May 2, 2023

Ayne Cantrell Awards for Service to Women's & Gender Studies

2022-2023 - Dr. Natalie Hoskins, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
2023-2024 - Dr. Rebekka King, Associate Professor of Religion

Women's & Gender Studies Minor Scholarship Award Spring 2023

Meghan Pittenger

Business & Professional Women's Scholarship Award Spring 2023

Betsy Akpotu 

March 22, 2023

CLA Scholars Day

"In Sisterhood"
Presenter: Max Thomas, Visual Arts/Women’s and Gender Studies
(Faculty Mentor: Dr. Vicky MacLean, Women’s and Gender Studies)
"What to Do About Genital Preference"
Presenter: Elle Robinson, Philosophy
(Faculty Mentor: Dr. Mary Magada-Ward, Philosophy and Religious Studies)
9 a.m., Honors College Simmons Amphitheater (HONR 106)

March 16, 2023

WGST Research Series

"Mixed Messages and African American Girls: A Mother's Role in Negating Stereotypes"
Jennifer Woodard, Assistant Dean, College of Media and Entertainment
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100C

November 17, 2022

WGST Research Series

"Systemic Change in the Music Industry: The Role Research in Challenging Inequity"
Michelle Conceison, Assistant Professor, Department of Recording Industry and
Beverly Keel, Dean, College of Media and Entertainment
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100C

October 20, 2022

WGST Research Series

"Losing My Religion: Locating Gender Scripts in Deconversion Narratives"
Rebekka King, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100C

September 15, 2022

WGST Research Series

"Visceral Undercurrent"
Jade Treadwell, Program Director, Department of Theatre and Dance, and Dancers
"Bundle of Sticks"
Aaron Allen Jr, Lecturer/Instructor of Dance, Department of Theatre and Dance

April 7, 2022

LGBT+ College Conference Tennovation Keynote

"WGST Program Spotlight"
Moderator: Vicky Maclean, Director, Women's & Gender Studies
9:45-10:45 a.m., Student Union Building
"Drastic Dykes: Queer Women in the New South"
LaShonda Mims, Assistant Professor, History 
11 a.m.-12 p.m., Student Union Building

March 17, 2022

Women's History Month Feature

"SlutWalk Revisited: Looking Back on the SlutWalk Movement a Decade Later"
L'Oreal Stephens, Lecturer, Communication Studies
3-4 p.m., James Union Building (JUB) 100C

February 16, 2022

Black History Month Feature

"Feminist Survival in Nnedi Okorafor's Who Fears Death"
Laura White, Professor, English
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100C

April 15, 2021

WGST Research Series

"(Jn)Just Deserts: Race and Resource Scarcity in the Urban South"
Lacee Satcher, Doctoral Candidate, Vanderbilt University, Department of Sociology
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

March 18, 2021

WGST Research Series - Graduate Student Showcase

“Exploring the Relationship Between Media Representations of Men, Masculinities, and Incels on Incel Discourse”
Jayme Brunson, former WGST Certificate Student, Coordinator of Library Administration
“Pregnancy-Related Nutritional Beliefs, Knowledge, and Cultural Practices Among Kenyan Immigrant Women Living in Tennessee”
Sarah Chebet, Sociology MA Student
“Brothers’ in Arms: Bringing Female Soldiers Out of the Discourse of Myth”
Katie Musick, English PhD Student
“The Right to Discriminate: Tennessee Mental Health Providers’ Perceptions of Ability to Refuse Services”
Sally Warren, Sociology MA Student
“Advocacy and Support for Black Breastfeeding Mothers in Tennessee”
Chanell Haley, Doctoral Candidate, Human Performance Program
3-4 p.m. via Zoom

February 25, 2021

WGST Research Series

"Identifying as a Bereaved Mother: Using the Communication Theory of Identity as a Framework"
Elizabeth Stephens, Department of Communication Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100C 

October28, 2020

WGST Award Ceremony

 

October 15, 2020

WGST Research Series

“Silent No More: Purity Culture and Sexual Abuse in White Evangelical Contexts”
Dr. Ashleigh McKinzie, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
3-4 p.m., via Zoom

September 17, 2020

WGST Research Series

“Forgotten Heroes: Women of Past Epidemics”
Dr. Katie Foss, Professor, Department of Journalism and Strategic Media
3-4 p.m., via Zoom

April 16, 2020

WGST Research Series

“'Remember to Breathe (But Don’t Make a Noise!)': Constructions of Birth in Post-Apocalyptic Narratives"
Dr. Katie Foss, School of Journalism and Strategic Media 
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100C

March 19, 2020

WGST Research Series

"Dangerous Dames: Representing Female-Bodied Empowerment in Postfeminist Media"
Dr. Heather Hundley & Dr. Roberta Chevrette, Department of Communication Studies 
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100C 

February 20, 2020

WGST Research Series

"I Ain’t Sorry: Discursive Style of the White Boy Anti-Apology"
Scarlett Hester, Department of Communication Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100C 

January 23, 2020

WGST Research Series - Graduate Certificate Student Panel 

"The Social Construction of Sexual Consent"
Lesley Starnes, Women's & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Student
"Desired Sex: How Women's First Experiences Shape Sexual Attitudes Later in Life
Mary Barber, Women's & Gender Studies Graduate Certificate Student
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

November 21, 2019

WGST Research Series

"Development of a Gender-Based Needs Assessment for Puerto Rican Women and Non-Binary Individuals after Hurricane Maria"
Dr. Donna Dopwell, Department of Social Work
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

October 17, 2019

WGST Research Series

"Gender and Representation in Virtual Reality"
Dr. Stephanie Dean, Department of Media Arts
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

September 19, 2019

WGST Research Series

"Immediate Family: On the Consolation, Embellishment, and Distortion of Memory"
Dr. Mary Magada-Ward, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100 

April 18, 2019

WGST Research Series

"'A Kind of Holy Heat': The Spatial Politics of Black Women"
Dr. LaToya Eaves, Assistant Professor, Global Studies and Human Geography
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

March 27-30, 2019

Women's & Gender Studies Interdisciplinary Conference

Student Union Building

February 21, 2019

WGST Research Series

"The Dangers of Masculine Support Messages: Deconstructing Gender...Intimate Partner Violence"
Dr. Natalie Hoskins, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

November 15, 2018

WGST Research Series

"Environmental and Birth Justice: Promoting Heat Safety to Pregnant Women on the U.S.-Mexico Border"
Dr. Adelle Monteblanco, Assistant Professor, Sociology
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

October 18, 2018

WGST Research Series

"Technologies of Reproductive Genetic Testing for LGBTQ Individuals and Couples: Presenting Queer Standpoint Theory"
Dr. Robert Layne, Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

September 20, 2018

WGST Research Series

"'I'm no longer that girl': Women Lifers' Hopes, Expectations, and Fears for Life Beyond Bars"
Dr. Meredith Dye, Associate Professor, Sociology
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

April 19, 2018

WGST Research Series

"Bros Before Donald Trump: Bromance, Race, Masculinity, and Nation in the #BROTUS Memes"
Dr. Roberta Chevrette, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

March 15, 2018

WGST Research Series

"Constructions of Gender Identity in the Diaspora as Depicted in the Novels of Caryl Phillips"
Dr. Rebecca Dixon, Department of Languages, Literature and Philosophy, Tennessee State University
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

November 16, 2017

WGST Research Series

“'Come Together?': Variations in Perceptions of Recovery from Disaster"
Dr. Ashleigh McKinzie, Sociology
3-4 p.m., Senate Faculty Room, JUB 100

October 26, 2017

WGST Research Series

“Virtually Gendered: How immersion and virtual embodiment can help mediate a gendered experience”
Dr. Stephanie Dean, Media Arts
3-4 p.m., Digital Media Studio, James E. Walker Library

April 20, 2017

WGST Research Series

“’They Are All She Had’: Formerly Incarcerated Women and the Right to Vote, 1890-1945”
Dr. Pippa Holloway, Professor of History
3-4 p.m., Cason-Kennedy Nursing Building, N 119

April 11, 2017

WGST Award Ceremony

Ayne Cantrell  Award presented to Dr. Mary S. Hoffschwelle, Professor of History
WGST Minor Student Scholarship presented to Cristina Joy Lewis, English

November 17, 2016

WGST Research Series

"'Black Bodies is Black Bodies': African Immigrant Linked Fate with African Americans"
MeCherri D. Aabedi-Anim, Sociology and Anthropology/Winner of the 2016 Association of Black Sociologists Graduate Student Paper Award
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

September 15, 2016

WGST Research Series

"Women Creating Women: Issues of Representation in the Media" with
a film screening of Lift Like A Girl by Allie Sultan
Allie Sultan, Department of Electronic Media Communication 
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

April 21, 2016

WGST Research Series

"When 'Wifey' is on the Front Line: Legitimizing Practices in Female Gamer Tags in Augmented Reality Environments"
Dr. Stephanie Hendrick, Department of Electronic Media Communication
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

April 14, 2016

WGST Award Ceremony

Ayne Cantrell Award presented to Clare Bratten
WGST Student Scholarship Award presented to Stephanie Ellis, English, and Charlotte "Cat" Archer, Sociology.

February 18, 2016

WGST Research Series

"Mary E. Hutchinson's Gender Madness"
Dr. Jae Turner, Department of History
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

November 19, 2015

WGST Research Series 

"Navigating Sensitive Topics and the IRB Process"
Panelists:
Dr. Rudy Dunlap, Assistant Professor, Human Performance PhD program
Tara Prairie, PhD Student, Human Performance PhD program (former compliance officer)
Lesley Hanlin, MA Student, Sociology and also GA for Office of Compliance (IRB)
Facilitator:
Dr. Jackie Eller, Interim Vice Provost for Research and Dean, College of Graduate Studies
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

October 15, 2015

WGST Research Series - Graduate Certificate Student Panel

"WGST Graduate Certificate Research in Progress"
Matthew Byrge - "Gender Violence and Masculinity Within Indigenous Literature and Culture across the Antipodes and Pacific Regions"
Michelle Estes - "'More Closeted than Gayness Itself': The Depiction of Same-Sex Couple Violence in Newspaper Media"
Lori Stephens - "Upskirting: 'The Gaze' and the First Amendment"
Moderator:
Dr. Clare Bratten, Professor, Electronic Media Communication
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

September 17, 2015

WGST Research Series 

September 17, 2015    
"Feminist Ethics and Research"
A panel with Drs. Jackie Eller, Interim Vice Provost for Research and Dean, College of Graduate Studies; Ida Fadzillah, Associate Professor, Sociology and Anthropology; and Vicky MacLean, Interim Director, Women's and Gender Studies/Professor, Sociology and Anthropology.
Moderator:
Dr. Clare Bratten, Professor, Electronic Media Communication
3-4 p.m., Faculty Senate Chambers, James Union Building

April 17, 2014

WGST Research Series - Graduate Certificate Student Panel 

"Feminist Standpoint and Reflexive Thinking: Graduate Student Research in Progress"
A panel made up of recent WGST Graduate Certificate Students. Each panelist will describe her reflective process and dual roles as researcher and feminist. We will follow with a conversation among participants and attendees.
Shelley Maddox - "Feminist Parenting: A Mother's Auto-Ethnographic" (December 2013 Graduation)
JaDee Carathers - "Situating the Self in Reflective Practice: A Methodological Meditation on Feminist Standpoint Epistemology in Qualitative Interviewing on Maternal Sexuality and the Breastfeeding Problematic" (May 2014 Expected) 
Shaonta Allen  - "My Sister's Keeper: Reflections on Black Sisterhood, Feminist Consciousness, and Sorority Life" (August 2013 Graduation)
Felicia Brown - "Multicultural Identities among Minority Women Living in the US: Toward A Transformative Knowledge" (May 2014 Expected) 
Organizer and Moderator:
Dr. Vicky MacLean, Faculty Advisor, WGST Graduate Certificate
3-4 p.m., BAS SunTrust Room N127

March 20, 2014

WGST Research Series 

"Medievalism and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century"
Dr. Amy Kaufman, Assistant Professor of English
3-4 p.m., BAS SunTrust Room N127