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Teaching Guide for Women’s Center Events Spring 2016 Calendar

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

Thursday #SayHerName: Remembering We encourage all 1. Identify how Potential Discussion Black Women and Girls student group #SayHerName serves Questions: January 21st, Killed by Police attendance, to complement the 7.30pm, particularly those #BlackLivesMatter 1. Has Co-sponsored with Unified movement Multicultural Center who focus on #BlackLivesMatter Sisters, the LGBT Center, and 2. Create a wall hanging (2nd floor of Baker, eradicating racism included a discussion the Multicultural Center. in recognition of Black multipurpose room) of women of color? and sexism or women and girls who Black women are killed by police using art to spark have been killed by 2. Is #SayHerName too. In February 2015, the social change police, which will be competing with or African American Policy African American temporarily displayed providing a fuller story Forum engaged the public in a at the Women’s Center Studies to #BlackLivesMatter? discussion acknowledging the 3. Discuss the importance 3. What are the criticisms experiences of policy brutality of including women in Criminal Justice of #AllLivesMatter? against Black women and larger social girls under #SayHerName. This Criminology movements (and how Do those criticisms apply to interactive workshop will Journalism intersectionality provide the opportunity to functions to create a #SayHerName? discuss the importance of Journalism News more accurate picture #SayHerName, learn the names and Information of what is occurring) Suggested Readings: of Black women and girls, 4. Debate the success of Media and Social like Yvette Smith, Alesia online activism African American Policy Change Thomas, and Mya Hall, and Forum, Inc. (2015) create an art display with the Political Science #SayHerName Brief. women's names so others can Pre-Law learn about them as well. There are a number of videos Social Media

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certificate compiled by the African Sociology American Policy Forum, Inc., Women’s, Gender including a webinar (78 and Sexuality minutes)and Kimberle Studies Crenshaw’s speech on #SayHerName in New York at 1 Billion Rising (8.5 minutes).

International Transgender Day of Remembrance.

Tuesday Women in STEM Coffee Hour All STEM fields 1. Network with women Suggested Readings: in STEM and their th January 26 Join us on January 26 , February Education allies Bowen, Deirdre M. “Visibly 16th, and March 22nd for our new (including Critical 5-6pm 2. Investigate how Invisible: The Burden of Race “Women in STEM Coffee Studies in stereotypes of and Gender for Female Women’s Center Hour.” This coffee hour is an Educational scientists may prevent Students of Color Striving for opportunity to discuss timely Foundations for some from thinking of an Academic Career in the topics related to gender and the learning how to themselves as scientists Sciences.” Presumed Incompetent: STEM fields. Students, faculty, encourage young (or potential scientists) The Intersections of Race and Class staff, and community members girls and women in 3. Identify female role from all fields and backgrounds STEM) (also, Child models within STEM for Women in Academia. Ed. are welcome to attend. Development Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, courses and Yolanda Flores Niemann, Co-sponsored with Russ College Education – Carmen G. González, and of Engineering and Technology, Middle Childhood) Angela P. Harris. Boulder: AAUW OHIO, and Women in University Press of Colorado, Information and Academic 2012. 116-132. (Available in Telecommunication Systems. Advisors Alden Library) At the beginning of this coffee UC Learning hour, we’ll show “The Myth of Communities Dickey, Megan Rose. the Scientist”, presented by “#ILookLikeAnEngineer Aims

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Crystal Dilworth at Sociology to Spread Awareness About TEDxYouth@Caltech (4.18 Diversity in Tech.” Women’s, Gender minutes). We’ll discuss our TechCrunch.com. August 3, 2015. and Sexuality role models (invite your role Studies model, bring a picture, or Hill, Catherine, Christianne share a story) and who has Corbett, and Andresse St. Rose. helped disrupt the notion that “Why So Few? Women in a scientist can only look or act Science, Technology, one way. Engineering, and Mathematics.” AAUW. 2010.

Wednesday Changing the Face of Power: We strongly 1. Explore innovative Potential Discussion Empowering Young Women to encourage all strategies to develop Questions: January 27 Create Lasting Change on student group and strengthen 4.30-6.30pm Campus and Beyond leadership, participants’ 1. Is there a difference in men’s leadership styles Living Learning Co-sponsored with Margaret particularly for leadership skills those who are 2. Identify how to build versus women’s? If so, Center 130 Boyd Scholars. is this due to working on strong organizations The voices of young women socialization or This program (especially those of color and promoting change 3. Consider the something else? counts towards a LGBT women) are often left on campus and in importance of 2. What is an effective She Leads OHIO out of the conversations that the community. sustainability in civic leader? requirement (the engagement and create and change policies for We encourage all 3. How to you promote Women’s Center’s grassroots organizing sustainable social our communities. Despite that, members of the professional action and change? young women across the Student Union and leadership country are stepping up to lead Student Senate to program). For and are at the forefront of Suggested Readings: attend. more information, social justice movements on please visit our campus and beyond. In this African American Kimball, Gayle. “Why Recent website. interactive workshop session Studies Global Uprisings Are Led By participants will explore Youth.”heathwoodpress.com

innovative strategies to develop Business August 4, 2014. and strengthen their own Communication leadership skills; how to build Michigan Women’s

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strong organizations; and how (Communication Foundation. “11,341 Forgotten to create lasting change and Public Rapes. Enough Said.” through civic engagement and Advocacy) http://enoughsaiddetroit.org/i grassroots organizing. ndex.html Recommended Diversity Studies because our facilitator for Certificate Student groups are encouraged this program is one of the to have several members from Entrepreneurship organizers of Enough Said. their organizations attend. certificate

Global Leadership Palacios, L. (Fall 2012) From About the Presenter: Rebecca the Arab Spring to the Maple Certificate Thompson is a non-profit leader Spring: National Student and social justice advocate with Law, Justice & Protests Graduate to over 10 years of Culture Certificate Transnational Social experience in grassroots and Movements. TOPIA: Canadian electoral organizing, advocacy, Media and Social Journal of Cultural Studies, 28, leadership development, and Change 268- 275. community engagement. She has trained young women around Political Science Taft, Jessica K. Rebel Girls: the world to create lasting Social Justice Youth Activism and Social Change change in their communities and Across the Americas. New York: is passionate about changing the Social Work New York University Press. face of political leadership. A Sociology 2010. former student body president, she is the Executive Director of Women’s, Gender Suggested Activities: Good Jobs Now, a grassroots and Sexuality organization that fights for Studies 1. Have students identify economic justice for low-income an issue that they Detroiters and she recently ran would like to change. for State Representative in Create a strategy for Michigan where her race was named the #1 most competitive successful grassroots house democratic primary in the organizing state. 2. Analyze student movements for effectiveness. Examples within the

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United States could be the Know Your IX campaign , student activism connected to #BlackLivesMatter, election year organizing, or abortion protests (both pro- choice and pro-life). For international examples, view the list at the bottom of Gayle Kimball’s article (noted above).

Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn All STEM fields 1. Identify gender Potential Discussion “Engaging Women in STEM” differences in women’s Questions: January 28 Education enrollment in STEM in (learning how to 1. Why have there been 12pm-1pm Presenter: Jody Markley, comparison to men (and Director of Multicultural encourage young differences in women’s consider the rates for Women’s Center Experiences for Russ College girls and women in and men’s enrollment women of color, of Engineering and STEM) in STEM? LGBTQ women, and Technology 2. What can be done to Academic other intersecting encourage more Advisors identities) Brown Bag Lunch and Learns women, and other 2. Consider why as girls are a casual way of learning Honors Tutorial marginalized about gender issues. Typically, age their interest in College individuals, to they are facilitated by one STEM decreases participate in STEM? speaker, and we encourage Q&A University College 3. Analyze strategies for at the end of a presentation. Learning women’s retention in Recommended Readings: Bring your lunch or snacks! Communities STEM Buschor, Christine Bieri, et. al. Volunteers for “Majoring in STEM – What Tech Savvy Accounts for Women’s Career

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Women’s, Gender Decision Making? A Mixed and Sexuality Methods Study.” The Journal of Studies Educational Research 107 (2014): 167-176. Executive Office of the President. “Women and Girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).” www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/wo men. June 2013. Recommended for those interested in how public policy can be used to try to influence the rates of women in STEM.

Thursday Mentoring Women: A Toolkit Open to everyone 1. Renew dedication to Recommended Readings: for Success and Support interested in mentoring January 28th Egan, Kathryn Smoot. learning more 2. Discuss common “Flexible Mentoring: 5.30pm-7.00pm This interactive workshop will about mentoring pitfalls for mentors and focus on ways to effectively Adaptations in Style for mentees Tupper 107 mentor undergraduate and Geared towards Women’s Ways of Knowing.” 3. Detail the gendered graduate women. Mentorship those who have The Journal of Business issues that female can be a crucial element to experience as a Communication. 33(4). 1996. mentees face (like women’s successes, and can be a professional 401-425. salary negotiation or personally rewarding activity for mentor, or is feeling torn between Ervin, Elizabeth. “Power, those who function as their hoping to become mentors. family and paid frustration, and ‘fierce a mentor. employment) negotiation’ in mentoring 4. Evaluate one’s own relationships: Four women tell mentoring skills their stories.” Women’s Studies 5. Assess what one can 24(5). 1995. 447-481.

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do to improve as a Hansman, Catherine A. mentor “Diversity and Power in Mentoring Relationships.” Critical perspectives on mentoring: Trends and Issues. Ed. Catherine A. Hansman. Columbus: ERIC. 2002. 39-48.

Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Communication 1. Discuss gender Recommended Readings: “Women in the 2016 and Public differences in the February 4 Reingold, Beth. 2015. “Election Election” Advocacy coverage of 2016: Carly Fiorini and 12pm-1pm presidential candidates Presenter: Professor Sarah Journalism Running as a Woman. Institute 2. Identify the hurdles Women’s Center Poggione, Associate Professor of Governmental Studies. Journalism News that women who run in of Political Science. Her work and Information Center for American Women on state politics and policy, politics face and Politics at Rutgers legislative organization, and History 3. Examine how women women in elective office has have historically been Makers: Women in Politics Political appeared in American Review of treated in campaigns (documentary by PBS; Communication Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, (the “Year of the nonpartisan interviews with Political Research Quarterly, and Political Science Woman” in 1992 or female politicians, includes State Politics and Policy Quarterly as the coverage of Clinton historical and modern well as edited volumes on Social Media and and Palin in 2008) examples. 53.40 minutes) southern politics, women and Politics 4. Investigate whether or politics, and public policy. not women, by Suggested Activities: Sociology necessity, “run as Brown Bag Lunch and Learns Women’s Gender, 1. Analyze campaign women” or if gender are a casual way of learning and Sexuality coverage of candidates. neutrality is possible about gender issues. Typically, Studies Pay particular attention they are facilitated by one with so few women in to whether or not speaker, and we encourage Q&A political positions signifiers are used to at the end of a presentation. communicate gender, Bring your lunch or snacks! race, sexuality, etc. A fictionalized example can be found here in

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the television show Scandal. 2. Have students design their own political campaign: identify the issues that are important to them; strategize a media campaign; predict how opponents and journalists may address their political run.

Thursday Race, Gender and Culture Anyone involved 1. Identify the origins of 1. How does the history Film Series: Dark Girls, in the African colorism of slavery and racism February 4th followed by discussion with Dr. American Male 2. Determine possible co-orelate with 4-6pm Robin Muhammad, chair of Initiative solutions that promote colorism? Tupper 107 the African American Studies (OMSAR) equality for everyone 2. What are some Department 3. Describe the possible methods to African American interrelation between combat colorism? Co-sponsored with the Studies colorism and gender Multicultural Center. Recommended Readings: Diversity Studies Dark Girls is a fascinating and Certificate Thompson and Keith, “The controversial documentary film Blacker the Berry: Gender, Skin History that goes underneath the surface Tone, Self-Esteem, and Self- to explore the prejudices that Psychology Efficacy.” dark-skinned women face Sociology Hunter, “The Persistent throughout the world. It Problem of Colorism: Skin explores the roots of classism, Women’s, Gender, Tone, Status, and Inequality.” racism and the lack of self- and Sexuality esteem within a segment of Studies cultures that span from America to the most remote corners of

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the globe. Women share their personal stories, touching on deeply ingrained beliefs and attitudes of society, while allowing generations to heal as they learn to love themselves for who they are.

Thursday Dine-n-Discuss with the As a safe sex Stay tuned for more information. Stay tuned for more information. LGBT Center discussion, we February 4 strongly encourage 50 Shades of Kink and 6-7:30pm first year students Consent Maggie Davis Room to attend. Brought to you by the LGBT (1st floor Baker, go Diversity Studies Center. Co-sponsored with CPS, past West 82) Campus Care, Health Education Promotions, and the Women’s Health Services Center Administration LGBTQ Studies Nursing Pre-med Social and Public Health Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Saturday Celebrating Women: Leaders We encourage 1. Watch amazing Suggested Activities: On and Off the Court everyone to attend women’s basketball February 6 Have students write a reflection this great (this event occurs

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11.30am The Women's Center, Bobcat opportunity to during the half-time of paper on the event. Topics Athletics, and the Women's, support women’s OHIO’s Women’s could include: the definition of Convocation Center Gender, and Sexuality Studies athletics on Basketball game) leadership and the various ways This year's program invite you to join us for campus, and to 2. Identify and support it can be enacted; why recognize the hard celebration will take our 6th annual celebration of female student leaders recognizing the achievements work of our female place during the OHIO Women Leaders. Past on campus of women is important; a student leaders in halftime of the celebrations have included over athletics, academia, critical analysis of the women’s 11:30AM Bobcat 200 women leaders across and student basketball game in comparison Women's Basketball campus! organizations. to stereotypes or myths of game. Following the women’s sport. Help us recognize leaders by game, there will be a Physical Education self-nominating or nominating reception for our someone else! More leaders and their Sports information, including guests. administration qualifications are available on the Women’s Center’s website. Sports management

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Wednesday International Women’s Coffee Students, faculty, 1. Improve intercultural Recommended Reading: February 10 Hour staff, and knowledge by Andrade, Maureen Snow. 4-5pm community connecting with There are over 100 countries “International students in Women’s Center members from all others from around represented by OHIO students, English-speaking universities: fields and the world faculty, and staff. This coffee Adjustment factors.” Journal of backgrounds are 2. Network with others hour is an opportunity for Research in International Education. welcome to attend. invested in providing a international women, and their 2006, 5(2): 131-154. welcoming allies, to meet others, discuss We always appreciate environment for Suggested Activity: current events, play games, the offer of extra international women practice English or other credit to attend our Develop a plan to promote on campus and in our languages, and listen to music programs; however, adjustment for international community we recommend

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from all over the world. encouraging your 3. Practice English in a students. students to attend a supportive This program is supported by different event for environment the Women’s Center and intercultural International Student and knowledge or global Faculty Services. perspective learning outcomes (such as our film series, brown bags, or International Women’s Day Festival). This program is most beneficial to international students, ESL students, or those who wish to work with international students.

Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Geography 1. Identify the common Recommended Readings: February 11 with Professor Ziad Abu-Rish, and different Reports compiled by the 12pm-1pm Department of History, on Global Leadership experiences in Women’s Center Certificate Women’s Refugee Challenges for Women Syrian displacement of Syrian Commission. Refugees. refugees, including Global Studies Mosendz, Polly. 2015. “Map: those between men Every State Accepting and This brown bag will highlight History and women Refusing Syrian Refugees.” the gendered dynamics of the 2. Explore the specific Newsweek. displacement (and resettlement) International vulnerabilities of of Syrian refugees. Development women refugees during Sommer, Marni. 2015. “The Studies Brown Bag Lunch and Learns their journey out of Syrian Refugee Struggle No

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are a casual way of learning Journalism News Syria and stay in host One’s Talking About” Ms. about gender issues. Typically, and Information countries Magazine Blog they are facilitated by one 3. Examine gendered Law, Justice & Wu, Gwendolyn. 2015. “We speaker, and we encourage Q&A ways in which Culture Need to Talk More about at the end of a presentation. humanitarian aid is Female Syrian Refugees.” Hello Bring your lunch or snacks! Political Science targeted and delivered. Flo Blog

Sociology

War and Peace Certificate

Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

World Religions

Friday Dine-n-Discuss with the As a safe sex Stay tuned for updates Recommended Viewing: LGBT Center: Safer Sex for discussion, we February 12 Laci Green, a sex education ALL strongly encourage activist, utilizes her YouTube 12-1:30pm first year students Brought to you by the LGBT channel to create inclusive, safe to attend. Baker 230 Center, co-sponsored by CPS, sex talks on a variety of topics. Campus Care, Health Diversity Studies

Promotions, and the Women’s Center Education Health Services Administration LGBTQ Studies Nursing

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Pre-med Social and Public Health Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

February 12th-14th The Vagina Monologues Communication & 1. Develop an Suggested Activities: Public Advocacy understanding of how Baker University 1. Encourage students to Brought to you by V-Day of the body can be used Center Theater English – Creative conduct a critical Ohio University. Co-sponsored as a starting point to by the Women’s Center. Writing analysis of The Vagina The performances discuss gender issues Monologues. Whose are Friday the 12th Global Studies (including, but not V-Day of Ohio University, a voices are included in at 7pm, Saturday the limited to, body hair, student group, will be Health the performance? Are 13th at 7pm, and sexual violence, sexual performing The Vagina communication there voices missing? Sunday the 14th at identity, gender Monologues by Eve Ensler. This Think carefully about 2pm. Nursing identity, childbirth and play consistently raises questions the representation of about political theater, the sex). Media Arts and LGBTQ, women of meaning of being a woman, and 2. Identify the similarities Studies color, women with the varied gender issues that and differences of disabilities, and women face. Playwriting women’s experiences international women. Sociology 2. Compare and contrast Theater the history and impact of The Vagina Women’s, Gender Monologues and the and Sexuality women’s health book, Studies Our Bodies Ourselves. Recommended readings: Bell, Susan E. & Reverby, Susan M. (2005) “Vaginal

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politics: Tensions and possibilities in The Vagina Monologues,” Women's Studies International Forum, 28(5): 430- 444. (on D2L)

Tuesday Women in STEM Coffee Hour All STEM fields 1. Consider why as girls Recommended Viewing: (especially age their interest in February 16th This coffee hour is an Anita Sarkeesian’s LEGO & computer STEM decreases opportunity to discuss timely Gender video from Feminist 5-6pm programming) 2. Discuss obstacles topics related to gender and the Frequency. women face in male- Women’s Center STEM fields. Students, faculty, Education dominated fields Recommended Reading: staff, and community members (learning how to 3. Analyze strategies for from all fields and backgrounds encourage young Rosen, Rebecca J. 2012. “Can a women’s retention in are welcome to attend. girls and women in Kids’ Toy Bring More Women STEM STEM) Into Engineering?” The Atlantic. Co-sponsored with Russ College 4. Create a strategy to of Engineering and Technology, Academic encourage girls’ Suggested Activity: AAUW OHIO, and Women in Advisors participation in STEM Design a children’s book, toy, Information and Engineering (including how to or classroom lesson that will Telecommunication Systems. encourage girls’ encourage children to rethink Entrepreneurship At the beginning of this coffee participation without gender stereotypes and (Debbie Sterling is hour, we’ll show a clip from being an expert in introduce them to new the creator of Debbie Sterling’s “Inspiring the STEM extracurricular. GoldieBlox) next generation of female 5. Analyze marketing for engineers” at TEDxPSU, as a Girlhood Studies girl’s toys starting point for our discussion. Social Justice Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Anyone involved 1. Define masculinity 1. What is masculinity? in the African 2. Describe pressure 2. How has masculinity February 18 Healthy Masculinities American Male placed on men to changed over time? Noon-1pm Facilitated by Benjamin Initiative conform to a particular 3. How do presentations Braddock and Terry Koons. (OMSAR) way of acting of masculinity differ 3. Analyze different cross-culturally? Join us to discuss what Fraternity and signifiers of masculinity masculinity is, the various forms Sorority Life Recommended Reading: it can take, and how to be 4. Explore new LGBT Studies Katz, Jackson. 2006. The Macho supportive of “healthy” definitions of Certificate masculinity Pardox: Why Some Men Hurt masculinities. Women and How All Men Can Psychology 5. Strategize about how Brown Bag Lunch and Learns to be supportive of Help. Sourcebooks, Inc.: Illinois are a casual way of learning Sociology healthy masculinities Kim, Sandra. 2014. 6 Ways to Talk about gender issues. Typically, Women’s, Gender To Your Son About Male Violence they are facilitated by one and Sexuality and Healthy Masculinity speaker, and we encourage Q&A Studies at the end of a presentation. Utt, Jamie. 2013. #BeThatGuy: Bring your lunch or snacks! 7+Everday Ways Men Can Transform Masculinity

Recommended Viewing: 3 Touching Journeys Through Trans Masculinity

Friday Start Smart Salary We strongly 1. Provide students with 1. What is the gender Negotiation Workshop encourage that all the skills needed to wage gap? February 19th graduating seniors negotiate their first 2. What is Co-sponsored with the Graduate 11am-1pm attend in order to salary intersectionality? College and CLDC Baker 366 be prepared for the 2. Educate students on 3. Does the wage gap only This two-hour AAUW salary negotiation how to construct a concern women? This program workshop provides students process; however, budget and do city Recommended Readings: counts towards a with the skills needed to all are welcome to cost comparisons She Leads OHIO 3. Define the wage gap, AAUW’s website on career and

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Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn We especially 1. Determine how to get Recommended Readings: with Dr. Alicia Chavira- encourage faculty involved in The February 25 Niemann, Yolanda Flores. Prado on “The Multicultural and staff to attend, Multicultural Junior “Lessons from the Experiences 12pm-1pm Junior Faculty Mentoring as well as anyone Faculty Mentoring Program” of Women of Color Working in currently involved Program Women’s Center Academia.” Presumed Incompetent: in a mentoring 2. Assess the needs of This Brown Bag Lunch and The Intersections of Race and Class program. multicultural junior Learn will feature Dr. Alicia for Women in Academia. Ed. faculty – particularly Chavira-Prado discussing Critical Studies in Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, focusing on women of Diversity & Inclusion’s new Educational Yolanda Flores Niemann, color initiative “The Multicultural Foundations Carmen G. González, and 3. Consider what can be Junior Faculty Mentoring Angela P. Harris. Boulder: Program.” Expect a dialogue Education – done within individual University Press of Colorado, concerning the retention of Counseling and departments to 2012. 446-499. (Available in people of color on faculty, and Higher education encourage participation why mentorship is so important Alden Library) Management & in the program as a – especially for women of color. Stanley, Christine A. Summary Strategic means to improve and Key Recommendations for Leadership recruitment and Brown Bag Lunch and Learns retention of faculty of the Recruitment and Retention are a casual way of learning color. of Faculty of Color. Faculty of about gender issues. Typically, Color: Teaching in Predominantly they are facilitated by one White Colleges and Universities. speaker, and we encourage Q&A at the end of a presentation. Ed. Christine A. Stanley. Bring your lunch or snacks! Bolton: Ankur Publishing

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Company, Inc. 2006. 361-373. Yoshinaga-Itano, Christine. Institutional Barriers and Myths to Recruitment and Retention of Faculty of Color: An Administrator’s Perspective. Faculty of Color: Teaching in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities. Ed. Christine A. Stanley. Bolton: Ankur Publishing Company, Inc. 2006. 344-360.

Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn Everyone from any 1. Gain a foundational Suggested Activity: academic discipline theoretical March 10th Decolonizing Our Voices: Have students attend and bring is welcome to understanding of (Re)Writing Ourselves back their writing from the 12pm-1.30pm* participate, but we women’s writing, from a postcolonial, workshop to incorporate into Presented by: Hillery Glasby, especially Women’s Center feminist, queer other reflection papers or Assistant Director, Graduate encourage graduate perspective research for your course. *Please note that Writing & Research Center students to attend 2. Better understand the this Brown Bag Co-sponsored with the LGBT relationship between Lunch and Learn is African American Center. Studies identity, ethos, and thirty minutes writing longer than normal. This interactive workshop will Composition 3. Consider how women utilize feminist, queer and classes are/have historically postcolonial theory to have been written by Critical Studies in participants explore their own Dominant discourse Educational lived experience in academic and 4. Learn how academic Foundations personal writing, inspired by writing Cixous. English conventions impact, and even silence, our Brown Bag Lunch and Learns

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are a casual way of learning History writing, about gender issues. Typically, identities, and voices LGBTQ they are facilitated by one Certificate speaker, and we encourage Q&A at the end of a presentation. Political Science Bring your lunch or snacks! Postcoloniality Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Sunday International Women’s Day We encourage all Learning outcomes for the Suggested Activities: Festival students, faculty, International Women’s Day March 13th 1. Perform – Application staff and Festival can be created to suit Over 600 members of the Due February 17th 2-6pm community your class and how you would campus and community gather 2016. members to attend like your students to participate Baker Ballroom together every year to celebrate 2. Volunteer – a two- and participate. (see Suggested Activities for International Women’s Day at hour shift assists us in options). Contact Ohio University. The Dance ensuring that the [email protected] with International Women's Day International Women’s Education questions. Festival provides an opportunity Day Festival is a for the campus community to Global Studies success. Application highlight women’s and girl’s Due February 17th Graphic Design achievements, to reflect on 2016. women’s status today, and to History 3. Table at the event with imagine a future where all Media Arts & your research, artwork, women are valued as local, Studies or items to sell. national, and global citizens. Application Due Music February 17th 2016. Women’s, Gender, 4. Enter the competition and Sexuality to design our Studies International Women's Day Festival poster. World Religions Deadline is Friday,

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January 29th at 5pm. Submission information available online. 5. MC the event - open auditions for our Festival Master of Ceremonies will be held from 10-12pm and 1-3pm on Thursday and Friday, January 28th and 29th. Information online.

Tuesday Google Hangout Diversity Studies 1. Develop an Recommended Readings: understanding of the March 15th Who's Missing from the Global Studies Here is an overview of diversity of women Policy Table?: intersectionality-based policy 5.30-7.00pm Law, Justice, and 2. Define intersectionality Improving NGO and State analysis. You can also read a Culture 3. Apply an intersectional Clippinger 103 Solutions for Gender case study using the IBPA analysis to policy Inequality Political framework here. Communication proposals Panelist bios forthcoming Hankivsky, Olena. 2012. Political Science Women’s health, men’s health, Panelists will engage participants and gender and health: in a discussion on the Women’s, Gender Implications of implications of intersectionality and Sexuality intersectionality. Social Science & for policy. We'll consider Studies Medicine 74(11): 1712-1720. how laws that support or As panelists are “protect” women impact all confirmed, we Hanvinsky, Olena and Renee women differently, because will add to this Cormier. 2011. women are not a monolithic list based on “Intersectionality and Public group. Public policy impacts their areas of Policy: Some Lessons from different women in different expertise Existing Models.” Political

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ways. This will be an Research Quarterly. 64(1): 217- opportunity for us to discuss the 229. intersection of race, culture, socio-economic class, sexuality, age, ability, etc., and gender, as well as understanding the differences between urban and rural living for women.

Thursday Book Party: “H.G. Wells’ English Literature 1. Engage with Dr. Carey Click here for more Ann Veronica” Edited by Dr. and Writing Snyder on her new information on this edition March 17 Carey Snyder edition of H.G. Wells’ History Suggested Activity: 12-2pm Ann Veronica Help us celebrate Dr. Carey Women’s, Gender, 2. Consider the Have students research the Women’s Center Snyder’s newly published edition and Sexuality implications of H.G. public perception of the novel, of Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells. Studies Wells’ novel in relation and interrogate how and why H.G. Wells’s 1909 novel centres to modern women’s public perception of the novel on the coming of age of the experiences. has changed over time. spirited Ann Veronica, who runs 3. Consider how context away from her sheltered changes meaning and suburban home to live in message. London. There she mingles with 4. Learn about Dr. feminists, studies biology, learns Snyder’s process for jiu jitsu, and even participates in finding and adding the a suffragette raid on the House historical documents of Commons that lands her in and footnotes to this jail. When originally published, edition of the novel. the novel was deemed “poisonous” for its bold

treatment of an adulterous romance that only lightly veiled Wells’s extramarital affairs. While critics debate whether the

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shift to romance undermines the novel’s feminist themes, readers continue to be engaged by its vividly realized heroine and its rich portrayal of the tumultuous social movements of Edwardian London. Historical documents expand on the novel’s autobiographical dimension with letters between Wells and Amber Reeves, the model for Ann Veronica; also included are materials on the suffrage movement, attempts to censor the novel, and the New Woman.

Tuesday Women in STEM Coffee Hour All STEM fields 1. Discuss the importance There are two organizations (especially of getting Black girls that we would recommend you March 22 Join us for our final Women in computer involved in review as part of this program: STEM Coffee Hour for the 5-6pm programming) coding/technology Girls Who Code and Black semester. This coffee hour is an 2. Identify the changing Girls Code. Women’s Center opportunity to discuss timely Education statistics for all women topics related to gender and the (learning how to in computing STEM fields. Students, faculty, encourage young engineering, paying staff, and community members girls and women in particular attention to from all fields and backgrounds STEM) the differences between are welcome to attend. Academic white women and Co-sponsored with Russ College Advisors women of color of Engineering and Technology, African American 3. Understand the AAUW OHIO, and Women in Studies connection of personal Information and narratives to an Entrepreneurship

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Telecommunication Systems. (starting a non- individual’s drive to profit) create a non-profit For this coffee hour, we’ll view 4. Debate whether or not “Black Girls Code” TEDxKC, Girlhood Studies women are “inherently” presented by Kimberly Bryant Social Justice change agents (15.02 minutes) as a starting 5. Consider the importance point for our discussion. Women’s, Gender and Sexuality of diverse perspectives Studies in any field, but, in particular, within STEM 6. Interrogate whether teaching women of color technology will be an economic equalizer

Wednesday International Women’s Coffee Students, faculty, 1. Improve intercultural Recommended Reading: March 23 Hour staff, and knowledge by Andrade, Maureen Snow. 4-5pm community connecting with others There are over 100 countries “International students in Women’s Center members from all from around the world represented by OHIO students, English-speaking universities: fields and 2. Network with others faculty, and staff. This coffee Adjustment factors.” Journal of backgrounds are invested in providing a hour is an opportunity for Research in International Education. welcome to attend. welcoming environment international women, and their 2006, 5(2): 131-154. for international women allies, to meet others, discuss We always appreciate on campus and in our Suggested Activity: current events, play games, the offer of extra community practice English or other credit to attend our Develop a plan to promote 3. Practice English in a languages, and listen to music programs; however, adjustment for international supportive environment from all over the world. we recommend students. encouraging your This program is supported by students to attend a the Women’s Center and different event for International Student and intercultural Faculty Services. knowledge or global perspective learning

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outcomes (such as our film series, brown bags, or International Women’s Day Festival). This program is most beneficial to international students, ESL students, or those who wish to work with international students.

Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn, We encourage 1. Explore examples of Recommended Activities: Women’s History Month Team student women’s achievements March 24 1. Review Ohio’s Jeopardy organization throughout history Common Core Social 12pm-1pm attendance as a 2. Analyze popular Bring your friends for a group Studies curriculum and group bonding culture moments in Jeopardy Women’s History determine how activity. Similarly, women’s history Month challenge. Prizes for the frequently women are we encourage our winning group represented mentor/mentee 2. Create innovate ways Brown Bag Lunch and Learns pairs from our to teach women’s are a casual way of learning Women’s history about gender issues. Typically, Mentoring they are facilitated by one Program. speaker, and we encourage Q&A at the end of a presentation. Bring your lunch or snacks!

Thursday Race, Gender and Culture Native American 1. Identify colonialist Recommended Readings: Film Series: Join us for a influences on Native

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March 24 screening and discussion of “A Studies American communities Valerie Taliman’s 2010 Series Thousand Voices”, a film and cultures on Missing & Murdered 4-6pm Women’s, Gender, about Native American women 2. Note gender stereotypes Women and Sexuality Tupper 107 in New Mexico. (Film has a based on cultural values Studies of men and women in Fact Sheet on Missing and running time of 57 minutes) World Religions Native American cultures Murdered Aboriginal Women Co-sponsored with the and Western cultures. and Girls Multicultural Center History 3. Explore possible generalizations of Native Futures without Violence Fact Diversity Studies American cultures Sheet Certificate through post-screening discussion Canada’s activist Mrs. Universe: 4. Recognize the modern What Ashley Callingbull’s Native American cultures refusal “to be pretty and shut that continue today, and up” could accomplish how these cultures differ from the historical stereotypes of Native Americans often represented in the media.

Tuesday Recognizing Women Veterans Aviation Flight 1. Summarize changes in A Timeline of US Women at Throughout History women’s roles within the War (2012) March 29 History military Co-sponsored with the History Pentagon: Opening combat 6-7.30pm Political Science 2. Identify areas where Department and the Veterans jobs to women alters ‘factual improvements are still Walter Hall Rotunda and Military Student Services Women’s, Gender backdrop’ in keeping them out needed Center & Sexuality Studies of the draft (2015) 3. List the various reasons From women masquerading as that have been given men in order to have a role in against and for women’s the military to women’s full participation in the access to combat positions, to military the acceptance of lesbian and gay service members, the United

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States military has undergone many changes. Join us for a panel with women veterans as we celebrate 2016’s Women’s History Month theme: “Working to Form a More Perfect Union: Honoring Women in Public Service and Government.”

Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn We encourage 1. Identify the unique Recommended Reading: attendance of obstacles faced by March 31 Join the Women’s Center to Gut-Her Punk. 2013. How to athletic teams transgender youth in discuss all things roller derby Support Your Trans Teammate 12-1pm sport (but particularly the queer Education 2. Debate the Lenore Gore. 2011. Women’s Center inclusiveness of the sport) Kinesiology inclusiveness (or lack Transgender Policies: My Story prior to the screening of In of inclusiveness) within the Turn this evening. Sport Management WFTDA Gender Policy: FAQ This program is part the roller derby Women’s, Gender Philly Roller Girls. PRG of the LGBT Brown Bag Lunch and Learns community & Sexuality Studies Gender Policy. Center’s Queer are a casual way of learning Studies Conference. about gender issues. Typically, Recommended Viewing they are facilitated by one speaker, and we encourage Q&A Trans Rollergirl Featured in at the end of a presentation. New Pet Shop Boys Video Bring your lunch or snacks! Suggested Activities: 1. Research the history of gender policies 2. Debate coed versus single sex sport 3. Critically analyze gender policies

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Thursday Queer and Fat: An Interview Campus 1. Determine the Cooper, C. (2016) Fat Activism: with Charlotte Cooper Recreation intersections of fat A Radical Social Movement. March 31 activism, feminism and Bristol: HammerOn Press. Dr Charlotte Cooper is a Communication 3-4pm queerness counselor, researcher, Cooper, C. (2012) ‘A Queer Journalism 2. Investigate the history Nelson South Pole consultant, author, publisher and and Trans Fat Activist and need of fat (Go through the DIY cultural worker. This Media Studies Timeline: Queering Fat Activist activism Nelson Dining Hall, interview will focus on her new Nationality and Cultural Nursing 3. Challenge mainstream located in the book Fat Activism: A Radical Imperialism’, Fat Studies: An representations of garage) Social Movement. Her other Nutrition Interdisciplinary Journal of Body obesity and fat activism publications include Fat and Pre-Med Weight and Society 1: 1, 61-74. Proud: The Politics of Size (1998) This program is part and an award-winning novel, Social Work of the LGBT Cherry (2002). She performs in Sociology Center’s Queer the queercore band Homosexual Women’s, Gender Studies Conference. Death Drive and blogs about fat and Sexuality at Obesity Timebomb. More Studies information is available at www.charlottecooper.net Dr. Cooper will be interviewed by Women’s Center Director Dr. Murray – who has been in constant awe of Dr. Cooper since seeing her keynote at the Carnival of Feminist Cultural Activism (2011) and organization of the Fattylympics (2012).

Thursday Screening of In The Turn, We encourage 1. Identify the unique Recommended Reading: discussion with the director attendance of obstacles faced by March 31 Gut-Her Punk. 2013. How to athletic teams transgender youth A documentary about a 10-year- Support Your Trans Teammate 5pm 2. Debate the

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The Athena old transgender girl who finds Education inclusiveness (or lack Lenore Gore. 2011. acceptance and empowerment in of inclusiveness) within Transgender Policies: My Story Kinesiology the company of a queer roller the roller derby WFTDA Gender Policy: FAQ This program is part derby collective. Sport Management community of the LGBT Philly Roller Girls. PRG Co-sponsors include: School of Women’s, Gender Center’s Queer Gender Policy. Journalism, the Film & Sexuality Studies Studies Conference. Department, Media Arts, WGSS, Recommended Viewing Women's Center, and Athens Trans Rollergirl Featured in Ohio Roller Derby New Pet Shop Boys Video Suggested Activities: 1. Research the history of gender policies 2. Debate coed versus single sex sport 3. Critically analyze gender policies

April 3-8 Take Back the Night Week We encourage 1. Empower students to 1. What can we, as participation from support everyone’s individuals, do to end Organized by Student Senate’s University College safety on campus and gender violence? Women’s Affairs Commission, learning in the community 2. What is gendered there will be a number of communities, as a 2. Identify gender violence? programs offered throughout way to connect inequality issues that 3. What legal policies the week. first year students result in gendered could be improved to to resources on violence provide better campus regarding 3. Connect students to protection against gender violence. resources on campus gendered violence? and in the community Campus Sexual Assault Toolkit that support gender equality and healthy relationships

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Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn We encourage 1. Empower students to 1. What can we, as participation from support everyone’s individuals, do to April 7th Join us for a discussion University College safety on campus and end gender regarding Take Back the 12-1pm learning in the community violence? Night. Facilitated by communities, as a 2. Identify gender 2. What is gendered Women’s Center Stephanie Gilford, the way to connect inequality issues that violence? keynote speaker for Take first year students result in gendered 3. What legal policies Back the Night. to resources on violence could be improved to Brown Bag Lunch and Learns campus regarding 3. Connect students to provide better are a casual way of learning gender violence. resources on campus protection against about gender issues. Typically, and in the community gendered violence? they are facilitated by one that support gender Campus Sexual Assault Toolkit speaker, and we encourage Q&A equality and healthy at the end of a presentation. relationships Bring your lunch or snacks!

Tuesday Stay out of your own way: We strongly 1. Provide students with 1. What are different How Gender Stereotypes encourage the skills needed to gendered April 12 Threaten Our Success participation from advertise themselves in communication styles? 5.30-6.30pm students who are the workplace 2. How can you This one hour, interactive Baker 230 looking for 2. Understand how demonstrate workshop will highlight the ways employment or in different presentation confidence during an in which women have their senior styles function within interview? traditionally undersold their seminar. All are an interview setting 3. What are your skills? This program skills and provide opportunities counts towards a for participants to self-reflect on welcome to attend. 3. Instruct students how to demonstrate She Leads OHIO their own experiences. We will Business Tyler, James M. and Jennifer confidence in requirement (the discuss the social expectations Dane McCullough (2009), Communications themselves Women’s Center’s put on women, which can “Violating Prescriptive professional complicate women’s desire to do Entrepreneurship Stereotypes on Job Resumes: A self-promotion. Through leadership Certificate self-Presentational Perspective” program). For analyzing descriptors of women’s professional in Management Communication, more information, accomplishments, body pp. 272-287. please visit our

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Wednesday International Women’s Coffee Students, faculty, 1. Improve intercultural Recommended Reading: Hour staff, and knowledge by April 13th Andrade, Maureen Snow. community connecting with others There are over 100 countries “International students in 4-5pm members from all from around the world represented by OHIO students, English-speaking universities: fields and 2. Network with others Women’s Center faculty, and staff. This coffee Adjustment factors.” Journal of backgrounds are invested in providing a hour is an opportunity for Research in International Education. welcome to attend. welcoming international women, and their 2006, 5(2): 131-154. environment for allies, to meet others, discuss We always appreciate international women Suggested Activity: current events, play games, the offer of extra on campus and in our practice English or other credit to attend our Develop a plan to promote community languages, and listen to music programs; however, adjustment for international 3. Practice English in a from all over the world. we recommend students. supportive encouraging your This program is supported by environment students to attend a the Women’s Center and different event for International Student and intercultural Faculty Services. knowledge or global

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perspective learning outcomes (such as our film series, brown bags, or International Women’s Day Festival). This program is most beneficial to international students, ESL students, or those who wish to work with international students.

Thursday Brown Bag Lunch and Learn: Women’s, Gender Presentations are based on the Presentations are based on the WGSS Capstone Projects and Sexuality research conducted within the research conducted within the April 14 Studies capstone course and thus we capstone course and thus we Join us for a look at the projects 12-1pm cannot provide projected cannot provide recommended created in the Women’s, Gender outcomes at this time. readings, etc., at this time. Women’s Center and Sexuality Studies Capstone course! Brown Bag Lunch and Learns are a casual way of learning about gender issues. Typically, they are facilitated by one speaker, and we encourage Q&A at the end of a presentation. Bring your lunch or snacks!

Thursday Race, Gender and Culture Global Studies 1. Discuss whether or not Recommended Reading: feminism translates

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April 14th Film Series History neatly into non- There is a discussion guide for Western cultural The Light in Her Eyes that we 4-6pm Screen and Discuss “The Journalism News contexts encourage you to read and Light in Her Eyes” Tupper 107 and Information 2. Review a investigate with your students.

Co-sponsored with the representation of Political Science “The Prophets Daughters.” Multicultural Center. women in Islam not 2009. A U.S. Catholic interview typically seen in Houda al-Habash, a conservative Sociology with Syafa Almirzanah. Muslim preacher, founded a Western media McManus, Anne-Marie. 2013. Qur’an school for girls in Women’s, Gender 3. Debate the definitions “The Light in Her Eyes.” Damascus 30 years ago. and Sexuality of empowerment and Studies gender equality for Journal of Middle East Women’s Every summer, her female women. Studies. 9(1). 137-139 students immerse themselves in a rigorous study of Islam. A surprising cultural shift is under way—women are claiming space within the mosque. Shot right before the uprising in Syria erupted, The Light in Her Eyes offers an extraordinary portrait of a leader who challenges the women of her community to live according to Islam, without giving up their dreams.

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