Schedule

Objection

Objection! Gender, Sex, Law, and Social Change

2012 Symposium Schedule

 

Wednesday, March 14

9:45-11:15 am, Gregg Pavilion
Workshop: Blurred Boundaries: Creating Space for Trans Identities
Facilitated by Chloe Flora, L&C ’08 and L&C groundskeeper, and Amari Fauna, trans-feminist activists.
Join us for this workshop exploring the multitude of transgender identities and experiences with specific focus on trans-feminism, body politics, and gender non-conformity.

11:30 am-1:00 pm, Stamm
Roundtable: The Future of LGBT Mental Health and Rights

Moderator: Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell, L&C Associate Professor of Psychology
Claire Goldstein, L&C student, “”Neurobiological Correlates of Trans Identity”
Dawn Salgado, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Pacific University
Reid Vanderburgh, LMFT
Karen Mockrin, Northwest Law Office

11:30 am-1:00 pm, Gregg Pavilion
Lewis & Clark Feminist Presence: Theory to Praxis

This panel is a presentation of the Feminist Theory class taught by Deborah Heath in Fall 2011. Students from the class will present their final projects as part of their exploration of phenomenology and feminist praxis. 
Paige Glowacky, “Facing Disorientation: Participating in Theory as Liberation”
Ian McLane, “Yet Another Binary: Gender Hacking at Lewis & Clark College”
Mary Ann Reeves
 and Stephanie Schwartz, “Hands On: The Making of a Feminist Infozine”
Liz Scott, “Mind/Body Split Workshop: Our Minds, Our Bodies, Ourselves”

11:30 am-1:00 pm, Council Chamber
Real to Reel: Gender on Film

Moderator: Bryan Sebok, L&C Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies
Jarratt Taylor
, L&C ’02 and documentary filmmaker, “The New Debutantes”
Michael Roberson, Portland-based filmmaker, director of “Rossum”
Brooks Nelson, Portland-based filmmaker, director of
Minor Concessions”
Some films contain adult content.

1:45-3:15 pm, Stamm
Mending the Mind/Body Split

Moderator: Deborah Heath, L&C Director of Gender Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropology
Daisy Frearson
, L&C student, “Chains and Whips Excite Me: Queering Notions of Pain, Pleasure, and Sex in BDSM”
Elie Lauden, L&C student, “Surveilling Ourselves: Anorexia, Obesity, and Self-Discipline in Modern America”
Gillian Sullivan-Bing, L&C ’12, “Playing by the Rules: The Limited Embodied Agency of the Female Athlete”
Jillian Goodell, Washington State University student, “Keep Your Hands to Yourself: Challenging the Notions of ‘Disabled’ Sexuality”

1:45-3:15 pm, Fir Acres Black Box Theatre
Performance by Kemiyondo Coutinho, L&C ’12, “Kawuna…you’re it
Debut performance of her one-woman play about three interconnected Ugandan women.

Keynote Event

3:30 pm, Council Chamber
“Muslim Women, Sharia Law, and the Politics of Divorce”
Rafia Zakaria, attorney, writer, and human rights activist
Introduced by Kathryn Kucera, L&C ’12 and symposium co-chair

 
 
 
Keynote Event

7:00 pm,  Council Chamber
“The New ‘PC’: Popular Culture, Technology and a 21st Century Framework for Reproductive Rights and Activism”
Pamela D. Bridgewater
, professor of law, American University Washington College of Law
Introduced by Andrea Hibbard, L&C Adjunct Professor of English

Thursday, March 15

9:45-11:15 am, Council Chamber
Title IX and Sexual Assault: Studying History While Making History
 Moderator: Reiko Hillyer, L&C Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Jacqueline Dirks, Cornelia Marvin Pierce Professor of History and Humanities, Reed College, “Revising History: What I Learned About Teaching Title IX”
Nora McConnell-Johnson, Reed College ’13 and Reed student body president 2010-11, “Title IX and Enforcing Federal Law Through Protest”
Lilli Paratore, Reed College ’13, “Sexual Assault and Harassment Policy: A History of the Adjudication of the Female Body”

9:45-11:15 am, Stamm
The Beautiful Beast: Metaphorical Monsters of French Literature

Moderator: Claudia Nadine, L&C Associate Professor with term of French
Claire Goldstein, L&C student, “The Man Who Was Buried Alive and Other Strange Tales”
Miriam Karraker
, L&C student, “The Compass”
Josh London
, L&C student, “The Forest”
Join us for a reading of creative stories by L&C students, followed by critical analysis.

11:30 am-1:00 pm, Stamm

Rewriting Prescriptions for Gender and Recovery

Moderator: Melissa Osmond, L&C Associate Director for Health Promotion
Emi Koyama
, multi-issue social justice activist and writer, “Embracing Negative Survivorship and Unhealthy Coping: Resisting the Compulsory Optimism and Hopefulness of the Trauma Recovery Industry”
Maura Pisciotta, graduate student in sociology, Portland State University, “Masculinity, Femininity, and Heteronormativity in Media Representations of the HPV Vaccine”
Samantha L. Albright, graduate student in Women/Gender Studies, San Francisco State University, “The Imprisonment of Desire: Constructions of Sexual Normativity and Legal Resistances in the California Criminal System”
Sarafina Tabrum, L&C ’12, “Yoga in Prison: Resistance, Docility, and Individual Rehabilitation”

11:30 am-1:00 pm, Council Chamber
Public Image Limited: Individual, Institutional, and National Identities

Moderator: Oren Kosansky, L&C Associate Professor of Anthropology
Jason Buchanan
, L&C ’12, “Born That Way: The Adoption of a Gay Identity Among Men in Senegal”
Christopher Khatami, L&C ’12, “The Grey Ravine: The Underreporting of Sexual Assault on College Campuses”
Jake Silver, Reed College ’12, “Unraveling Israeli Erotics: Conflicts in Queering Legalities and Social Realities,”

1:45-3:15 pm, Stamm
Women and Gender in Islamic Law: Doctrine, Practice, and Reform

Moderator: Paul Powers, L&C Associate Professor of Religious Studies
L&C students Eman Al-Dughaythir, Mona Al-Juhani, Kathryn Kucera ’12, and Natalie Saing ’12

1:45-3:15 pm, Council Chamber
No Girl Left Behind: A Feminist Participatory Action Research Study of the GIRLS TODAY Conference at Pacific University, Oregon
                   
Moderator: Catherine Jones, L&C Student Activities graduate assistant, L&C graduate student in counseling psychology
Alyson Burns-Glover, Professor of Psychology, Pacific University
Pacific University students Abigail Boardman, Kristine Kuwada, Leann Lariosa, Shavon Leeds, Alyssa Peterson, Trisha Tengan, and Chelsea Young       
This panel will discuss the challenges of offering feminist programs to girls living in rural, ethnically diverse communities and will explore the impact of mentoring programs.

1:45-3:15 pm, Gregg Pavilion
Sex Trafficking of Minors in the Pacific Northwest

Moderator: Joslyn Baker, collaboration specialist, Multnomah County Department of Community Justice
Masayo Halpin, FBI special agent
Lynn Haxton, attorney, Youth, Rights & Justice
Patti MacRae, coordinator, Janus Youth Programs
Diane McKeel, Multnomah County Commissioner
Rebecca Cook, advocate, Sexual Assault Resource Center
Kathy Kroeger, interview specialist, CARES Northwest


Keynote Event

3:30 pm,  Council Chamber
“Invisible Crimes, Inadequate Remedies: Uncovering Police Profiling and Brutality Against Women and LGBTQ People of Color
Andrea Ritchie,
 police misconduct attorney and activist
Introduced by Paige Glowacky, L&C ’12 and symposium co-chair

 
 
 
 
 
 
Keynote Event

7:00 pm,  Council Chamber
“Changing Families, Contested Values: The Evolution of Family Law and Policy, 1992-2012.” 
Linda McClain
, Professor of Law and Paul M. Siskind Research Scholar, Boston University School of Law
Introduced by Kira McGieson, L&C’12 and symposium co-chair

 

Friday, March 16

9:45-11:15 am, Council Chamber
Roundtable: “Styled to Play”: A Discussion of the Connections Between Bodies, Athletics and Gender Norms at Lewis & Clark College

Moderator: Caitlin Relyea, L&C ’12
L&C students Brandis Piper, Margaret Dowling, Andi Glaeser, Devin Hoover, and Katherine Landerholm

9:45-11:15 am, Stamm
Textualities: The Politics of Producing Gender

Moderator: Isabelle DeMarte, L&C Associate Professor of French
Jena A. Zarza
, graduate student in sociology, Portland State University, “Gender in Introductory Level Sociology Textbooks: An Examination of Text and Images”
Arzu Ozkal, Assistant Orofessor, San Diego State University and
Claudia Costa Pederson
, PhD Student, Cornell University “Declaration of  Sentiments/Gün”
Seth Blum and Zibby Pillote, L&C students, co-editors of Synergia, L&C journal of gender expression

11:30 am-1:00 pm, Stamm
Policy Matters: The Family and the State

Moderator: Kimberly Brodkin, L&C Gender Studies Symposium Faculty Director and Assistant Professor with Term of Humanities
Kira McGieson, L&C ’12 and symposium co-chair, “Finding a Place at the Table: Bureaucratic Alignment for Queer Families”
Tamara Metz, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Reed College, “Changing Family Values, Family Lives and Family Laws: Boon or Bane for Freedom?”
Jaye Cee Whitehead, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Pacific University, “Marriage Equality and the Symbolic Power of the State”
Featuring discussion with keynote speaker Linda McClain

1:45-3:15 pm, Council Chamber
Is Freedom Just Another Word?: Gender, Ethics, and the State

Moderator:  Rachael Pace, L&C ’14
Christina M. Gray
, Lecturer, School of International Relations, University of Southern California, “Arguing Against Torture: Justice Ethics, Care Ethics, and Human Rights Advocacy”
Angela J. Rollins, law student, Southern Illinois University, “Act Like a Lady!: Reconsidering Gender Stereotypes and the Exclusion of Women from Combat in Light of Challenges to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’”
Jeffrey A. Gauthier, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Portland, and Ben Cilwick, University of Portland senior, “Gender Equality and Religious Liberty: Whose Freedom Is It?”
Heather Smith, L&C Assistant Professor of International Affairs, “Human Trafficking and International Cheap Talk: The Dutch Government and the ABC Islands”

1:45-3:15 pm, Stamm
Words and Meanings: Avel Gordly’s Memoir, an Activist’s Life, and the Practice of Black Women’s History in Oregon

Moderator: Maureen Reed, L&C Adjunct Professor of Humanities
Patricia Schechter, Professor of History, Portland State University, “Commitment, Competency, Collaboration: Oral and Public History”
Avel Gordly, retired Oregon legislator and retired adjunct professor of Black Studies, Portland State University, first African American woman to serve in Oregon Senate, “We Need to Know Our History”
Carmen Thompson, Adjunct Professor of History, Portland State University, “Thinking Public History: African American Perspectives”

3:30-5:00 pm, Council Chamber
Erasures and Exclusions in Progressive Social Movements

Moderator: Tricia Brand, L&C Director of Multicultural Affairs and Interim Deal of Students
Emi Koyama
, multi-issue social justice activist and writer, “Erasure of Transgender Youth in the Sex Trade: How Transgender Community, Sex Workers’ Movement, and Anti-Trafficking Movement Fail Transgender Youth”
Gus Wolff
, L&C student, “When Exactly Does It Get Better?: The Danger of Contemporary Social Movements”
Kathryn Kucera
, L&C ’12 and symposium co-chair, “’Who Are You Calling a Slut?’: Politics of Disidentification and Reappropriation at SlutWalk Portland”
Faolan M. Thompson
, L&C student, “The ‘Gay Agenda’: Assimilation and Radicalism in the Gay Rights Movement”

3:30-5:00 pm, Stamm
Beyond the Pages that Bind Us: Voices and Images of Women in Literature

Moderator: Rishona Zimring, L&C Associate Professor of English
Vanessa Wendland
, graduate student in English, Portland State University, “The New Californian Woman”
Katherine Marshall, graduate student in English, Portland State University, “Stoddard’s Cassandra: Prophesizing the 20th-century Heroine”
Susan Kirtley, L&C ’95, “Through a Glass Darkly: Linda Barry’s Images of Girlhood”
Margaret Rose, L&C student, “Becoming an Author: Bronte in the Red-Room”

5:30-7:00 pm, Gregg Pavilion
Radical Domesticity: A Craftivism Workshop

Facilitated by L&C seniors Stephanie Levine and Kathryn Kucera
From male knitters in the American Revolution to third-wave feminists reclaiming The New Domesticity, crafting has consistently been part of American culture or counter-culture. For generations, crafters have rejected modern modes of production and opted for traditional techniques in order to maintain a tactile relationship with the world and objects around them.
Following a short presentation, we will turn crafting theory into practice and make journals using recycled materials. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

8:00 pm, Agnes Flanagan Chapel


magicalgadgets_web_small  Closing Event:  Magical Gadgets: A Musical Evening with Tender Forever, Lynx, and Glitterfruit

Three exciting performances in one night!  Join us as we close out this year’s symposium with Glitterfruit, a campy musical duo; Lynx, a multi-instrumentalist, beat-boxer, singer songwriter; and Tender Forever, a passionate performing artist and pop music maker.