University of Florida News and Views of The Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Research

SPRING 2011 VOLUME 20, ISSSUE 1

From the Director’s Desk Thanks to a lively group of spoke to the history and scholars, headed by Toril current status of modern Moi as keynote lecturer, —or more cor- our conference “Simone de rectly, . Panelists Beauvoir: Legacies,” was an and audience members exciting and intellectually commented on the slippage stimulating program. between the sophistication Speakers considered Beau- of academic discourse in voir’s life and writing from feminism and the often Inside this issue: many different points of disheartening way that Judith W. Page view: we were all left with a feminism appears (or does Director, CWSGR sense of the place and in- not appear) in public dis- Janis Ian Visits Center 2 fluence of this major intel- course. This past academic year has lect of the 20th century and As a follow up to this pan- been a busy one at the formative voice in feminist Book Nook 3 el, we hosted a group of Center, with various speak- thought. speakers on the state of ers, a major conference, Kovacs Research Funded 3 We also had a large and women in the STEM and two excellent panel enthusiastic audience for (science, technology, engi- discussions. Although it our panel in the fall, neering, and mathematics) Undergrads attend 4 would be impossible in this “Feminist Scholarship disciplines earlier in the space to review everything, FAU Conference Now,” in which a distin- spring, and were pleased to I will reiterate a few of the guished group of scholars learn of the various ways highlights. Reflections of 5 from across the disciplines that institutions are re- Women’s Studies Most sponding to the need to Senior Senior Continued on page 2 Faculty News 6

Spring 2012 Conference Planned Munoz gets McNair 7 After our well-attended Professor Janet Todd, of conference on Simon de Cambridge University and Graduate News 8 Beauvoir, we are once author of Mary Wollstonecraft:, again looking forward to A Revolutionary Life, among a hosting a conference at the wealth of other influential Center on the legacies of publications on 18th and 19th major feminist thinkers and century literature and texts. In honor of the 220th culture, will present the anniversary of the keynote address. In addition publication of Mary to Professor Todd, our Wollstonecraft’s Vindication presenters include Anne of the Rights of Woman, we Mellor (UCLA), Kari Lokke Please mark your calendars will host a conference on (UC-Davis), and Wendy (even ten months early!) February 23-24, 2012 Gunther-Canada (UA- and do plan to attend. entitled “Mary Birmingham), as well as Wollstonecraft: Legacies.” several UF colleagues. NEWS AND VIEWS OF THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S STUDIES AND GENDER RESEARCH Page 2

From the Director’s Desk, continued.

keep women in these fields and United States. We were also new book project. Affiliates Jodi to value their work. Several particularly proud that three Schorb and Benjamin Wise also speakers spoke about the useful- undergraduate majors from the received teaching awards. Angel “Our students at ness of “pipeline programs” Capstone course presented pa- Kwolek-Folland was named designed to attract women to the pers on violence against women Woman of Distinction by UF’s both the field early on and to mentor at the Florida Consortium for Association of Academic Wom- graduate and them through the pipeline, from Women’s and Gender Studies en, and Anita Anantharam re- their undergraduate years Conference in Boca Raton. The ceived a national award for her undergraduate through careers in the STEM dedication of our students, as work as an advisor for the Glob- professions. There was a particu- well as the fact that our major al Living and Learning Commu- levels are lar interest in developing courses has grown to over 60 students, nity. Florence Babb received an in gender and health disparities suggests a healthy future, as does FEO award to support her re- thriving, and have under the auspices of the Center our recruitment of a strong search in Peru. Last but not at UF, and as a start we will offer group of students in the MA least, our office manager Donna played an an NSF-funded course in the fall program for next year. Never- Tuckey has was honored with a important role in entitled “Social and Cultural theless, we still face many chal- Superior Accomplishment Dimensions of Women's Well- lenges related to the difficult Award for staff. We also salute the success of Being.” budgetary times and pressures the accomplishments of our on higher education. friends and affiliates, whose Our students at both the gradu- our programs.” books are represented in our ate and undergraduate levels are Now more than ever, we depend new section, Book Nook, and thriving, and have played an on the expertise and hard work whose dedicated contributions -Judith W. Page, important role in the success of of our core faculty and our affili- to our programs and to teaching our programs. Our graduate ates. I note with pride that Ken- Center Director gender-related courses, help to students have conducted inde- dal Broad received a CLAS sustain us. On behalf of the pendent research on such topics teaching award this year and that Center, thank you! as queer activism in the South Trysh Travis was honored with a and collaboration between the CLAS advising award, as well as National Women’s Studies Asso- a Princeton Library Research ciation and girls’ programs in the Grant in conjunction with her

Janis Ian Visits the Center

Janis Ian, child-star, songwriter, experience as a musician and asked Ian if she believed that and performer with nine discussed her interaction with men and women approached Grammy nominations, visited men in the music industry. She musical composition differently. Ustler Hall on March 31st to give described the way in which some Another asked her what it was an informal talk to University of men have dismissed her musical like to be a “has been” at the age Florida faculty and students. talent, while others have treated of seventeen. Ian referred back Ian’s visit was sponsored by UF her with a great deal of respect to the importance of art in each Performing Arts. Ian discussed as a fellow artist. Ian has made of her answers, insisting that “art her experiences as a young an effort to reach out to young is the only thing standing musical artist in the 1960s and female musicians, especially between us and chaos.” described the thrill as well as the those in academic settings, who obstacles that accompanied her are still subject to entrenched Contributed by graduate student Janis Ian Speaks to guests in early rise to stardom. stereotypes about women and Kate Klebes Ustler Hall on March 31st music. After her brief and In the spirit of gender studies, engaging talk, Ian opened the Ian focused on her gender floor to questions. One attendee Page 3 VOLUME 20, ISSSUE 1

Book Nook: Recently Published Books by Center Faculty and Affiliates

Anita Anantharam, ed. Pamela K. Gilbert, Scholarly and the Domesticated Landscape: Mahadevi Varma: Political Essays and teaching edition of the England’s Disciples of Flora, 1780- on Women, Nation, and Culture, Victorian novel by Rhoda 1870, Cambridge University Zubaan Books and Cambria Broughton, Cometh Up as a Press 2011. Press, 2010. Flower, Broadview Press, 2010.

Laura Sjoberg, ed. Gender and Florence Babb, Lola Haskins, Still, the The Tourism International Security: Feminist Mountain (poems) Paper Kite Perspectives, Routledge, 2010, Encounter: Press, 2010, and Fifteen Florida Laura Sjoberg and Sandra Via, Fashioning Latin Cemeteries: Strange Tales Unearthed, American Nations University Press of Florida, eds. Gender, War, and Militarism Praeger Security International, and Histories, 2011. “ Most of my Stanford 2010, and J. Ann Tickner and University Press, Barbara Mennel, co-edited Laura Sjoberg, eds. Feminism supporters and 2010. with Jaimey Fisher, Spatial and : Turns: Space, Place, and Mobility in Conversations about the Past, Present, source of motivation German Literary and Visual Avraham Balaban, Ten Mothers: and Future, Routledge, 2011. Culture. Amsterdamer Beitraege are past professors Representations of Motherhood in zur neueren and advisors. These Modern Hebrew Fiction (Tel Aviv: Germanistik 75. Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2010. Amsterdam: individuals have Rodopi, 2010. Diana Boxer, The Lost Art of the taken their time to Good Schmooze: Building Rapport Judith W. Page, and Defusing Conflict in Everyday co-authored with listen to my ideas and Public Talk, 2011. Elise L. Smith, and help guide me in Women, Literature, the right direction, I

would be lost today

without them. “

Junior Cara Kovacs’ Research Funded by University Scholars Program -Maria Munoz, By Associate Professor Trysh Travis Women’s Studies Major,

Cara Kovacs is She has worked at Peaceful Paths coordinator for Le Cercle Français, McNair Scholar. the most recent Domestic Abuse Network as a Cara will be studying French Women’s Child Advocate, and is a Research Language and Culture for 10 Studies major Assistant in Dr. Bonnie Moradi's weeks this summer at the to be selected psychology lab, focusing on Sorbonne. While there, she will Women’s for the sexual, racial, and ethnic minority conduct fieldwork for her USP Studies Major Cara Kovacs University issues and their impact on project, which seeks to identify Scholars personal well-being. She is the the differences in services Program, which funds second author on a paper to be provided to the LGBT independent research by presented at the 2011 Convention community in the United States undergraduates across UF. A of the American Psychological and France, while also examining 2008 graduate of the Dreyfoos Society, “The Internship Supply/ the degree to which different School of the Arts in West Palm Demand Imbalance: Program- government structures and Beach, Cara transferred to UF level Accountability.” degrees of social marginalization after receiving an Associate’s influence the delivery of services Degree from Santa Fe College. A French minor and web- and identity construction. NEWS AND VIEWS OF

THE CENTER FOR WOMEN’S STUDIES AND GENDER RESEARCH Page 4 Panel at FAU Conference Features Women’s Studies Undergrads By Associate Professor Stephanie Evans On April 1st, UF publications on the topics, but questions, there was a rousing Students Jenna the experiential lens that shaded discussion of all three papers Calton, Nicolle each of their presentations. Each with an excited tone and many Vasquez and presenter volunteers at various reference suggestions, questions Bianca Gras domestic violence or immigrant to consider in further study, and presented their service agencies and each is an insightful points of curiosity that research at the engaged activist in the area fueled a full use of the allotted Florida Atlantic which she studies formally. The time (and a bit over). That University engaged part of their work simply does not always happen Women's resulted in a 'call for action' at conference presentations. It Women’s Studies Associate Professor Studies section of their papers that was was such a pleasure to be in the Stephanie Evans with Panelists Nicolle Consortium not required, but offered an room. Vasquez, Jenna Calton, Bianca Gras conference. organic development of the type

They nailed it. I of work in violence against can honestly say I have not women that they not only CARE In sum, I would love to claim “they came to me participated (as chair or about, but they each WORK to bragging rights for these three with their own presenter) in a more eradicate. scholar-activists in what was a comprehensive, cohesive, and truly stellar conference panel, inner glow and gut- relevant panel. Their work but alas...they came to me with covered the national, The response of the attendees their own inner glow and gut- level commitment international, and transnational was revealing.... Of course, I level commitment to academic to academic perspectives of activism around thought Jenna, Nicolle, and excellence, as well as a violence against women. They Bianca offered outstanding commitment to both research excellence, as presented their work with a presentations. I have gotten to and community activism. Thank seriousness, earnestness, and well as a watch them evolve in their ideas you to Jenna, Nicolle, and well-read perspective that and style. But the audience Bianca, for providing true commitment to reflected the (at least) FOUR discussion was phenomenally inspiration. written drafts and oral practice engaging.. There were two

both research and sessions they endured to prepare undergraduates from FAU, a community for the panel. The most graduate student from Seattle, The conference program is impressive feature of their work and a faculty member from available online at: http:// activism.” was not only the depth with Texas Women's University who www.fau.edu/WomensStudies/ which they contextualized their attended and, after my call for pdfs/sewsa_program.pdf. -Stephanie Evans, own ideas with other scholarly referring to WST Simone de Beauvoir Conference Well Attended student panelists. The Simone de Beauvoir Texas, Mary Beth Mader of the Conference was held in the University of Memphis and Center on February 10th and Duke Professor Dr. Toril Moi, 11th. The two day conference who gave the keynote address. was heavily attended and featured a screening of the 1967 UF Participants included Sylvie documentary Jean-Paul Sarte and Blum-Reid, Tace Hedrick, Carol Simone de Beauvoir on Thursday Murphy, Alioune Sow, Maureen

night and lectures and panel Turim, and Brigitte Weltman- Panelists Mary Beth Aron. The Conference was co- Mader, Judy Coffin, discussions all day on Friday. Brigitte Weltman-Aron, sponsored by the France-Florida and Nancy Bauer

Keynote Guest lecturers included Nancy Research Institute, the Center Speaker Bauer of , Judy for Humanities and the Public Yavitz Fund, and the College of Dr. Toril Moi Coffin of the University of Sphere with support from the Liberal Arts and Sciences. Page 5 VOLUME 20, ISSSUE 1

With an Attitude of Gratitude Thanks to everyone whose  Dr. Eloise M. Harman  Dr. Jaime R. Shaw and generosity keeps the center viable  Dr. Carol Ritzen Kem Dr. Theodore A. Shaw including the following donors:  Mrs. Shirley J. Kiser and  Ms. Clara J. Smith  Ms. Kathryn Chicone Ustler Mr. William L. Kiser  Mr. Mark W. Thurner  Mr. Gregory R. Allen  Dr. Angel Kwolek-Folland  Dr. Sno E. White and Dr. Michael E. Mahla  Mrs. Janet L. Carlson  Dr. Jeanna M. Mastrodicasa

 Ms. Jean Chalmers and Mr. Clay B. Sweger Donations to the  Dr. Sheila K. Dickison  Dr. Milagros Pena and Dr. Fredrick W. Hamann Center are used to fund  Mrs. Polly Doughty conferences, symposia,  Dr. Judith W. Page and  Mrs. Deborah M Figler and educational travel for Professor William H. Page Mr. George A Figler graduate students,  Mr. Robert A. Prather scholarship funds,  Dr. Jamie R. Funderburk speaker honoraria, and  Dr. Sandra L. Russo  Dr. David G. Hackett exhibit support.

Sandra Kay Knapp Haile to Graduate, Began College in 1962 As Women’s Studies most senior senior heads towards graduation, she reflects on her educational career

I was born in Hamilton, and beyond brought me out of At age 62 ½, after guilds in Gainesville, Tree City Texas in 1943, and got married in the era that I grew up in. After working out a small budget, I Quilters' Guild, founded in 1993, 1962. Other than a few years getting my Associate of Arts decided to retire early. I dropped and Quilters of Alachua County Day between my son’s birth in 1971 degree from Santa Fe out of college after the spring Guild, founded in 2003. I have and his starting kindergarten, I Community College in 1979, I semester of 2003, with only one interviewed seven women who are have worked all of my life since was working in the Sociology class left to finish, still feeling some of the first organizers and graduating from high school. My department at UF, and the class that “as a secretary you don't participants in these two quilting first college course was “Sociology and Sex Roles” need a degree.” I had given up. guilds. It is important that the oral Shorthand, taken in the fall of caught my attention. I started But it still nagged me that my history of the guilds, these women, 1962. It was to benefit my job thinking about how I felt about now ex-husband had three and their lives be documented for performance, as I was working to my life as a woman. Shortly after degrees, and I still had none. future research. Materials from my help support my new husband that, Women's Studies was Well, here I am now 67: in research will be housed both in the while he was getting his degree(s). established: this program would thinking of my possible “bucket Samuel Proctor Oral History Having gotten married so young, expand my analysis of how my list,” finishing my Bachelor's program at the it never seemed important for me life and background influenced degree became important again. and the Matheson Museum in to get a degree. He would what I had been and what I Late in the Fall of 2010, I Gainesville, and I will graduate with support us after he got his wanted to be in the future. So I approached the Women's the Bachelor's degree in Women's education. As I was told many again started my studies, moving Studies program to see how and Studies and Gender Research, April times, being a secretary did not towards a BA. The course in what was needed to finish. I am 30, 2011. require a college degree. Our Women’s Studies that made the currently enrolled in the marriage ended after 29 years. My biggest impact on me was Capstone Seminar, and the I am now more in control of husband had three degrees, I had “Gender and Language.” I will degree is within sight. my own life – whether it be good or none. never read about or listen to bad – it is mine to control. I do have issues again without thinking on My final project involves a voice in it. Working in a university how the written and spoken research and documentation on setting most of my married life word portrays women. the history of the two quilting -Sandra Kay Knapp Haile Page 6 CWSGR Faculty News

Anita Anantharam was named National Faculty seminar on “Street Economies, Politics and Studies Symposium, March 17-March 18, 2011: Member of the Month for a community service Social Movements in the Urban Global South.” “The Cultures of Empire,” at the University of event she organized with several Women's She plans to return to Peru this summer to Florida. She was also invited as speaker at two Studies undergraduate students. Her activities continue research. Women’s History Month events in March 2011: with “A Girl’s Place” were voted Best Campus a talk on the popular paranormal romance

Community Service Program of the Month. Dr. Twilight, and as moderator and discussant for the Anantharam has served as the Faculty-in- Kendal Broad is continuing research on two “Manel,” a panel of male students invited to Residence (FIR) for Yulee Hall since 2007. projects, one analyzing the way a group of gay answer questions about women, feminism, and Additionally, Dr. Anantharam received two men have constructed anti-racism and the other equal opportunity. awards. The first is from the Humanities mapping the various positions of interested

Scholarship Enhancement Fund to pursue her actors in current debates about LGBTQ families work on slow food politics in France and Italy. in the US. Related, Dr. Broad presented a paper, Judith W. Page was appointed Director of the She will conduct this research during summer “Men Loving Men: Consciousness-Raising and Center for Women’s Studies and Gender 2011 in conjunction with her book project, Anti-Racism for Better Relationships, A Better Research this spring. Her book, Women, “Fasting and Feasting: Transnational Food Community and a Better World,” at the Eastern Literature, and the Domesticated Landscape: England’s Politics on Three Continents.” The second award Sociological Society meetings. In addition, Dr. Disciples of Flora, 1780-1870 (co-authored with is a curriculum development grant from the Broad and three graduate students have had a Elise L. Smith) was published in March by Center for European Studies for a course titled paper (“Professional Allies: The Storying of Cambridge University Press. She also published "Gender and Food Politics in Europe and North Allies To GLTBQ Students On a College “Grace Aguilar’s Victorian Romanticism” in America." This course will be cross-listed in Campus”) conditionally accepted for publication Romanticism/Judaica: A Convergence of Cultures, ed. Women's Studies and the Center for European in the Journal of Homosexuality. Finally, Dr. Broad Sheila A. Spector, Ashgate Press, 2011), 85-98, Studies and will be targeted for undergraduate was awarded a College of Liberal Arts and among other pieces. She presented a paper on students. Dr. Anatharam’s monograph, Bodies that Sciences 2010-1011 Teaching Award. Victorian garden style at the Victorians Institute Remember: Women’s Indigenous Knowledge and Conference last October in Charlottesville, VA,

Cosmopolitanism in South Asian Poetry, is in press and served as organizer or panelist for several with Syracuse University’s Series in Gender and Director of African American Studies, different events at the Center during 2010-11. Globalization and scheduled for publication in Stephanie Evans, invited Michelle Duster, great

2011. -granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, to give the keynote lecture at the Annual Ronald C. Forman Milagros Peña, Associate Dean for Social and lecture on Friday April 15, 2011, beginning with Behavioral Sciences, CLAS and Professor of Florence E. Babb published “Out in Public: a reception at Ustler Hall. The Center for Sociology and Women's Studies has a Lesbian and Gay Activism in Nicaragua,” in The Women’s Studies was among the event co- forthcoming article, “Mentoring Transformed: Politics of Sexuality in Latin America: A Reader on sponsors. Evans also taught a Spring Break 2011 When Students of Color See Diversity in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Study Abroad Course in Paris: “African Leadership” by Milagros Peña and JeffriAnne (University of Pittsburgh Press). An online article, Americans in Paris.” Twelve students enrolled in Wilder, in Women of Color in Higher Education: “Gender Justice and Political Inclusion: the course explored the African American Contemporary Perspectives and Changing Directions Sandinistas, Feminists, and the Current Divide,” presence in Paris. Since the mid-1700s scores of Emerald Series, eds. Jean-Marie Gaetane and appeared in Enlace Académico Centroamericano, African Americans have visited, lived, and Brenda Lloyd-Jones, Volume 9 (forthcoming Managua, Nicaragua. Dr. Babb is guest editor of worked in France. Students researched the 2011). an issue of the journal Voices in honor of experiences and perceptions of Black Americans

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy; her introduction, and studied why and how a sustained pattern of “Feminist Anthropology Meets Queer visitation has occurred. Trysh Travis was awarded the CLAS Advisor Anthropology,” will also appear in the issue this of the Year Award for her work as the spring. Her article “Sex and Sentiment in Cuban Undergraduate Coordinator in Women’s Tourism,” is forthcoming in Caribbean Studies, in Tace Hedrick recently published the article Studies. She coordinated the February 10-11, an issue in honor of Helen I. Safa. She was on a “From House on Mango Street to Becoming Latina in 2011 conference “Simone de Beauvoir: roundtable on “Generations of Knowledge and 10 Easy Steps: Genre, Marketplace and Chicana Legacies,” in the Center for Women’s Studies. Research Traditions: 60 Years of Applied Identity” in a special issues of La Nueva Literatura With funding from a UF Humanities Anthropology in the Callejón de Huaylas and Hispánica, Pasaporte latino: viaje, cultura e Scholarship Enhancement Grant and a Wider Peru,” Society for Applied Anthropology, identidad en la literatura hispana en los Estados Princeton University Rare Book and Special Seattle, in March. There, she also served as a Unidos (Latino Passport: Travel, Culture and Collections Fellowship, Dr. Travis will travel to discussant on the panel “Moving Beyond the Identity in US Latino Literature), edited by Princeton’s Mudd Library to conduct research Actors in Tourism.” Dr. Babb was on a panel at Ignacio Rodeño (Valladolid, Spain: Editorial this summer for her book, Reading Matters: Books, UF, presenting on “Rethinking Gender and Universitas Castellae). She also participated in Book Men, and the American Century, 1930-1970. Indigenous Identity in Andean Latin America,” the February 10-11, 2011 conference “Simone de for the 80th Anniversary Conference, Center for Beauvoir: Legacies,” moderating a panel on Latin American Studies, in March. She spent a “Beauvoir’s Narratives.” Dr. Hedrick was the co- week at the School for Advanced Research in coordinator of the 10th Annual American Santa Fe, where she was a discussant for a VOLUME 19, ISSUE 1 Page 7 Maria…Muñoz...McNair! By Associate Professor Trysh Travis

Maria Muñoz has A first generation American whose dialogue with the scholarship on been accepted into family fled Cuba to avoid political female and queer incarceration, which the Ronald E. persecution, Maria grew up in Miami has seen a shocking increase over the McNair and graduated from G. Holmes last decade. Her ultimate goal is to Postbaccalaureate Braddock Senior High in 2002. Not increase the number of women in Achievement content to stop there, she earned an academia, particularly the number of Maria Munoz Program, a federally AS in culinary arts from the Orlando women of color, in the hopes that she funded program Culinary Academy Le Cordon Bleu will be able to influence and motivate designed to increase the presence of program in 2004, and an AA from other members of underrepresented underrepresented groups in doctoral Miami Dade College in 2008. Before minorities to pursue a life in academia. studies. Funded by the McNair beginning at UF in 2009, she worked Of her ambitions, Maria says, “Most of program and advised by CWSGR in a variety of jobs in the health and my supporters and source of Affiliate Faculty member Louise human services field, including as a motivation are past professors and Newman, Maria will spend next year staff interpreter and Interpreting advisors. These individuals have taken pursuing research that will prepare her Services Coordinator for the Deaf their time to listen to my ideas and for interdisciplinary graduate work in Services Bureau. help guide me in the right direction, I gender and LGBTQI theories. She is would be lost today without them. I the first Women’s Studies major to be look forward to fulfilling this honor a McNair scholar, and follows in the While her McNair project will evolve for others.” wake of minors Leila Adams (2007) over the course of the next academic and Vanessa Attia (2011). year, at present Maria seeks to bring ideas of female masculinity articulated

by Dr. Judith (Jack) Halberstam into

Graduating Senior Nicolle Vasquez Selected as One of UF’s Outstanding Student Leaders By Associate Professor Trysh Travis After working for the Complimenting her work with Domestic Abuse Network, she worked Graham Area IDEAL, Nicolle was a Peer Leader through UF’s Women’s Leadership Council Residence Council for a First Year Florida class in the and Ignite: Peaceful Paths on Campus to planning educational summer and fall of 2008, assisting in raise awareness about domestic violence and and social events for the facilitation of the class by rape on college campuses. This impressive the students of her providing a student’s perspective on outreach work led her to be selected to residence hall, Nicolle life as a Gator and advising new represent Peaceful Paths at the Women’s Vasquez became students on how to get acclimated to Leadership Council’s annual conference in Nicolle involved in IDEAL, life as a college student. She became 2010. At the same time, she was involved Vasquez the student Preview Staffer in 2009, welcoming with Teach For America, speaking out about ambassadors of the over 6,000 freshmen and their educational inequality and recruiting top Center for Student Activities and families to the UF campus, and senior leaders into the 2011 TFA teaching Involvement, where she has served as registering students for their first corps. Secretary, Director, and Internal semester at UF. Director. Promoting undergraduate Nicolle is presently weighing admissions involvement across campus, IDEAL In addition to inviting others to offers from the law schools at Northeastern serves over 900 student organizations become more involved members of (Boston) and American Universities as well as the entire student body; the UF community, Nicolle has also (Washington, DC), where she plans to study their goal is to help students find their been a strong advocate for women’s public interest law with a focus on women’s own niche on campus and make the rights and education. After an rights issues. “big pond” of UF a bit smaller. internship with the Peaceful Paths Women's Studies faculty University of Florida and students hosted a meet

Center for Women’s Studies and greet for 20 girls from and Gender Research “A Girl’s Place” on P.O. Box 117352 Wednesday Nov 3rd, 2010 Gainesville, FL 32611-7352 from 4-6pm. “A Girl’s Place” is a non-profit organization Phone: 352-392-3365 Fax: 352-392-4873 dedicated to empowering www.wst.ufl.edu/ girls of all racial, religious and

economic backgrounds to grow confident, strong, and Visit us in independent in order to beautiful thrive in the world around Ustler them. Anita Anantharam Hall, in the heart was named National Faculty Member of the Month for this community service event she of the UF organized with several Women's Studies undergraduate students, including Cynthia Valdez, who Campus. interned last semester with the organization and helped spearhead the event. The “meet and greet” was conceived of as an opportunity to showcase empowerment, leadership, and education success at UF. The event also provided the young girls with a tour of the beautiful UF campus.

Graduate Student News

Graduate Student Sarah Steele (Spring 2011, CLAS, Department with Southerners on New successfully defended her thesis, of History) and Kristen Allukian Ground (SONG),” at SEWSA’s Queering Intersectionality: Practical (Spring, 2011, CLAS, (Southeastern Women’s Studies Politics and Southerners on New Department of English). A Ph.D. Association) Annual Conference Ground, on Thursday, March 3rd, Concentration in Women’s in Atlanta, April 6-7. 2:00 pm in the Ustler Hall Studies was awarded to Rachel conference room. Dr. Broad Hallum-Montes, (Fall 2010, Kate Klebes will attend a (chair), Dr. Pena (member), and CLAS, Department of Sociology, workshop titled “Beyond Rights: Dr. Emery (member) served on Criminology and Law) Vunerability and Justice” at her committee. Smith College. Kate is currently Current Women Studies working on a paper titled, Graduate Student Erin “Toni” Graduate students Kate Klebes, “Human Under Law: the Power Williams successfully presented Audrey Dingeman, Catherine of Resiliency for the Vunerable her project, ‘A Forum for Jean, Atalia Lapkin, and Subject.” Both Sarah and Kate’s Connecting’: Fostering Collaboration Whitney Shadowens will be expenses were partially funded between Girls' Programs and the joined by Yaneilys Diaz, Molly with CLAS Graduate Travel National Women’s Studies Green, Michelle Harris, Funds. Association, on Wednesday, March Nathalia Hernandez Ochoa, 30th, 11:00 a.m. in the Ustler Hall Kelly Korman, and Lauren conference room. Dr. Evans was Smith in the Fall of 2011. the chair of her committee. Sarah Steele was invited to Women’s Studies Certificates present her paper titled, were awarded to Giselle Moore- “Queering the Boundaries of Higgs (December 2010, College Activist Work: Intersectional of Nursing) and Emily Casey, Queer Community Organizing