Kim Carter, keynote speaker at upcoming Cal State Northridge Department of Gender and Women's Studies' 8th GWS Undergraduate Student Conference

GWS, Queer Studies, and Chicana/o Studies students present their research to the CSUN community

Keynote Speaker: Kim Carter, founder of the Time for Change Foundation

Date: April 30^th from 12:00 to 9:00pm

Location: Whitsett Room, SH 4^th Floor

Bring your classes, bring your friends!

SPONSORS: GENDER & WOMEN’S STUDIES, WOMEN’S RESOURCE RESEARCH CENTER, CHICANO/A STUDIES, DEPARTMENTS OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES, COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES

12:00pm: OPENING CEREMONY

Words by:

Dr. Elizabeth Say- Dean of the College of Humanities

Dr. Sheena Malhotra- Chair of the Dept. of Gender & Women’s Studies

Dr. Breny Mendoza- Prof. of Gender & Women’s Studies

LUNCH

12:30-1:45pm: THE POLITICS OF THE BODY

Moderator: Kevin Zemlicka

Towards a More Culturally Comprehensive Understanding of Fat Chicana Identity- Monica Hernandez

The Lack of Health Insurance in the U.S. among Women- Norma Ruiz

The Social Construction of Motherhood: An Intersectional Analysis- Katie

Rothman

Breast Cancer Foundations: Their Visibility & Real Agenda- Christina A. Torres

2:00-3:15pm:  KEYNOTE SPEAKER- KIM CARTER

3:30-4:00pm: Coffee Break & Video Trailer of When Will The Punishment End? (Film Director Marta Lopez-Garza)

 4:00-5:15pm: GENDER, SEXUALITY & MIGRATION

Moderator: Monica Hernandez

Ugandan Women in Los Angeles: Searching For Agency and Empowerment within the Patriarchal Structure of Pentecostalism- Kevin Zemlicka

Domestic Violence In Immigrant Communities: The Case of Armenian-Americans - Annie Patpatian

The Women of Juarez- Silvia Rangel

HIV and Queer Central American Men- David Guzman

5:30-6:45pm: WOMEN IN THE LABOR MARKET

Moderator: Silvia Rangel

The Mary Jane of the 21^st Century: Women and the Marijuana Industry- Jesenia Rivera-Palacios

Ctrl + Alt + Del: Rebooting the Women's Movement in Computer Science- H. Frankie Palacios

Oppressing or Liberating? The Feminist Debates on Sex Work- Kimberly Hernandez

6:50-8:05pm:  TRANSCENDING GENDER BARRIERS IN MUSIC, SPORTS, AND EDUCATION 

Moderator: Kimberly Hernandez

Women in Sports: Biological Difference & Social Inequality- Elyse Doyle-Martinez

Women in the Punk Community- Janette Boire

Breaking Gender Norms in Pop Culture- Elizabeth De La Cruz

Gender Leadership Gaps among College Students- Nupur Kumar

8:15-9:15pm: SEXUAL POLITICS  

Moderator: Elyse Doyle-Martinez

Interracial Dating: The Gray Area of Dating- Subrina Konian

Is Lack of Sex Education in Public Schools Failing Teenage Girls?- Jennifer Veliz

The Reality of Teen Pregnancy- Katrina Rossi

CLOSING CEREMONY

Dr. Breny Mendoza