SEWSA1
WELCOME
#GENDER:EMBODYING,CRAFTING,&
DISRUPTINGTHEDIGITAL
CROWNEPLAZAMIDTOWN,ATLANTA,GA
MARCH23–25,2017
HostedbytheGenderandWomen’sStudiesProgramat
KennesawStateUniversity
Welcometothe41stSoutheasternWomen'sStudies
AssociationConference,#Gender—Embodying,
Crafting,&Disrupting“theDigital.”Theconferenceis
hostedbytheGenderandWomen’sStudiesProgramat
KennesawStateUniversityandheldattheCrowne
PlazaMidtowninAtlanta’senergeticMidtown
neighborhood.
Thankyoufortravelingtojoinusforthreedaysof
events,presentations,andcommunitybuildinginthe
southeast.Yourparticipationisvaluable,andwehave
strivedtoprovideyouwitheventsandinformationto
makeyourconferenceasuccessfulone.Inadditionto
anexcitingscheduleofconferencesessions,pleasenote
ourSEWSAcaucuspanelsandnetworkingsessions,as
wellasthreeplenarypresentations,aspecialeventat
theMuseumofDesignAtlanta(MODA),aclosingfilm
screeninganddiscussion,andourkeynoteaddresson
Thursdayevening,whichalsowillbelive-streamedfor
SEWSA2
thosewhowishtoparticipatebutwhocannotattend
theconference.Plantouseourconferencehashtag
#SEWSA17throughouttheconferencefor
opportunitiestowinprizesforBestTweet.
Informationaboutaccessibility,travel,dining,and
thingstoseeanddoinAtlantawhileyouarehereis
availableinthewelcomepacketat
http://sewsa.kennesaw.edu,aswellasinhardcopyat
theconferenceregistrationdesk.Pleasefeelfreeto
contactoneoftheconferenceco-chairsifyouhaveany
questionsorrequests.LetiziaGuglielmocanbereached
[email protected],andStacyKeltnercanbe
[email protected].
Bestwishesforabusyandproductiveconference!
Sincerely,
TheSEWSA2017OrganizingCommittee
SEWSA3
SEWSA2017ORGANIZINGCOMMITTEE
JeanneBohannon
TanyaBrinkley
CarolynBuonomo(StudentCaucusCo-Chair)
LauraDavis
AriEisenberg
DanielFarr
LetiziaGuglielmo(Co-Chair)
SarahHolliday
StacyKeltner(Co-Chair)
MaraMandradjieff
AshleyMcFarland
TammyPowell
NancyReichert
ScottRitchie
LaraSmith-Sitton
GriseldaThomas
DartriciaWalker(StudentCaucusCo-Chair)
SarahWeldon
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Theconferenceco-chairswouldliketothankoursponsors,the
organizingcommittee,andallofthevolunteerswhoso
generouslydonatedtheirtimetotheconference.They
especiallythankKSUstudentsfortheireditorialworkonthe
conferenceprogramandresources:AshleeBagnell,Alexandra
Franklin,WillieHolsey,KaylaTrawick,DemarrioJames,and
WillOwen.
SEWSA4
SEWSAOFFICERS
President(2016–18)
JenniferPurvis
DepartmentofGenderand
RaceStudies
TheUniversityofAlabama
Tuscaloosa,AL
[email protected]
Past-President(2016–18)
CoralWayland
Departmentof
Anthropology
UNCCharlotte
Charlotte,NC
[email protected]
President-Elect(2016–18)
PhyllisThompson
DepartmentofWomen's
Studies
EastTennesseeState
University
JohnsonCity,TN
[email protected]
Treasurer(2016–21)
KellyFinley
Women’sandGender
StudiesProgram
UNCCharlotte
Charlotte,NC
[email protected]
Secretary(2016–18)
SydneyRichardson
FleerCenterforAdult
Education
SalemCollege
WinstonSalem,NC
[email protected]
Director,Communication&
Marketing(2016–18)
LauraTamberelli
Women'sandGender
StudiesProgram
UNCCharlotte
Charlotte,NC
[email protected]
SEWSA5
Director,Membership&
Outreach(2015–17)
KimQ.Hall
Gender,Women's
andSexualityStudies
Program AppalachianStateUniversity Boone,NC
[email protected]
AnnualConferenceChair
(2016–17)
StacyKeltner
GenderandWomen's
StudiesProgram
KennesawStateUniversity
Kennesaw,GA
[email protected]
AnnualConferenceCo-Chair
(2016–17)
LetiziaGuglielmo
DepartmentofEnglish
KennesawStateUniversity
Kennesaw,GA
[email protected]
LGBTQCaucusChair(2016–
17)
HilaryMalatino
Women's
StudiesProgram
East
TennesseeStateUniversity
JohnsonCity,TN
[email protected]
PeopleofColorCaucusChair
(2016–17)
SushmitaChatterjee
Gender,
Women'sandSexuality
Studies
AppalachianState
University Boone,NC
[email protected]
StudentCaucusCo-Chairs
(2016–17)
CarolynBuonomo
KennesawStateUniversity
Kennesaw,GA
[email protected]
DarticiaWalker KennesawStateUniversity
Kennesaw,GA
[email protected]
aw.edu
SEWSA6
TABLEOFCONTENTS
Welcome………………………………………………………..1
OrganizingCommittee……………………………….…...3
SEWSAOfficers……………………………………………....4
HotelInformationandMap……………………………..7
RegistrationandExhibitors……………...……………..8
Accessibility……………………………………………...……9
Speakers…………………………………………...………...…10
PreconferenceWorkshop…………………………...…..17
ConferenceSchedule
Thursday………………………………....………….....19
Friday…………………………………….………….…..27
Saturday……………………….……...………………..43
ListofSponsors……………….………..……………….…63
NotePages……………………………………………….…...65
SEWSA7
HOTELLAYOUT
SEWSA8
SEWSA9
REGISTRATIONINFORMATION&HOURS
RegistrationDesklocatedonthe2ndfloorofthehotel
Thursday,March23rd,12:00noon–5:00pm
Friday,March24th8;00am–5:00pm
Saturday,25th,8:00am–5:00pm
ACCESSIBILITY
Wearestrivingtocreateanenvironmentthatisusable
forasmanypeopleaspossible.Wemustbalancethat
goalagainstlimitedfiscalresources,anall-volunteer
workforce,andtheparadoxthatoneperson’s
accommodationissometimesanotherperson’sbarrier.
Wewelcomeyourcommentsanddiscussionabouthow
wecancreatebetteraccessatthisconferencefor
futureevents.
EXHIBITORINFORMATION&HOURS
Thursday,March23rd,12:00noon–5:00pm
Friday,March24th,9:00am–5:00pm
Saturday,March25th,9:00am–5:00pm
Visithttp://sewsa.kennesaw.eduortheconference
registrationdeskforcompleteaccessibility
information.Ifyouhavequestionsorsuggestionsabout
anyaspectofaccessibility(includingmobility,sensory,
orgenderaccessibility),specificaccessneeds,orif
needsariseduringtheconference,pleasecontactAri
[email protected]
(201)247-9755.
QUIETROOM
Piedmont
9:00am–5:00pm
AmberMendoza(jewelry)
TheBeehiveAtlanta CharisBooks FeministWomen'sHealthCenter
Ms.Magazine KennesawStateUniversityCollegeSiegelInstitutefor
Leadership,Ethics,andCharacter
MacmillanLearning
RestorePoint
QUICKBITES&COFFEEINTHEHOTEL
ThriveFarmersCoffee,insertlocation
Thursday&Friday,6:00am–1:00pm
Saturday,6:00am–12:00noon
FirstRestaurant,insertlocation
BreakfastDaily,6:30am–11:00am
SEWSA10
SPEAKERS
KEYNOTESPEAKER
“Re-codingWomen’s
LaborFromDomestic
toDigital:Interaction,
Exchange,Agency,
Commodification.”
Thursday,March23rd,
6:00pm–8:00pm
GeorgiaBallroom
RadhikaGajjala(PhD,UniversityofPittsburgh,1998)
isActingDirectoroftheAmericanCultureStudies
ProgramandProfessorofMedia&Communicationat
BowlingGreenStateUniversity.ShewastheFulbright
ProfessorinDigitalCultureatUniversityofBergen,
Norway,2015–2016.In2012,Dr.GajjalawasSenior
FulbrightscholaratSoegijapranataCatholicUniversity.
SheservedasDirectorofWomen’sStudiesandofthe
AmericanCultureStudiesprogramsatBGSU.Herwork
engagesthemesrelatedtoglobalization,digitallabor,
feminism,andsocialjustice.
Herpublishedworksinclude:Cybercultureandthe
SubalternandCyberselves:FeministEthnographiesof
SouthAsianWomen.Co-editedcollectionsinclude
SEWSA11
Cyberfeminism2.0,GlobalMediaCultureandIdentity,
SouthAsianTechnospaces,andWebbingCyberfeminist
Practice.HerlatestbookonPhilanthropy2.0is
forthcomingin2017.Sheiscurrentlyworkingona
booklengthprojecttentativelytitledGenderedDigital
Labor:AffectiveNetworksthroughDomesticSpace.
PLENARYSPEAKER
“WhyWeHateOther
FemaleGame
Developers/Gamers”
Thursday,March23rd,
1:00pm–2:00pm
AtlantaB
SarahMassageeisa
gamerandhasbeenplayinggamessinceshewasten.
SheattendedSouthernPolytechnicStateUniversity
(nowKennesawStateUniversity)studyinggame
designandmovingtoworkwithstudiosinUXdesign
andqualityassurance.Massageehasworked
withGamesthatWork,Trick3D,Hi-Rez
Studios,+MpactGames,andiscurrently
atTripwireInteractive.Sheisformerpresidentofthe
AtlantaChapteroftheGeorgiaGame
DevelopersAssociationandthefounderof
AdvancementofWomeninGaming:Georgia,dedicated
SEWSA12
tothegoalofencouragingwomenofallagestoget
involvedinthegamedevelopmentindustry.Inher
sparetime,Sarahlikestohike,playWorldofWarcraft,
doyoga,playWorldofWarcraft,playwithkittens,and
playWorldofWarcraft.
PLENARYSPEAKER
“SittingonZora'sPorch:
RecognizingSouthern
BlackWomen'sAgency
inthePost-Civil
RightsEra”
Friday,March24th,1:15
pm–2:15pm
AtlantaB
ReginaN.Bradley(PhD,
FloridaStateUniversity)isAssistantProfessorof
AfricanAmericanLiteratureatArmstrongState
University.SheisalsoanalumnaNasirJonesHipHop
FellowatHarvardUniversity(Spring2016).Dr.
Bradleyresearchandwritingfocusesonpost-Civil
RightsAfricanAmericanliterature,thecontemporary
BlackAmericanSouth,popculture,raceandsound,and
HipHop.SheisthefounderandhostofOutKasted
Conversations,acriticallyacclaimeddialogueseries
thatexplorestheimpactofhiphopduoOutkastin
SEWSA13
popularculture.Sheiscurrentlyworkingonherfirst
book-lengthstudytitledChroniclingStankonia:OutKast
andtheRiseoftheHopSouth(undercontract,UNC
Press),whichtheorizeshowhiphopupdatesthe
frameworkforunderstandingthepost-CivilRights
AmericanSouth.Dr.Bradleyisalsotheauthor
ofBoondockKollage:NewStoriesfromthe
ContemporaryBlackSouth,acollectionofshortstories,
forthcomingfromPeterLangpress.Knownonsocial
mediaasRedClayScholar,anodtoherGeorgia
upbringing,Dr.Bradley’sworkisfeatured
atwww.redclayscholar.com.
PLENARYSPEAKER
“NotHeretoMake
YouComfortable:The
TriumphsandSnares
ofLifeOnlineasa
FeministStripper”
Saturday,March25th,
11:00am–12:00noon
Atlanta
LuxATLisapoledancerwithaPhD,aformer
universityEnglishinstructorandlifelongexoticdancer
turnedprofessionalpoleperformer,instructor,writer,
andspeaker.Sheisactivistforwomen’sempowerment
throughradicalexpressionofthesensualself.Youcan
SEWSA14
findherpoledancingandspreadingfeministwisdom
internationallyasshetours“Stripcraft,”herworkshop
forwomenseekingtoreconnectwiththeirconfidence
andsexiness.
Pre-ConferenceSession
Speaker
“TeachingWomen’s,
Gender&Sexuality
StudiesOnline—A
WorkshoponFeminist
DigitalPedagogies”
Thursday,March23rd,
9:00amto12:00noon
PeachtreeRoom
DanielleSlaughterisadoctoralstudentinthe
RhetoricandCompositionprogramatGeorgiaState
University.Sheispassionateabouttheintersectionsof
socialjusticeadvocacyandparenting.Danielleshares
herexperiencesnavigatingmotherhoodwhilefinding
herplaceintheacademyonherblog,Mamademics.
Mamademicsalsohousesherpopularblogseries,
RaisinganAdvocate.Sheteachesanonlineclass,RaA
101:ExposingtheThreePs-Prejudice,Privilege,and
PrideandherfriendshavedubbedheranEducational
DiversityConsultant.Inhersparetime,sheenjoys
spendingtimewithherhusbandandson,crocheting,
SEWSA15
watchingShondaRhimesshows,andreadingnondissertationrelatedbooks.
FilmScreeningand
Discussion
MaamaWataliand
Luwero:
AConvesationaboutWar,
PeaceandGender
Saturday,March25th,
5:00pm–7:00pm
AtlantaB
SheilaSmithMcKoy
(PhD.,DukeUniversity),anativeofRaleigh,NC,is
professorofEnglishandDepartmentChairat
KennesawStateUniversity.Sheistheeditoremeritus
ofObsidian:LiteratureintheAfricanDiaspora.Apoet,
literarycritic,fictionwriteranddocumentary
filmmaker,SmithMcKoy’sworkhasappearedin
numerouspublicationsincludingthecritically
acclaimedSchomburgseriesAfricanAmericanWomen
Writers1910–1940,BlackGold,Callaloo,Contours,
JournalofEthnicAmericanLiterature,Mythium,
Obsidian:LiteratureintheAfricanDiaspora,Research
forAfricanLiteratures,andValleyVoices.Hercritical
SEWSA16
booksincludeTheElizabethKeckleyReader(Eno
Publishers,2016),atwo-volumeseries,andWhen
WhitesRiot:WritingRaceandViolenceinAmericanand
SouthAfricanCultures(UofWisconsinPress,2001)
whichreceivedcriticalattentionintheU.S.andin
SouthAfrica.HerfilmsincludeStAgnes:TheUntold
Story(2012),OpeningDoors:TheLivesandLegaciesof
Dr.LawrenceM.ClarkandDr.AugustusM.Witherspoon
(2013),WLLE:AVoiceoftheCommunity(Co-Executive
Producer,2015),andMaamaWataliinLuwero:A
ConversationaboutWar,PeaceandGender(2017).
SEWSA17
PRE-CONFERENCEWORKSHOP
Thursday,March23rd,9:00AM–12:00NOON
PeachtreeRoom
TeachingWomen’s,Gender&SexualityStudiesOnline—A
WorkshoponFeministDigitalPedagogies
LauraDavis
AssociateProfessorofEnglish,Gender&Women’sStudies,
KennesawStateUniversity
LetiziaGuglielmo
AssociateProfessorofEnglish,Gender&Women’sStudies,
KennesawStateUniversity
StacyKeltner
ProfessorandCoordinatorofGender&Women’sStudies,
KennesawStateUniversity
TamaraPowell
AssociateProfessorofEnglish,DirectorofDistance
Education,KennesawStateUniversity
DanielleSlaughter
Founder,MamademicsandRaisinganAdvocate101
Attendeeswillreceiveacertificateforcompletingthe
workshop.CertificateprovidedbytheOfficeofDistance
Education&theGenderandWomen’sStudiesProgram,
CollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences,
KennesawStateUniversity.
SEWSA18
SCHEDULESESSIONS&EVENTS
OPENINGPLENARYSESSION
Thursday,March23rd,1:00pm–2:00pm
AtlantaB
WhyWeHateOtherFemaleGame
Developers/Gamers
SarahMassagee
Founder,TheAdvancementof
WomeninGaming
Introduction
SarahHolliday
KennesawStateUniversity
SEWSA19
THURSDAY,MARCH23RD
Registration:12:00noon–5:00pm
Exhibitors:9:00am–5:00pm
SESSIONA:2:15pm–3:30pm
PanelA1–AtlantaA
TransIssuesandNewMedia
JordanForrestMiller,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“The
PoliticalEconomyofTransYouTube”
RichardNunan,CollegeofCharleston,“NewMedia
andtheBattleOverCisActorsinTransRoles”
PeterCava,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“OneStep
Forward,TwoStepsBack:InternetTelevision
andTransLiberation”
PanelA2–AtlantaB
Let’sPlay:CreatingFeministGamingCriticismand
Spaces
CandiceMerritt,GeorgiaStateUniversity
JenniferOlive,GeorgiaStateUniversity
DevinWilson,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology
SarahSchoemann,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology
PanelA3–AtlantaC
PerformativityandInterventionthroughMusic
SEWSA20
MichaelT.Brown,UniversityofSouthCarolina,
“DelphineUgalde:HavingitAllinLate19thCenturyParis”
MartaKelleher,UniversityofGeorgia,“Goodbye
Gender!AgainstMe!’sMusicalProtestofNorth
CarolinaHouseBill2”
PanelA4–AtlantaD
Science,PublicHealth,andDNA
BrianJiroutandMaryG.McDonald,GeorgiaInstituteof
Technology,“EveryoneShouldBeVaccinated:
RepresentingBoysandMeninHuman
PapillomavirusVaccineDiscourses”
JessicaHerling,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,“Not
Biological?AFeministCriticalScienceStudies
AnalysisofBiomedicalReportingonGender
IdentityandSexualOrientation”
MelissaAldana,FloridaAtlanticUniversity,“AllofMy
peoplearegone,losttocolonialism—Finding
themonfourContinentsintheDigitalAge”
PanelA5–Roswell
RaceandFriendshipinAlabama
HannahGraceKnight,UniversityofAlabama
KianaKennamore,UniversityofAlabama
AlexisMoody,UniversityofAlabama
MayaPerry,UniversityofAlabama
SEWSA21
LindseySmith,UniversityofAlabama
PanelA6–Peachtree
AdolescentGirlsintheJuvenileArbitrationSystem
UseDigitalMediatoTalkBacktoSocialandGender
Inequalities
TiaStevensAndersen,UniversityofSouthCarolina
DeAnneK.HilfingerMessias,UniversityofSouth
Carolina
OlgaIvashkevich,UniversityofSouthCarolina
PanelA7–Lennox
FeministCollaborativeSpacesandActivism
JenByrd,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte
ShannnBauerle,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
Charlotte
JanakaLewis,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte
LauraTamberelli,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
Charlotte
PanelA8–Buckhead
Porn,Sexuality,&theBody
StephanieAlvarez,FloridaAtlanticUniversity,
“CloppersandthePornoficationofNature”
JenniferEpley,TexasA&MUniversity,“National
Identity,LocalEthnicities,andBodyPoliticsin
ContemporaryIndonesia”
SEWSA22
SEWSA23
CindyLaCom,SlipperyRockUniversity,“Embodying
Agency:ReclaimingWomen'sSexualityina
PornCulture”
HarassMapandtheGenderedPoliticsof
Crowdsourcing”
AshleyMcFarland,KennesawStateUniversity,“InNuda
Veritas:Sex,Shame,andPoliticsintheDigital
Age”
PanelB4–AtlantaD
VideogameCultureandVirtualReality
JanetHandwerk,OklahomaCityUniversity,“InMy
AvatarSkin(s):DigitalOthering”
MichaelHitchcock,DrewUniversity,“#GamerGate,
HeteronormativeMasculinityandtheClaiming
ofGameCulture”
PanelB5–Roswell
Women,Education,Technology
SarahHolliday,KennesawStateUniversity,“Womenin
STEM:ACaseStudyoftheChallengesDuringa
Consolidation”
LauraTamberelli,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
Charlotte,“WomeninComputingInitiative:
Review,Assessment,Needs”
LeslieR.ZenkandSusanHarden,UniversityofNorth
CarolinaatCharlotte,“FromNegotiatortoNotetaker:TheRoleofWomenLeadersin
InformationTechnology”
SESSIONB:3:45pm–5:00pm
PanelB1–AtlantaA
Scholar’sSession:TheWorkofRadhikaGajjala
BritniMorgan,KennesawStateUniversity
DebaratiSen,KennesawStateUniversity
ElizabethSissoko,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelB2–AtlantaB
DecolonialPoliticsofFood
VannahAlderidge,AppalachianStateUniversity
SushmitaChatterjee,AppalachianStateUniversity
TannerGill,AppalachianStateUniversity
HayleyPickerel,AppalachianStateUniversity
PanelB3–AtlantaC
CombattingGenderPoliticswithDigitalTechnology
JosephBockandZiaulHaque,KennesawState
University,“TheThirdSpace:HowdoesDigital
TechnologyCombat‘Powerless’and
MarginalityinGender-basedViolence?”
GeraldJackson,UniversityofSouthCarolina,
“PerformingDigitalActivisminSoftware:
SEWSA24
SEWSA25
PanelB6–Peachtree
GettingPhysical:Embodiment,Sports,Action
MeghanQuinlan,KennesawStateUniversity,
“EmbodyingGenderinGagaClasses”
MargaretShields&AngelinaWilliams,Charleston
SouthernUniversity,“ChangesinPerceived
Self-EfficacyGivenParticipationinRoller
Derby”
ReneeShelby,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,
“Suffragetto!PhysicalFeminisminAnalog
Game”
PanelB7–Lennox
EmotionalLaborandBacklash:Call-outCultureand
NavigatingAccountabilityinOnlineCommunities
GinaAbelkop,UniversityofGeorgia
CarolineCrew,GeorgiaStateUniversity
ShamalaGallagher,UniversityofGeorgia
GingerKo,UniversityofGeorgia
CarrieLorig,EmoryUniversity
RaquelSalas-Rivera,UniversityofPennsylvania
PanelB8–Buckhead
MentalHealthandTraumaServices
LeighFriar,CollegeofCharleston,“QueeringTrauma
InformedServices:WorkingwithTrans*and
GenderNon-ConformingSurvivorsofSexual
Assault”
JennieLambert,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“Borderline
PersonalityDisorderIsGendered
SEWSA26
SEWSA27
KEYNOTESPEAKER
Thursday,March23rd,6:00pm–8:00pm
GeorgiaBallroom
FRIDAY,MARCH24,2017
Registration:8:00am–5:00pm
Exhibitors:9:00am–5:00pm
Re-codingWomen’sLaborfrom
DomestictoDigital:
Interaction,Exchange,Agency,
Commodification
RadhikaGajjala
ProfessorofMediaandCommunication
andActingDirectorofAmericanCulture
StudiesProgram
BowlingGreenStateUniversity
IntroductionbyKaronJolna
Ms.Magazine
Co-Sponsoredby
GlobalAffairs,KennesawStateUniversity
Ms.Magazine
SEWSAPeopleofColorCaucus
CashBarReceptionFollowingKeynoteAddress
8:00pm–9:30pm:RECEPTION
SESSIONC:8:00am–9:15am
PanelC1–AtlantaA
LGBTQCaucusNetworkingSession
PanelC2–AtlantaB
Authority,Difference,andCommunityinIndia
BriannaBirchett,ElonUniversity,“DevadasiPractice,
Criminalization,andReform:An
EfforttoReclaimLostPatriarchalAuthority”
JustinBrown,ElonUniversity,“TheThirdSex:
ExaminingHijras,Ritual,Legitimacy,and
CommunityinHinduism”
AudreyGriffith,ElonUniversity,“Intersections:
ContemporaryWomen’sResistancein
Legal,ActivistandReligiousSpheresin
India”
PanelC3–AtlantaC
Beauty,Ageism,andBodyPolicing
TatyanaDonaldson,ClaflinUniversity,“APictorial
AnalysisofHegemonicFemininityinPrint
Sources”
SEWSA28
LeandraPreston-Sidler,UniversityofCentralFlorida,
“DoesthisHashtagMakeMeLookFat?
EmbodiedResistanceinVirtualCommunities”
LaurenWilliams,MercerUniversityandGeorgiaState
University,“WomenandAgeing:TheNatural
FaceandBodyvs.TheUnnaturalFaceand
Body”
PanelC4–AtlantaD
UsingFeminist-BasedResearchPraxistoSupport
Community-DrivenResearchandCollaboration
WomenandGirl’sResearchAlliance
HeatherBrown,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
Charlotte
BrookePalmer,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
Charlotte
PanelC5–Roswell
Crafting,Creating,andDigitalEnvironmentsinthe
Women’sandGenderStudiesClassroom
KristinaBell,HighPointUniversity
JennBrandt,HighPointUniversity
NahedEltantawy,HighPointUniversity
MelissaRichard,HighPointUniversity
SEWSA29
PanelC6–Peachtree
DisruptingtheArchive:Intersectionalityandthe
IntegrationoftheDigitalHumanitiesinthe
Classroom
StefanieFishel,UniversityofAlabama
HilaryGreen,UniversityofAlabama
JenniferJones,UniversityofAlabama
CindyTekobbe,UniversityofAlabama
UtzMcKnight,UniversityofAlabama
PanelC7–Lennox
IntersectionalActivismandSocialMedia
LaurelLowe,KennesawStateUniversity,“Harnessing
SocialMediaforSocialMovement:
IntersectionalFeminismandtheDigital
PublicationModel”
ShaylaRobinson,GeorgiaStateUniversity,
“IntersectionalityintheDigitalAge”
JosephCook,ColumbiaStateCommunityCollege,
“IntersectionalPedagogyintheRural
CommunityCollegeClass:AnHonest
Conversation”
PanelC8–Buckhead
RapeCulture&theCollegeCampus
MaxineAllisonVandeVaarst,UniversityofNorth
CarolinaatChapelHill,“CampusReclaimed:
SEWSA30
SEWSA31
UniversityLandscapesandtheProtestAgainst
RapeCulture”
HannahFiest,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapel
Hill,“CampusCommunity,SexualAssault,and
Citizenship”
A.J.Ramirez,ValdostaStateUniversity,“Circumvent
RapeMentalities:EducatingCollegeStudents
aboutRapeCulture”
SESSIOND:9:30am–10:45am
PanelD2–AtlantaB
SouthAsiaandtheDigital
LeenaDahal,ElonUniversity,“Let’sDoSomething
Saathi:TheRoleofSocialMediainShaping
ParticipatoryCapacitiesofYouthinNapal”
AnyaFredsell,ElonUniversity,“Constructingand
PerformingAuthorityinYogaTraditions:
AnEthnographicApproach”
EmilyMcHugh,ElonUniversity,“India’sEndangered
Parsis:FamilyPlanningPolicyandState
SecularisminComparativePerspective”
PanelD3–AtlantaC
TeachingandInclusivity
BaileyMcAlister,KennesawStateUniversity,
“NonbinaryGenderIdentityInclusivityinthe
WritingCenter”
RevitalZilonkaandCandiceCasas,UniversityofNorth
CarolinaatGreensboro,“Educatingthe
Educators:Multi-ModalCurriculumonIdentity,
CultureandDisabilities”
PanelD4–AtlantaD
#Misogyny
AllisonDavis,KennesawStateUniversity
ElizabethGordon,KennesawStateUniversity
LetiziaGuglielmo,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelD1–AtlantaA
LGBTQCaucusPanel
CraftingLiberation:SouthernTransandQueer
StrategiesofSurvivalandResistance
ScottChalupa,UniversityofSouthCarolina,“No,That
Story’sMine:QueeringPoetics”
ZacharyJohnson,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
Greensboro,“Leelah’sLaw:Necropolitics,
PublicPolicy,andtheAppropriationofGrief”
QuinnMabry,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,
“Framed:ImaginingTransLiberationin
SequentialNarrative”
SEWSA32
SEWSA33
CorinneMcNamara,KennesawStateUniversity
ScottRitchie,KennesawStateUniversity
ErinRyan,KennesawStateUniversity
RepresentingandRememberinglossonTumblr
andTwitter”
JessicaFisher,KennesawStateUniversity,“The
‘tumblrina,'the‘transtrender,’andGender
LanguageandIdentityDevelopments”
TylerNoelleTolson,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“Apathy
&OnlineAwareness:WhySocialMedia
DepoliticizesandStagnatesActivism”
PanelD5–Roswell
Gender,Pedagogy,andSocialChange
JaimeCantrell,TheUniversityofMississippi,
“#SocialJusticeWokeUMiss,orPedagogical
PitfallsandPotentialitiesforSocialMediaand
GSTeLearning”
MiltonW.Wendland,UniversityofSouthFlorida,
“TeachingVirtuallyorVirtuallyTeaching?
FeministPedagogyinanAgeofOnline
Learning”
PanelD6–Peachtree
LifeandDeathinFatStudies
TaylorChapman,UniversityofNorthCarolinaat
Greensboro,“MortifyingFatness:Autopsying
NarrativesofLifeandDeathforFatPeople”
KathrynTravis,IndependentScholar,“Empathyforthe
LivingandDead:FatBodiesinMedia”
PanelD7–Lennox
SocialMediaandSocialMovements
SarahBoeshart,UniversityofFlorida,
“#LGBTFansDeserveBetterandQueerAnger:
PanelD8–Buckhead
LanguageandActivismToday
SarahAbdelaziz,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“Entitled
BratsorRevolutionaryHeros?:MakingSenseof
theDigitalMillennial”
MaggieHeatley,IndependentScholar,SlutwalkAtlanta,
“ReclaimingWordsUsedAgainstUs”
AlithiaZamantakis,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“The
DeathofHeteroandHomo”
SEWSABUSINESSLUNCH:11:00pm–1:00pm
SkyEast,TopFloorofHotel
SEWSA34
SEWSA35
SESSIONE:2:30pm–3:45pm
FRIDAYPLENARYSESSION
March24TH,1:15pm–2:15pm
AtlantaB
SittingonZora'sPorch:
RecognizingSouthernBlack
Women'sAgencyinthe
Post-CivilRightsEra
ReginaN.Bradley
ArmstrongStateUniversity
FounderandHost,OutKasted
Conversations
Introduction
ArielEisenberg
KennesawStateUniversity
PanelE1–AtlantaA
SocialMediaandGenderIdentities
MaggieHeatley,IndependentScholar,SlutwalkAtlanta,
“Celebrity&ValidationSocialMedia”
SamKizer,IndependentScholar,“EmbodyingDigital
Sexualities:PublicSurveillanceofGayHook-Up
AppsandRedefiningSexualIntimacy”
RebeccaMiller,DrewUniversity,“#AsktheGays:From
ConfessionalstoSexologiststoSocialMedia,
ExploringQueernessandDiscourse”
PanelE2–AtlantaB
PeopleofColorCaucusSession
JalessahJacksonandLeilaZainab,SimmonsCollege,
“SistersoftheGlobalSouth:BlackandSouth
Asian-AmericanWomeninSolidarity”
AmandaReyes,UniversityofCaliforniaatSantaCruz,
“TheMoreThingsChange,TheMoreTheyStay
theSame:Capitalism’sHistoricalDependence
onEugenics”
SuchitraSamanta,VirginiaTech,“FeministEmpathy
andtheVisual:‘Telling’myMother’sLifein
Studio-posedPhotographsinColonialIndia”
CleopatraE.Warren,MercerUniversity,“GamesGirls
Play:ACriticalExplorationofMultimodal
SEWSA36
LearningEnvironmentsSupporting
(En)Genderedand(A)GentiveSelves”
PanelE3–AtlantaC
ExploringGenderthroughMusic
MichaelFrazer,AuburnUniversity,“Witches,Women,
andWhiteNoise:QueerSpacesandDarkCamp
inWitchHousePerformance”
RodolfoAguilar,KennesawStateUniversity,"Virtual
Transnationalism,Masculinities,and
HemisphericLatinoSolidarityonSonideroWeb
Programs"
PanelE4–AtlantaD
Gender,SexualEthics,andReligion
UgenaWhitlock,KennesawStateUniversity,
“IntentionalMonogamyintheAgeofTinder:
QueerTheologyandRe-thinkingChristian
SexualEthics”
LoriA.Durham,NorthCarolinaA&TechnicalState
University,“TheDebateoverFemale
LeadershipinMinistry”
MatthewE.Waranius,NovaSoutheasternUniversity,
“VisualDetectionofSexOffendersand
ConsequentialBiasesAmongChristians”
SEWSA37
PanelE5–Roswell
Spiritism,Conservatism,&Religion
BenjaminGarciaEgea,UniversityofSouthCarolina,
“SpiritistPeriodicalasaStrategyforWomen’s
Free-ThinkingandEquality”
CanticeGreene,ClaytonStateUniversity,
“ConservativesinFeministSpaces”
MayaNovák-Cogdell,CollegeofCharleston,“InDeath
WeTrust:GravitationtowardtheShadowsof
ChicanxFolkCatholicismindeMuchaMadre”
PanelE6–Peachtree
FeedtheGreen:FeministVoicesfortheEarth—
DocumentaryScreeningandDiscussionwith
Filmmaker
JaneCaputi,FloridaAtlanticUniversity
PanelE7–Lennox
CommunityArchiving,FeministEngagement,and
DigitalLiteraciesintheGraduateServiceLearning
Classroom
MaryBaskin-Waters,UniversityofSouthCarolina
EliseLewis,UniversityofSouthCarolina
TravisL.Wagner,UniversityofSouthCarolina
LeslieYarborough,UniversityofSouthCarolina
SEWSA38
SEWSA39
PanelE8–Buckhead
TeachingIntroductiontoWGS:AWorkshop
SharingInnovationsintheClassroom
Lindsey Breitwieser, Indiana University
KellyFinley,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte
HillaryMalatino,EastTennesseeStateUniversity
SESSIONF:4:00pm–5:15pm
PanelF1–AtlantaA
TelevisionandFeminist/QueerAnalysis
JadenBarney,UniversityofNorthCarolinaatCharlotte,
“TooScared,Hollywood?NetflixOriginalSeries
BitetheFeminismBullet”
JenniferPurvis,UniversityofAlabama,“Feminismand
theMonstrousGaze:SeeingRed,theRedRight
Hand,andtheTwistedSistersofWentworth
Prison”
ElizabethVenell,KennesawStateUniversity,“Cluster
Orgy:EmbodimentandNetworkedSubjectivity
inSense8”
PanelF2–AtlantaB
PeopleofColorNetworkingSession
PanelF3–AtlantaC
DemocratizingtheFeministClassroom:Social
MediaandCirculationsofViolence
JuliaKubala,GeorgiaStateUniversity
SarahAbdelaziz,GeorgiaStateUniversity
SamanthaWrisley,GeorgiaStateUniversity
JaineyKim,GeorgiaStateUniversity
QuitaTinsley,GeorgiaStateUniversity
PanelF4–AtlantaD
Women,Islam,andDigitalActivism
AmalIbrahim,UniversityofWisconsin-Whitewater,
“SaudiArabianWomenandSocialMedia
ActivismagainstMaleGuardianship
InaashIslam,VirginiaTech,“ResistingtheStereotype
oftheOppressedMuslimWoman:Narrativesof
YouTubersandBloggers/Vloggers”
RebeccaRobinson,KennesawStateUniversity,
“MediatedMartyrdomsofMuslimWomen:
VictimizationTropesintheTransnational
ConnectiveMemory”
PanelF5–Roswell
Ms.MagazineWorkshop:WritingandTeaching
Resistance
SessiontobeimmediatelyfollowedbyaMs.&Fembot
organizingsession.
SEWSA40
Michele Tracy Berger, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Kelly Finley, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University
Karon Jolna, Ms. Magazine
PanelF6–Peachtree
ThrivinginStressfulTimes—AWorkshop
RoxanneDonovan,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelF7–Lennox
FeministCaregiving&AidingCommunities
TanyaBrinkley,KennesawStateUniversity,“Practicing
EqualitytoPromoteSocialJustice”
VikiPeer,UniversityofSouthFlorida,“Feminist
Caregiving:Butt-WipingasLoveand
Resistance”
KatherinePeterson,UniversityofGeorgia,“Diaper
NeedinAthens-ClarkeCounty”
PanelF8–Buckhead
PhotographyandDigitalCirculation
SarahHethershaw,SouthwesternUniversity,“Strength
inSnaps:#BlackLivesMatterPhotography”
ClaireRaymond,UniversityofVirginia,“Thereisno
photography,thereisonlytheframe:Dayanita
Singh’sPost-Photography”
SEWSA41
CharleenM.Wilcox,GeorgiaStateUniversity,
“Rendering'WhatWillHaveBeen':Imagingthe
TemporalityofMiscegenation"
SpecialOrganizingSession
Ms.Magazine&FembotCollective
5:15pm–6:15pm
Roswell
TheLemonadeProject
Friday,March24th
7:30pm–9:30pm
MuseumofDesignAtlanta
1315PeachtreeStreet,NE
Atlanta,Georgia30309
SeeFullDetailsonPage42
SEWSA42
SEWSA43
SATURDAY,MARCH25,2017
Registration:8:00am–5:00pm
Exhibitors:9:00am–5:00pm
SEWSABOARDMEETING
8:00am–11:00am
Boardroom
SESSIONG:8:00am–9:15am
PanelG1–AtlantaA
PublicPolicy,CollegeCampuses,andTrans&Queer
Identity
AllisonFernley,SaltLakeCommunityCollege,“Trans*
Jurisprudenceand‘Religious
Freedom’:Mississippi’sHB1523”
MeganNanney,VirginiaTech,“PartoftheCommunity,
Too:Women’sCollegeAlumnaeResponsesto
TransgenderAdmittancePolicies”
TravisL.WagnerandS.GavinWeiser,Universityof
SouthCarolina,“U.N.I.T.Y.!:Southern
Universities,PoliticsofDiversity,andthe
MarginalizationofQueerBodies”
SEWSA44
PanelG2–AtlantaB
“WhatDoYouThinkYouCanShowMe?Shifting
ScienceFictiontoDenotetheBlackFeminist
ExperienceinOctaviaButler’sLiterature”
ShariArnold,GeorgiaStateUniversity
EbonyGibson,GeorgiaStateUniversity
ShadyPatterson,GeorgiaStateUniversity
JayShelat,GeorgiaStateUniversity
BrittanyStewart,GeorgiaStateUniversity
PanelG3–AtlantaC
StrategicReinventionoftheMuslimWomanin
PrintandElectronicMedia:ACrowd-Sourced
Discussion
SaiymaAslam,InternationalIslamicUniversity,
IslamabadParkistanandPost-DocFellow,Universityof
NorthCarolinaatWilmington
PanelG4–AtlantaD
AbortionandReproductiveJustice
AdelaideHoffman,CollegeofCharleston,“Abortion,
Ireland,andtheDemocraticProcess”
AnnikaLiger,CollegeofCharleston,“Attitudestowards
AbortionistsinMid-Twentieth-CenturyIreland”
SaraJoTaylor,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,“The
Intersection of Reproductive Justice and
Imprisonment”
SEWSA45
PanelG5–Roswell
TeachingintheDigitalAge
JillianFord,KennesawStateUniversity,“Mindful
JourneysintoTeaching”
TamaraPowellandTiffaniReardon,KennesawState
University,“WhatWeCanLearnfromaClasswith
44,000Students:Women,Technology,
MOOCS”
PanelG6–Peachtree
ArchivesandArtifacts
DonnaTrokaandGabrielleM.Dudley,Emory
University,“JuxtaposingtheDigitaland
Archival:CivilRightsand#BlackLivesMatter
SarahE.ColonnaandErinLawrimore,University of
North Carolina atGreensboro,“Archivesandthe
slowfuseofpossibility”
ChristopherH.Smejkal,St.LouisCommunityCollegeat
Meramec,“TalkingAboutStuff:Female
FreshmanCollegeRoommatesSelf-Disclosing
AboutCherishedPossessionsanditsEffectson
Rapport,Territoriality,andLoneliness”
PanelG7–Lennox
StudentCaucusNetworkingSession
SEWSA46
ArtInstallationandPosterPresentations:
EmilyGetsay,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“Digitizationof
Self”
AkilahBlount,UniversityofGeorgia,“BlackFeminist
Activism:EmpoweringBlackGirlstoLead”
PanelG8–Buckhead
CombattingDoubleStandardsandDouble-binds:
UsingDigitalToolstoEducateandEmpower
VictoriaJeanDunsmore,RadfordUniversity
SarahHastings,RadfordUniversity
AmandaLessard,RadfordUniversity
SESSIONH:9:30am–10:45am
PanelH1–AtlantaA
QueerTheory,Pedagogy,andMediaCulture
MariahCowellandChristinaPetzke,University of North
Carolina atCharlotte,“MediaLiteracyTrainings
ImpactonGenderedPerspectivesAmong
AfricanAmericanYouth”
O.K.Keyes,VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity,
“TakeBreakMake:TeachingFailureby
Example”
AshleyManchester,UniversityofFlorida,“Teaching
CriticalLooking:PedagogicalApproachesto
UsingWebcomicsasQueerTheory”
SEWSA47
PanelH2–AtlantaB
StereotypesandImagesofBlackWomen
DanielleNoumbouwoandDzifaAnyetei-Anum,Virginia
Tech,“BodiesThroughTime:Race,Genderand
Identity”
JamieVaughn,FloridaAtlanticUniversity,
“#BlackGirlMagic:HowBeyonce’sLemonade
ReinforcesaDigitalMovement”
MariahWebber,University of North Carolina at
Charlotte,“‘WeDon’tLoveTheseHoes’:
ExploringMisogynoirandBlackMale
PatriarchyThroughSexualDoubleStandards”
PanelH3–AtlantaC
QueerIdentitiesandSpace/Place
JessicaFisher,KennesawStateUniversity,“Beyond
Bathrooms: The State of Transgender Politics and
Policies”
KathrynTravis,IndependentScholar,“WaysofLoving:
I'mYourPrude”
AmyStewart,SouthernIllinoisUniversity,“Burn
GenderBurn:KristevanRevoltandthe
PsychoanalyticPoliticsofTransSubjectivity”
PanelH4–AtlantaD
SEWSA48
SEWSA49
KennesawStateUniversitySiegelInstituteEthics
ResearchScholars
MichelleEdward,KennesawStateUniversity
LindaJohnston,KennesawStateUniversity
LauraMorrow,KennesawStateUniversity
EbruPinar,KennesawStateUniversity
BethanyWyman,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelH5–Roswell
RepresentingPregnantBodies
LeandraPreston-Sidler,UniversityofCentralFlorida,
“FromSonogramtoSelfie:BlurringthePrivate
andPublicfromBirthtoBeyond”
KatieNicoleStahl-Kovell,UniversityofCalifornia
Riverside,“PushingBackAgainstGendered
RhetoricinChildbirthDepictions”
SierraSchnable,UniversityofFlorida,“TheDigital
Geographiesof(Queer)Pregnancy:Medical
AuthorityandMother-KnowledgeinOnline
LesbianPregnancyJournals”
PanelH6–Peachtree
Sci-FiLiterature
AshlyAltman,KennesawStateUniversity,“BattleAngel
Alita:DeconstructingIdentity”
HeatherHahn,ColumbiaCollege,“Steampunk
AutomatonsandCyberfeministPosthumanism:
DystopiaandDisruption”
KeikoNishimura,University of North Carolina atChapel
Hill,“PicturingAIasFembot:Politicsof
Representation,ImaginationandDialogue”
PanelH7–Lennox
StudentCaucusSession
ShannonHaas,CollegeofCharleston,“MaleFearand
Fantasy:VideoGameHeroines&theVagina
Dentata”
MollyMcKinney,ColumbiaCollege,“Fansexual:The
PotentialImpactofFanfictiononFemale
AdolescentSexuality”
JosephLawless,ColumbiaUniversity,“IsaPenisReally
WorthaThousandWords?Disentanglingthe
ImbricationsofAvowal,Affect,andthe
Unsolicited‘DickPic’intheProductionof
Hetero-Masculinity”
KahdyraCamaran,KennesawStateUniversity,“The
LimitDoesNotExist:TheFightforWomenin
Technology”
PanelH8–Buckhead
“CYBERSECURITY:TheBattle,Cost,andGendered
Workforceofthe‘Digital’”
SEWSA50
SEWSA51
ModeratedbyNancyReichertandDeja Jackson,
Kennesaw State University
AbdulAltamimi,RestorePoint
TysonFowler,FederalBureauofInvestigation
StephenGay,KennesawStateUniversity
SvetlanaPeltsverger,KennesawStateUniversity
SATURDAYPLENARYSESSION
March24th,11:00am–12:00noon
NotHeretoMakeYouComfortable:
TheTriumphsandSnaresofLifeOnline
asaFeministStripper
SESSIONI:12:15pm–1:30pm
PanelI1–AtlantaA
ExperimentationsofaClassroomCollective:
BreakingCodesinDigitalGender
HannahElderkin,AppalachianStateUniversity
VannahAldridge,AppalachianStateUniversity
KatieAtwell,AppalachianStateUniversity
TannerGill,AppalachianStateUniversity
JuliaGrainger,AppalachianStateUniversity
AllisonLedford,AppalachianStateUniversity
PanelI2–AtlantaB
DoesWomen’sPoliticalUnder-Representation
IncreaseEconomicVulnerability?
CarolineCrouse,ClemsonUniversity
Kirsten McCullough,ClemsonUniversity
KillianMcDonald,ClemsonUniversity
LuxATL
ProfessionalPolePerformer,Instructor,
Writer,&Speaker
Introduction
LauraDavis
KennesawStateUniversity
PanelI3–AtlantaC
AlisonPiepmeierMemorialRoundtableSession
PanelI4–AtlantaD
Non-academicCareersforHumanitiesStudents:A
Workshop
SEWSA52
MonicaEvans,EmoryUniversity
PanelI5–Roswell
STEAMandtheFutureoftheCollegeGrrrl
AshlyAltman,KennesawStateUniversity
ChristelAlvarez,VPofIT&SoftwareServicesat
ElevationSearchSolutions
IfraArshad,KennesawStateUniversity
DianaPrada,KennesawStateUniversity
JonneSmith,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelI6–Peachtree
Race,Gender,Identity
AshleyMattheis, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill,“KnowingSarahBaartman/Beingthe
HottentotVenus:AestheticProductionsof
Difference”
AdreannaD.Nattiel,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“RepresentingtheBlackLesbian:Disruptingthe
WhiteHeteronormativeGaze”
YonshalaePowell,SlipperyRockUniversity,“Blind
Conditioning:UnravelingtheTruths
ofPrivilegeinaRacistSociety”
PanelI7–Lennox
CyborgsandFeminism
SEWSA53
KeraAllen,GeorgiaInstituteofTechnology,
“HomebrewingImperialism:HowtheEthosof
LiberatingComputerTechnologyContributed
toIdeologiesofWesternDominance”
SamualBottoms,KennesawStateUniversity,“The
DigitalGender:Or,WeAreAllCyborgsNow”
AmberByrge,EastTennesseeStateUniversity,“Cyborg
Feminism”
PanelI8–Buckhead
TheSynecdocheModel:CultivatingConnections
amongSelf,Classroom,Community,andText
RochelleHarris,KennesawStateUniversity
ChristineStewart,SouthDakotaStateUniversity
SESSIONJ:1:45pm–3:00pm
PanelJ1–AtlantaA
DisruptingIdentities,Sexualities,and
Relationships
SarahHollidayandUgenaWhitlock,KennesawState
University,“ReframingfamilyintheUSSouth”
MiltonW.Wendland,UniversityofSouthFlorida,“Our
BigQueerWedding:HowWeEnfusedOur
Feminist,Queer,&ProgressiveValuesintoOur
WeddingandHowYouCanToo”
SEWSA54
SEWSA55
MetaHenty,TexasChristianUniversity,“Rhetor-Moms
Rewrite#TeenMom”
PanelJ5–Roswell
Women’sVulnerabilityThroughouttheLifeCycle
RachelHodge,ClemsonUniversity
BethanyParrott,ClemsonUniversity
RachaelSavage,ClemsonUniversity
CarolineWhite,ClemsonUniversity
PanelJ6–Peachtree
CommunityPerspectivesonHealthy,Unhealthy,
andAbusiveRelationships
LauraTurner,University of North Carolina atCharlotte
TicolaC.Ross,University of North Carolina atCharlotte
ShantiKulkarni,University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
AnneliseMennicke,University of North Carolina at
Charlotte
PanelJ2–AtlantaB
CreatingSistaCircles:ChroniclesfromaWomen
FacultyofColorPre-TenureSupportGroup
RoxanneDonovan,KennesawStateUniversity
AngelaFarr-Schiller,KennesawStateUniversity
NyashaGuramatunhuCooper,KennesawState
University
RoneishaWorthy,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelJ3–AtlantaC
Scatterbrained:TeachingbyZine-Making
SamanthaVanHorn,EmoryUniversity
SimranAhluwalia,EmoryUniversity
IsabelleLesh,EmoryUniversity
SydneyNavid,EmoryUniversity
PanelJ7–Lennox
Law,Gender,andtheDigital:FromRevengePorn
andCyberbullyingtoCyberstalkingandCyberlove
FacilitatedbyElizabethGordon,KennesawState
University
AhmaniDawson,KennesawStateUniversity
DurannDungee,KennesawStateUniversity
AzizKabia,KennesawStateUniversity
JacobMoore,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelJ4–AtlantaD
Gender,Politics,&Masculinity
LaurenN.Haumesser,UniversityofVirginia,
“Pandora’sBox:DonaldTrump,Twitter,and
GenderintheElectionof2016”
SamanthaPinsonWrisley,GeorgiaStateUniversity,
“MisogynistsHaveFeelings,Too:An
ExaminationofAffectWithinTheRedPill”
SEWSA56
JohnPiratsky,KennesawStateUniversity
SamuelPrempeh,KennesawStateUniversity
KiaraRoberto,KennesawStateUniversity
NathaliaSilva,KennesawStateUniversity
DanielleTeemer,KennesawStateUniversity
SelamawitYakob,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelJ8–Buckhead
Literature,Writers,Writing
LauraDavis,KennesawStateUniversity,“Colliding
MasculinityandPostcolonialCaribbean
Identities:MenDisruptingRaceandGenderin
DerekWalcott'sPantomime”
LydiaFerguson,AuburnUniversity,“Elder‘Aunts’
StandandDeliver:FeministOralityin
Nineteenth-CenturyAfrican-AmericanFiction”
BrionaS.Jones,MichiganStateUniversity,“The
ArticulationofMultiplicity:ABlackLesbian
PoeticsMethodology”
SessionK:3:15pm–4:30pm
PanelK1–AtlantaA
QueeringtheUSSouth
JaymeCanty,KennesawStateUniversity,
“HeterosexisminBlackQueerLives:An
AnalysisoftheVisibilityofBlackQueer
SEWSA57
RelationshipsintheAmericanSouthduringthe
DigitalAge”
CasSandra Calin,VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity&
SouthernersontheGroundandMickyJordan,
SouthernersontheGround,“Re-queering
LGBTQPrideintheSouth”
LeeAnnHarrison,WinthropUniversity“Storiesof
Otherness:‘Passing’intheSouth”
PanelK2–AtlantaB
CreatingSistaCircles:ChroniclesfromaWomen
FacultyofColorPost-TenureSupportGroup
KamiAnderson,KennesawStateUniversity
RoxanneDonovan,KennesawStateUniversity
NeysaFigueroa,KennesawStateUniversity
NicholeGuillory,KennesawStateUniversity
AdrianeRandolph,KennesawStateUniversity
GriseldaThomas,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelK3–AtlantaC
UsingDHtoDisrupt#gender:LessonsLearned
fromProjectVoxCollaborators
OliviaBranscum,DukeUniversity
AdamGriggs,University of North Carolina atChapelHill
AndrewJaniak,DukeUniversity
HeatherSuzanneWoods,University of North Carolina at
ChapelHill
SEWSA58
PanelK4–AtlantaD
Women,CivilRightsWork,andClass
CoyetGreene,UniversityofSouthCarolina,“African
AmericanWomenandtheConstructof
LeadershipintheCivilRightsMovement”
MeredithJackson,CollegeofCharleston,“Marxismand
WomenaftertheCubanRevolution”
JenniferTurner,VirginiaTech,“TowardsaBlack
FeministUnderstandingofLow-IncomeBlack
SingleMothers’ExperiencesonWelfare”
PanelK5–Roswell
Women’s,Gender,andSexualityStudiesPedagogy
andTeacherResearch
ValerieBurk,KennesawStateUniversity,“The
DifficultiesofConductingResearchwithinthe
LGBTQCommunity”
MelissaPeters,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,
“ExaminingtheImpactofWomen'sandGender
StudiesCoursesonStudentAttitudes”
PanelK6–Peachtree
AcademiaInterrupted:TheImpactofCanceron
CollegeCareers
ConstanceBriggs,KennesawStateUniversity
SEWSA59
LesiaMillerSchnur,KennesawStateUniversity
LaraSmith-Sitton,KennesawStateUniversity
LindseyWaldon,KennesawStateUniversity
PanelK7–Lennox
PopCultureandIntersectionality
ArnettaSmith,FullertonCollege,“Blackness,
Masculinity,andtheFemaleBody:
RepresentationsofAfricanaQueerMasculineof
CenterWomeninTelevision&Film”
ShariL.Arnold,GeorgiaStateUniversity,“Iamthe
Joneses:DeconstructingClassPerformativity
throughJudithButlerinTheRealHousewivesof
Atlanta”
FeleciaHarris,University of North Carolina atCharlotte,
“DigitizingMyHood:RealityTV,Gender,
Misogyny,Sexism,andHipHopCulture”
PanelK8–Buckhead
DigitalLivesSexualities
DennisR.Miller,ClaytonStateUniversity
BenjaminLeeBuckley,ClaytonStateUniversity
KathrynPrattRussell,ClaytonStateUniversity
JenniferColón,IndependentScholar
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