the way, including Maya Sociology paved the way, protest-180967158/ Angelou, Tarana Burke, Studio Art connecting their Shirley Chisholm, Laverne contributions to Keller, Yelena (2017). The Overlooked, Cox, Gulabi Gang, Anita Women’s, current lived Radical History of Black Women in Art. Hill, Lű Hsiu-lien, Mary Gender, and experience April 28. Artsy.net. Jackson, Marsha P. Sexuality Studies 4. Learn about an https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy- editorial-overlooked-black-women- Johnson, Frida Kahlo, experience that is Jhumpa Lahiri, Audre different from one’s altered-course-feminist-art Lorde, Wilma Mankiller, Fe own, contributing to Lage, Ayana (2018). 17 Black Women in Villanueva del Mundo, a fuller History You Probably Didn’t See In Your Shirin Neshat, Rosa Parks, understanding of History Textbook. February 9. Bustle. Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, different world Mary Golda Ross, views https://www.bustle.com/p/17-black- Sojourner Truth, Malala women-in-history-you-probably- Yousafzai. We know that

this list is not didnt-see-in-your-history-textbook- comprehensive, and 8092603 encourage participants to bring their own inspiration as well. Art supplies will be provided, but if you have a particular vision in mind, please bring supplies specific to your vision.

Thursday, Film Showing African American 1. Consider the role Recommended Discussion Questions: February 7 Anita: Speak Truth to Studies this hearing had The Clarence Thomas hearing Power on future 1. 5:30 PM Center for Law, was described as a “high tech Co-Sponsored by The discussions of Justice, and lynching”. What was meant by The Athena Athena Cinema, Women’s sexual Culture this particular turn of phrase? Cinema Center, Multicultural harassment, How do issues of racism and Center, and BSCPB. Diversity Studies sexual assault, 2. 20 S Court St, sexism intersect in this case? (The real Anita Hill will be Certificate the workplace, Athens, OH 45701 What provisions exist today to on campus on April 1st and politics 3. Journalism combat sexual harassment in courtesy of Kennedy 2. Learn about the the workplace? What Lecture Series!) Sociology process in which workplace policies and legal Women’s, a Supreme Court According to First Run protections exist? Features Gender, and justice is (http://firstrunfeatures.co Sexuality Studies nominated and Recommended assignment confirmed m/anita.html): 3. Detail the Have students review news coverage “An entire country concerns many of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas watched as a poised, had of how the hearings and the Christine Blasey beautiful African- Senate Judiciary Ford/Bret Kavanaugh hearings. What American woman sat Committee similarities did they find? Have before a Senate engaged in the students choose a particular committee of 14 white questioning of theory/philosophy (discursive media men and with a clear, Anita Hill analysis, feminist analysis, etc.) to

unwavering voice 4. Discuss the role read the news coverage with. What do recounted the repeated that gender and they find? acts of sexual harassment race played in the

she had endured while public’s response working with U.S. to the hearings Recommended reading Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Anita Austin, Sierra & Solic, Peggy & Hill's graphic testimony Swenson, Haley & Jeter-Bennett, was a turning point for Gisell & Marino, Katherine M."Anita Hill gender equality in the U.S. Roundtable." Frontiers: A Journal of and ignited a political Women Studies, vol. 35 no. 3, 2014, pp. firestorm about sexual 65-74. Project MUSE, harassment and power in muse.jhu.edu/article/564293. the workplace that resonates still today.

Against a backdrop of sex, politics, and race, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power reveals the story of a woman who has empowered millions to stand up for equality and justice. Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Freida Mock, the film celebrates Anita Hill's legacy and provides a rare glimpse into her private life and career. “

Saturday, Women in Graduate School We encourage all 1) Demonstrate Recommended Assignment: Day Conference graduate confidence in

February 9th Co-sponsored with the students, and networking skills Have students write a reflection paper 10AM-5PM Graduate College, those interested and personal on what they learned and how they will Graduate Student Senate, in graduate branding incorporate it into their graduate Baker Center the Voinovich School of school, to attend. 2) Build skills to assist school experience or applications. Please register to Leadership and Public in the successful get updates and to Affairs, the AAUW- completion of ensure your place student affiliate, and the graduate school at the conference Office of Instructional 3) Learn about the (deadline to Innovation. Join us for a experiences of register for lunch series of workshops and graduate students is January 31st): discussions, including to determine if https://orgsync.co feminist pedagogy, graduate school is m/130803/forms/3 choosing an academic right for you 46671 career, an AAUW Start 4) Identify potential Smart Salary Negotiation outcomes of workshop, graduate school, entrepreneurship, and including academic more! jobs and Our keynote speaker, entrepreneurship Chitra Panjabi, will share opportunities. her story and experiences 5) Consider barriers to growing up a women’s leadership conservative, immigrant and how to navigate household and her path to those barriers. feminism, eventually leading to a career as a professional feminist advocating for women's rights and social justice. She will also share insights into the challenges that women, and particularly women of

color, leaders face; how to navigate those challenges in difficult environments; and the role we each can play in shaping (and demanding!) our society and culture to be more welcoming to diverse leaders and leadership styles. Full details will be provided at: https://www.ohio.edu/wo mens-center/women- grad-school-conference

Saturday, Celebrate Women: We encourage 1. Watch amazing February 16 Leaders On and Off the everyone to women’s Convocation Court attend this great basketball (this Center The Women's Center, opportunity to event occurs 11AM (Reception) Bobcat Athletics, and the support women’s during the half- Women's, Gender, and athletics on time of OHIO’s Half-time of 1PM Sexuality Studies program campus and to Women’s game invite you to join us for our recognize the Basketball game) (Recognition) 8th annual celebration of hard work of our 2. Identify and Nominate OHIO Women Leaders. female student support female students in Past celebrations have leaders in student leaders advance at: included over 200 women academia and on campus https://orgsync.c leaders across campus! student om/130803/forms/ This year's celebration will organizations. 346544 take place during the halftime of the 1PM Physical Bobcat Women's Education 12

Basketball game on Saturday, February 16, Sports 2019. Nominees selected Administration by the Celebrating Women committee will be invited Sports to the court during half- Management time for recognition. Prior Women’s, Gender to the game, at 11AM, and Sexuality there will be a reception Studies for our leaders and their guests.

Thirsting for Knowledge We encourage all 1. Define rape Recommended Readings: Thursday: Identifying Rape members of our culture Edwards, K.M., Turchik, J.A., Dardis, Culture and How to campus to attend 2. Identify and work C.M. et al. (2011). Rape Myths: Respond this workshop to to confront rape History, Individual and Institutional- This workshop will provide support the culture and the Level Presence, and Implications for participants with the tools culture we want ways in which Change. Sex Roles. 65: 761. to see on campus institutionalized needed to identify Franiuk, Renae, Jennifer L. Seefelt, comments, actions, and and in the oppression Sandy L. Cepress, and Joseph A. Thursday, myths that uphold rape community – free influences societal Feb 21 of sexual beliefs on sexual Vandello. “Prevalence and Effect of culture. Participants will Rape Myths in Journalism: The Kobe Baker 403 leave having role played violence. violence 3. Critically analyze Bryant Case.” Violence Against Women. Noon-1:30PM bystander intervention X.X (2008): 1-23. strategies to disrupt rape written and visual culture. texts (when paired Recommended Assignment: with the Have students create a campaign to We strongly encourage recommended that those attending this end sexual violence and rape culture readings) workshop also attend a that addresses rape myths. 4. Increase empathy Better Bystanders for survivors of training, which focuses on sexual violence bystander intervention,

offered through the 5. Practice tangible Campus Involvement skills to interrupt Center. language that normalizes and perpetuates rape culture

Friday, February “Weaving Our Stories”: African American 1. Articulate the Howard, Jacqueline (2017). Childbirth 22 Women, Wombs, and Studies causes of is killing black women in the US, and Baker 403 Whys Nursing increased here’s why. CNN. 15 November. 3:30PM – 5:00PM A collaborative arts-based mortality rate for https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/15/healt workshop on racial/ethnic Medical students pregnant Black h/black-women-maternal- disparities in women’s Music Therapy women in the mortality/index.html United states healthcare, particularly Pre-medical Paltrow, Lynn M. and Jeanne Flavin. when compared (2013). Arrests of and Forced maternity. Presented by students to their peers. Alicia Rodgers, M.S., OMS- Interventions on Pregnant Women in Public Policy 2. Consider the the United States, 1973–2005: II and Karinne Hill. Co- institutional and Sociology Implications for Women's Legal Status Sponsored by the social barriers to and Public Health. J Health Polit Policy Studio Art Intersectional Feminist improved access Law. 38 (2): 299–343. Alliance and Student Textile Arts to maternal health care for Villarosa, Linda (2018). Why America’s National Medical Women’s, Gender Black women and Black Mothers and Babies are in a Association. and Sexuality what can be done Life-or-Death Crisis: The answer to Studies to improve the disparity in death rates has Join us for a session led access everything to do with the lived by student leaders, in 3. Use an arts based experience of being a black woman in which they will work with practice to America. 11 April. participants to identify improve empathy https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/ the causes of the magazine/black-mothers-babies- death-maternal-mortality.html increased morality rates for Black women in the

United States when compared to their peers. After a brief talk, participants will be asked to engage in an arts- based practice that will be displayed in the International Women’s Art Installation. You do not need to identity as an artist to participate.

Part 1 of the PhotoVoice: An Arts- This is included in Recommended Viewing: workshop will be Based Workshop for the co-curricular OHIO Women (2018). What Were You held on Thursday, Survivors Part 1 & 2 guide to provide Wearing? 29 October. February 28 Co-Sponsored with faculty and staff https://ohiotoday.org/fall-2018/what- 5:30PM – 7:00PM Survivor Advocacy with information were-you- Program, CPS, and to share with wearing/?fbclid=IwAR0QdTcfntZ0Z1el Campus Involvement students that Part 2 of the QPpIfO72TNENh2u2057gOG6wZCpnCV Center; this program has they think would FvUgfwo8myb7A workshop will be received an exemption benefit from held on March 21st, from mandatory participating in 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM reporting. For details and these workshops Ohio University (2017). The Monument location, please email and creating the Quilt Comes to Ohio University. [email protected] survivor centered For details and October 19. du art display for Fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m location, please 2019. email hpCbzjNO04 survivor.advocacy These two workshops will @ohio.edu create the survivor centered art installation in

Fall 2019, akin to the What Were You Wearing installation and the showing of The Monument Quilt in 2017 and 2018 respectfully. Survivors who participate will be provided with prompts to participate in a PhotoVoice sharing of their experiences. Prompts, guidelines, and tips will be given at the first workshop. The second workshop will involve writing captions for their photos, and discussing the similarities and differences of their experiences. This program has received an exemption from mandated reporting in order to allow for full- campus participation by all members of the campus community. Disclosures of incidents of sexual misconduct at this specified event will not be considered notice to Ohio University.

Tuesday, March 5 AAUW Start Smart Salary We strongly 1. Provide students 1. What is the gender wage gap? Baker 230 Negotiation Workshop encourage all with the skills 2. Does the wage gap only 4:00-6:00PM Co-sponsored with the graduating needed to concern women? Graduate College and seniors to attend negotiate their 3. How will you articulate your https://tinyurl.co in order to be first salary worth in a job interview or m/Equal-Pay-Ohio supported by the Career and Leadership prepared for the 2. Educate students salary negotiation? Development Program salary negotiation on how to Recommended Readings: process; construct a *Also offered This two-hour AAUW however, all are budget and do AAUW’s website on career and Wednesday, April workshop provides welcome to city cost workplace issues for women 10 in students with the skills attend. comparisons Baker 230, 11:30- Alison Griswold, “Paid in Prestige”. needed to negotiate their 3. Define the wage 1:30PM gap, and how it Institute for Women’s Policy Research first salary. impacts everyone This program counts (not just women) towards a She Leads OHIO 4. Determine what requirement (the can be done to Women’s Center’s combat the wage professional leadership gap program). For more information, please visit our website.

Thurs Film Showing and Economics 1. Identify the ways Suggested Activity: March 7 Discussion: Girl Rising Geography, in which girls’ Research organizations that are trying Baker Theater Co-Sponsored by globalization and access to to improve the financial and 6:00PM Women’s Panhellenic development education relates educational access of girls around the Association, Alden to poverty world. Have students analyze the Global Studies Learn about Library, and Counseling 2. organizations for effectiveness. barriers to girls’ and Psychological Journalism Students may start with Women for education around Women International as a case study. Services the world

“Girl Rising is a global International 3. Discuss methods Recommended Readings: campaign for girls' Business to improve girls’ Baker, Natalie (2013). Film “Girl Rising” education and Women’s, Gender access to Has Good Intentions – But Ends Up as education. empowerment.” The film and Sexuality Cinematic Chivalry. March 21. Bitch showcases the stories of Studies Media. nine girls from around the https://www.bitchmedia.org/post/film -girl-rising-cinematic-chivalry-review- world and the barriers that feminist they have faced. Ultimately, the film Kristof, Nicholas D. and Sheryl WuDunn. (2009). Half the Sky: Turning communicates the Oppression into Opportunity for importance of education Women Worldwide. Alfred A. Knopf: for young girls as a means New York. to disrupt cycles of Paddison, Laura (2017). Educating poverty. girls: the key to tackling global poverty. The Guardian. 3 Oct. https://www.theguardian.com/opport unity-international- roundtables/2017/oct/04/global- poverty-child-marriage-education- girls

Recommended Discussion: 1. How effective is this type of documentary in communicating international cross-cultural issues to the audience? 2. What are the benefits and drawbacks to the use of famous women as narrators in

this film? Do they demonstrate a positive way in which tales of women’s oppression and survival can be told? 3. How can we talk about the issues that women face worldwide without categorizing them as victims and recognizing their agency in fighting for change?

Wednesday, Women’s Achievement We included this program in the co- March 20 Dinner curricular guide because we want to Baker Ballroom Tickets may be purchased advertise to you, our faculty and staff! 6:30 PM from the Women’s Center Please consider nominating yourself for $25 at the start of the for an award. Nominations for Spring semester.

faculty, staff, and Please join Sigma Lambda alumni awards are Gamma National Sorority, Nominations for faculty, staff, and available until Inc., Rho Lambda and the alumni awards are available until February 1st at: Women’s Center in February 1st at: https://orgsync.c honoring and celebrating https://orgsync.com/130803/forms/32 om/130803/forms/ the achievements of 7851 327851 women at Ohio University. This Appreciation Dinner is an opportunity for us to highlight the successes of women in a variety of roles, and to lift up those doing work in areas that may go unrecognized as "women's work" or more 19

feminized labor. These awards are meant to honor women on campus, broadly defined.

Thurs Thirsting for Knowledge African American 1. Explore new methods Recommended reading: Sarah Minor’s March 21 Thursday: The 'Beast of Studies of storytelling and its website: http://www.sarahceniamino Baker 405 the Interior" with Sarah Diversity connection to themes r.com/ Noon -1PM Minor* Certificate including sexual assault, (participants may Co-Sponsored with the sexuality, gender and still until 2PM) Survivor Advocacy Fine Art interdisciplinary art Minor, Sarah (2016). The Persistence of Program, CPS, and Geography, work. the Bonyleg: Annotated. This event is Trisolini Gallery. globalization and https://issuu.com/essaypres 2. Differentiate between s/docs/minorcontestpages exempt from development traditional and mandatory Sarah Minor's work in Global Studies nontraditional forms of reporting Trisolini Gallery will storytelling obligations. showcase a series of History interactive pieces 3. Evaluate traditional Journalism tentatively titled "Beast of forms of storytelling for the Interior." This program LGBTQ Studies diversity and inclusion will be a discussion and Certificate collaborative creation of Political Science an image/text piece, with anticipated themes of Psychology sexual assault, sexuality, Sociology gender, and interdisciplinary art work. Women’s, Gender Using her focus on the and Sexuality intersection of visual art Studies and text, Sarah Minor will explore experimental and nontraditional forms of writing with participants

as a way of demonstrating how visual and digital texts might help women craft their own space and stage for their voices. This program has received an exemption from mandated reporting in order to allow for full- campus participation by all members of the campus community. Disclosures of incidents of sexual misconduct at this specified event will not be considered notice to Ohio University.

Friday Celebrate Women The conference agenda March 22 Conference has not been released, OHIO Lancaster Organized by Ohio but it has always been a University Lancaster. conference with https://www.ohio.edu/lan professional and caster/celebratewomen.c personal development fm opportunities.

Tuesday International Women’s Art African American 1. Utilize art to Recommended Readings: March 26 Installation Studies communicate Butler, C. H., & Mark, L. G. Baker Ballroom Co-sponsored by: the Diversity complex social (2007). WACK! : art and the 10:00 AM – 7:00 Women's Center, Office of Certificate issues, such as: feminist revolution. Los PM Global Affairs, Violence against Angeles : Museum of International Student Fine Art women, women Contemporary Art ; Cambridge, Union, Intersectional in protest Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.

Feminist Alliance, the Geography, movements, the Available in Alden Library: Multicultural Center, Black globalization and intersection of N72.F45 W33 2007 Student Cultural development gender with Consider: Programming Board. Global Studies LGBTQ and • The International Women’s racial/ethnic Exhibit will host more than art We invite you to include History identities, and in the traditional sense. Have the creation of an art work Journalism embodiment students engage with protest for submission to the media online, like the Iranian 2. Increased installation as part of your LGBTQ Studies women fighting the hijab empathy, e.g. as syllabus for Women and Certificate mandate by taking photos of research has Health Communication Political Science themselves without hijab, and shown that the course. The art that they discuss visual communication Sociology use of Art and the create should reflect what and its uses in the fight for Humanities with you are teaching in the Women’s, Gender women’s equality. Women’s medical students course, as well as connect and Sexuality Center staff would be happy to at the University with our mission of the Studies work with you to tailor this of California exhibit (highlighting “consideration” to your class Irvine has been women’s diverse subject and desired outcomes, beneficial in experiences). as it connects to the increasing International Women’s Exhibit. empathy between While we have publicly patient and advertised the deadline as doctor (Shapiro & January 25th, for those Rucker, 2003) who are incorporating the program into their 3. Consider how courses, we have a one’s own proposal to allow this to identity, as it work for your spring relates to power, classes. I would privilege, and recommend the following oppression, timeline: The first two connects with the weeks include dividing the themes of the class into small groups, exhibits

where they can choose a 4. Exposure to new theme and create a draft world views of what their art 5. This hands-on contribution could look learning like. They can submit a experience will draft description (as provide students described in the call for with the ability to art, below) on February research 1st to potentially [email protected]. sensitive topics, The Women's Center staff plan how to can also visit your class to communicate it help brainstorm in those in a creative first two weeks if you'd manner, and like to dedicate a class execute a plan to session to their group communicate planning. By February gendered issues 18th, they should submit a in a manner that finalized idea of what they will help those are doing, with the art outside of finished and completed by academia and the March 22nd. You can then classroom ask that your class tour understand. the exhibit on March 26th. We will be happy to provide a guided tour by request.

Thursday Take Back the Night March We encourage all 1. Examine how 1) What can we, as individuals, do April 4th first year activist to end gender violence? Take Back the Night is an students, in organizing 2) What is gendered violence? Baker Ballroom annual event to “take back particular, to challenges rape 3) What legal policies could be the night” from sexual and attend. culture improved to provide better

6:00PM: resource domestic violence. Take 2. Identify examples protection against gendered tables and viewing Back the Night began in of rape culture violence? of art displays 1976 as “Reclaim the 3. Build empathy for 4) Whose voice is represented in survivors of conversations about “me too” (including photos Night” in Belgium, as a sexual violence 5) How can we have more of submissions to march to end violence The Monument 4. Empower intersectional conversations against women. Now Quilt) students to about sexual violence? often referred to as Take support 6) How have conversations about 7:00PM: survivor Back the Night, it everyone’s safety sexual violence changed since speakers and continues to be a march, on campus and in the “me too” movement has allies often associated with the community received more media 8:00PM: March 5. Identify gender attention? universities or in inequality issues (schedule is university towns, to The American Association of subject to change) that result in reclaim the night from University Women’s Ending Campus gendered Sexual Assault Tool Kit. sexual violence. It’s been violence https://www.aauw.org/resource/camp

held in Athens, OH since 4. Connect students us-sexual-assault-tool-kit/ 1979. to resources on campus and in Gordon, Maggie (2017). ‘Me Too’ the Everyone, regardless of the community ‘end of the beginning’ of a movement: gender, is welcomed to that support many now wrestling with how to turn a hashtag into real-life change. Houston participate in Take Back gender equality and healthy Chronicle. October 18. the Night relationships http://www.houstonchronicle.com/lif e/article/Me-Too-the-end-of-the- This program has received beginning-of-a-movement- an exemption from 12289190.php mandated reporting in order to allow for full- Ohlheiser, Abby (2017). The woman campus participation by all behind ‘Me Too’ knew the power of the members of the campus phrase when she created it – 10 years community. Disclosures of ago. The Washington Press. October incidents of sexual 19. Available online: misconduct at this https://www.washingtonpost.com/ne

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Thurs Stay out of your own way: We strongly 1. Provide students Recommended Readings April 18 How Gender Stereotypes encourage with the skills Tyler, James M. and Jennifer Dane Baker 233 Threaten Our Success participation needed to McCullough (2009), “Violating from students advertise Prescriptive Stereotypes on Job 11:30-1:00PM This one and a half hour, who are looking themselves in the Resumes: A self-Presentational interactive workshop will for employment, workplace Perspective” in Management highlight the ways in internships, or 2. Understand how Communication, pp. 272-287. which women have are in their senior different traditionally undersold seminar. All are presentation Kelsky, Karen (2013). The Top 5 their skills and provide welcome to styles function Mistakes Women Make in Academic opportunities for attend. within an Settings. 10 November. The Professor is In. participants to self- College of interview setting http://theprofessorisin.com/2013/11/1 reflect on their Business 3. Instruct students own experiences. We will how to 0/the-top-5-mistakes-women-make- discuss the social Communications demonstrate in-academic-settings/ expectations put on Women’s Gender, confidence in Privett-Duke, chris (2011). Wanted: women, which can and Sexuality themselves Gender-free Job Ads. 18 May. complicate women’s Studies 4. Identify common Futurity.org. desire to do self- traps for women, All STEM fields https://www.futurity.org/wanted- promotion. Through like apologizing, gender-free-job-ads/ analyzing descriptors of etc. Kay, Katty and Claire Shipman (2014). women’s professional 5. Explore the use accomplishments, body of “hedging” and The Confidence Gap. May. The language, and verbal speech inflection Atlantic. inflections, participants in communicating https://www.theatlantic.com/magazin will be encouraged to confidence investigate improved

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This program counts towards a She Leads OHIO requirement (the Women’s Center’s professional leadership program). For more information, please visit our website.

Cohort-Based Programming The following programming either requires that participants apply and/or has the expectation that participants commit to attending every session. The programming included in the co-curricular guide above can be experienced as “stand-alone” programming.

The Young Women Leaders Program assigns mentors to seventh and eighth grade girls at Athens Middle School. Participants interested in any facet of the program are required to take PCOE 2301C in the Fall semester. Mentors will work with the middle schoolers on Wednesdays from 3:05PM-5:05PM throughout the academic year.

The Women’s Mentoring Program has cohort events for all mentors and mentees, as well as socials for participants. Applications for 2019-2020 are due on February 16, 2019. Please encourage students that you think would benefit from this program to apply. More information can be found online at: https://www.ohio.edu/womens-center/womens-mentoring-program.

Women Leading OHIO is a professional and leadership development program for early career faculty and staff that meets every Friday from 11:00AM-1:00PM. Applications are now available at: https://orgsync.com/130803/forms/348026 For more information, please visit: https://www.ohio.edu/womenscenter/programs/women-leading-OHIO.cfm