March 3-4, 2006
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Conference Program
Milo Bail Student Center

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Friday, March 3, 2006
10:30 – 11:15 a.m.: Conference Check In

11:30 – 12:00 a.m.: Carry tray luncheon in the MBSC Dodge Room

12:05 – 1:05 p.m.: Keynote Address by Ms. Valda Ford “Lessons Learned in the Refugee Camps: Living in Multiple Places without Losing Your “Self”, Dodge Room

Session A.1 “Sociology of Sexuality”: 1:10 – 2:40 p.m., Council Room
Session Chair: Jody Neathey-Castro (UNO Political Science and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Lubricants, Aaron Dickey, UNK.

Sexual Position Books, Melissa Frisen, UNK.

Condoms, Brad Hall, UNK.

Vibrators, Victoria Kirilloff, UNK.

Feminine Wipes, Kristin Nielsen, UNK.

Elexa, Jeri Yeager, UNK.

Session A.2 “Women’s Studies: International”: 1:10 – 2:40 p.m.
Room: Gallery Room
Session Chair: Patrice Proulx (UNO Foreign Languages and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Borders Advocating Agency: A Critical Look at Fatima Mernissi’s Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Childhood, Jillian Tangeman, UNK.  

Influence of the book “Cronica del desamor and the series Sex in the City in Spain and the United States, Lyndie Christensen, Nebraska Wesleyan.  

A Call to Service: The Sudanese Community in the Heartland, Jodi Hume, UNO.  

History of Latino Women’s Sorority: Lambda Theta Nu, JadeCardenas, UNO.

Session A.3 “Feminist Literary Analyses”: 1:10 – 2:40, UMoHo Room
Session Chair: Suzanne Moshier (UNO Biology and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Where’s My Revolution?: Studying Dawn Powell as Feminists and Scholars, Amanda Smith, UNO.  

Laboring for laborers: The Early Career of Frances Perkins, Heather Stauffer, UNK.

A Mask of Innocence: Reconsidering the Meaning of William Holman Hunt’s The Awakening Conscience, Shayla Alarie, UNO.

Bodaciuos Black Eves: The Forbidden Fruit if Gnosticism in Toni Morrison’s Paradise, Leslie Ianno, UNL.

Session B.1 “In Her Own Eyes: Women and Self Perception”: Confronting the Struggle Surrounding Women’s Self-Perception. 2:45 – 4:15 p.m., Council Room
Session Chair: Suzanne Moshier (UNO Biology and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Elise Brazeal, UNO.

Elena O’Connell, UNO.

Tammi Owens, UNO.

Lisa Nielsen, UNO.

Session B.2 “Women and Artistic Expression”: 2:45 – 4:15 p.m., Gallery Room
Session Chair: Shereen Bingham (UNO Communication and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Female Dance Imagery in the Classical and Medieval World, John Herzinger, UNO.

Women in Ancient and Medieval Art, Megan Loudon-Sanders, UNO.

Jessie Newbery: Style and Individuality, Jonathan Gregory, UNL

5:00 – 6:30 p.m.: Reception at UNO Art Gallery

7:00 p.m.: Nebraska Next! Play (Dodge Room on the 3 rd floor of the MBSC)

Saturday, March 4, 2006
8:30 – 9:00 Coffee, Fruit, Muffins

Session C.1 “Women, Christianity and Witchcraft”: 9:05 – 10:35 a.m.,Council Room
Session Chair: Robbin Ogle (UNO Criminal Justice and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

The Warboys Witchcraft Case of 1589-1593: Possession and Power in an Early Modern English Community, Amber Harris Leichner, UNL.

Immortality: Gift or Curse?, Michelle Bader, UNL.

Purity and Patriarchy, Lori Young, UNO.

The Role of Women in the Bible and in the Church, Noella Niati, Nebraska Wesleyan.

Session C.2 “Women Writers and Poets”: 9:05 – 10:35 a.m., Gallery Room
Session Chair: Tatyana Novikov (UNO Foreign Languages and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Playful Passing As You Like It, Jessica Isaac, UNK.

Negotiating Differences as a Poet, Christine Stewart-Nunez, UNL.

The Icons Speak Back: Eavan Boland, Poetry, and Politics, Sandy Byrd, UNL.

Amy’s Waltz, Jan Thompson, UNK.

Session D.1 “Women and Sexuality”: 10:40 – 12:10 p.m., Council Room
Session Chair: Tatyana Novikov (UNO Foreign Languages and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

International Trafficking in Women and Sex Tourism, Tessa Gifford, UNK.

Art, Sex, and Candy: Reading Anne Wheeler’s Better Than Chocolate, Tammy Burnett, UNL.

Let’s Talk About Sex: Sexual Euphemisms and Rape Culture, Katie Bass, UNL.

Dress to Protect: Clothing as a means of Prevention Against Rape, Jana Zuehlke Bennette, UNL.

Session D.2 “The Work of Feminists and Women in Healthcare”: 10:40 – 12:10 p.m., G allery Room
Session Chair: Frank Bramlett (UNO English and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

A Sociological Look At Mate Selection, Mandy O’Connor, UNK.

Psychosomatic: Chronic Pain as a Feminist Issue, Amanda Smith, UNO.

Sociology of Loraine Richardson Green, Yolanda Johnson, UNL.

Marianne Weber: The Life and Work of a Liberal Feminist, Harmoni Speiker, UNL.

Session D.3 “Women’s Work and Movements”: 10:40 – 12:10 p.m., UMoHo Room
Session Chair: Marsha Kruger (UNO English and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Counterculture of Women in the Late 19 th Century, Tessa Roberts, UNK.

Gender and Work in Japan, Chisato Torimoto, UNK.

Scandinavia Women’s Movement, Elizabeth Schnieder, UNK.

Development of National Guard Wives, Angela Wheeler, UNL.

12:15 – 12:55 p.m.: Luncheon (Dodge Room)

1:00 – 2:10 p.m.: Generations, Difference, and Community: A Discussion

Introduction: Dr. Shelton Hendricks, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences

Patricia Gains – Urban League of Nebraska Family Resource Center

Peg Gallagher - Member of the Community

Stephanie Mercer – Intern for Urban League of Nebraska Family Resource Center

Cindy Nieves – Vice President of Community Affairs, Bank of the West

Marta Nieves – Journey Counseling

Jo Peterson - Dana College (Social Work)

Session E.1 “A Collection of Short Stories”: 2:15 – 3:45 p.m.,Council Room
Session Chair: Frank Bramlett (UNO English and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

“Generations of Feminists Striving to Succeed”, Chelsea Hammond, UNL.

Mind the Gap: The Importance of Generational Connections, Rachel Groothuis, UNL.

Mothers and My Familiar, Colleen McBride, UNO.

Session E.2 “Gender and Sexuality: Fact and Fiction”:2:15 – 3:45 p.m., Gallery Room
Session Chair: Marsha Kruger (UNO English and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Lesbian Characterization in Fiction, Laura Logan, UNK.

Colonization of the Literary Genre: Gender Anxieties in Heart of Darkness, Lynn Ramert, UNO.

Refugee Women: Systematic Gender-Based Problems from Start to Finish, Melissa Swihart, UNL.

Lesbian survey Project, 2005: Rural and Urban Lesbian Social Networks, Laura Logan, UNK.

Session F.1 “A Collection of Short Stores 2”: 3:50 – 5:20 p.m., Council Room
Session Chair: Marsha Kruger (UNO English and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Little America, Krista Ferguson, UNL.

My Old Kentucky Home, Stacey Dimmit, UNO.

Palki, Razia Khan, UNL.

Stone Dove, Rosemary Zumpfe, UNL.

Session F.2,“Texts of Terror in Times of Terror: An Experience in Feminist Collaborative Research”: 3:50 – 5:20 p.m., Gallery Room
Session Chair: Suzanne Moshier (UNO Biology and Women’s Studies)

Presentations:

Peg Conrad Lacy, UNO.

Robyn Charles, UNO.

John Owens-Ream, UNO.

Jen Wilken, UNO.

Laura Simonson, UNO.

7: 30 p.m.: Vagina Monologues in the Eppley Building Auditorium (Suggested donation: $10)