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ASSOCIATE
OF THE MONTH
NEW STUDENT EMPLOYEE
SPRING 2003 COURSES OFFERED FOR WS MINOR
SPRING 2003 COURSES OFFERED FOR WS GRADUATE Certificate
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK...
SENIORS TAKE NOTE: GRADUATION CORDS NOW AVAILABLE
CERTIFICATES OF GRADUATE STUDY
WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH - POSTER CONTEST WINNER CHOSEN
MOTHERS MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
NWSA CALL FOR PROPOSALS
ASIAN JOURNAL OF WOMEN’S STUDIES INVITES CONTRIBUTIONS
ASSOCIATE
OF THE MONTH
Dr. Kristen Myers started out wanting
to be a social worker, attending a small women’s college
in North Carolina. Then she realized she loved her sociology classes.
And then, she became deeply interested in feminist theories and
their relation to sociology. The theme that
most intrigued her, and one of the areas that she pursued in graduate
school at North Carolina State University, was inequality. She
explains, “My dissertation, Sailing
Under False Colors: Race,
Class, and Gender in a Women’s Organization,
was on an organization of wealthy black and white women supposedly
fighting racism, but it was more of a ladies’ club.”
She adds, “I look at capitalism, racism, homophobia,
sexism, the structures of oppression, and how they constrain people.
. . . Mostly now, racism is reproduced in private through the
way people talk.” Race talk is the subject of two of her
articles and a book prospectus. She further discusses her work:
“I just did a piece with Jill McCorkel that looked at our
being middle-class white women and how it affected what data we
were able to gather. It was a methodological piece, mostly,”
she says. A forthcoming article, written with Kay Forest and Susan
Miller, is about gay and lesbian police officers.
To find out more about Dr. Kristen Myers,
Assistant Professor of Sociology, please visit her website at
www.socqrl.niu.edu/myers.
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NEW STUDENT EMPLOYEE
Cassie
Reuter, our new work-study employee, says she loves coming to
work every day. The Women’s Studies Program is lucky to
have this enthusiastic and efficient young woman as part of our
staff. When asked what she likes about NIU, she says, “Everything.
A great campus, awesome people, I just like it here.” A
graduate of Freeport High School, Cassie is an Elementary Education major.
Her professional goals include teaching second or third grade,
as well as math in middle school. (top)
COMING SOON: FALL 2003 REGISTRATION—WOMEN’S STUDIES
COURSES CURRENTLY LISTED UNDER ILAS WILL BE LISTED AS WOMS COURSES
SPRING
COURSES OFFERED FOR
WOMEN'S STUDIES MINORS
Core
Course
ILAS
235/235H: Women Across Cultures and Centuries
3:30-4:45
MW. Instructor: Swanson.
Regular Electives
ILAS 332 Growing Up Female
2:00-3:15
MW. Instructor: Swanson.
ILAS 430.P1/POLS 495.2 Current
Debates: Women & Gender
3:30-4:45
TTh. Instructor: Kamenitsa.
ILAS 430.P2 Topics in Women’s
Studies: LGBT Communities: Images and Debates
6:00-8:40
Th. Instructors: Swanson/Peters.
COMS 410 Communication
and the Sexes
3:30-4:45
TTh. Instructor: Bisplinghoff.
HIST 322/H
Women in Modern Europe
12:30-1:45
TTh. Instructor: Worobec.
HIST 346 Women in
Asian History
2:00-3:15
TTh. Instructor: Andrew.
IDSP 402 Africana
Woman
6:00-8:40
T. Instructor: Gyant.
SOC 385 Gender and Crime
3:30-4:45
MW. Instructor: McCorkel.
The following courses may count toward
the minor with the approval of the Director:
ILAS 390.P1
Internship
Time
held: TBA. Instructor: Levin.
ILAS 439.P1 Independent Study in
Women’s Studies
Time
held: TBA. Instructor: Levin.
HIST 402 Gender & Sexuality
in History
2:00-3:15
TTH. Instructor: Wingfield.
Other courses of closely related subject
matter may be substituted with the approval of the Director.
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SPRING
COURSES OFFERED FOR
WOMEN'S STUDIES GRADUATE Certificate
Core
Course
ILAS 530 Research In Women’s
Studies
Time
held: TBA. Instructor: Levin.
Regular
Electives
ILAS
430.P1/POLS 495.2 Current Debates: Women & Gender
3:30-4:45
TTh. Instructor: Kamenitsa.
ILAS 430.P2 Topics in Women’s
Studies: LGBT Image/Debate
6:00-8:40
pm Th. Instructors: Swanson/Peters.
ILAS 510.P1/SOCI
563 Women’s Studies Special Topics: Women’s Health
Issues
6-8:40
pm W. Instructor: Moremen.
ILAS 510.P2/ENGL 529 Special Topics
in Women’s Studies: LGBT Communities:
Images
and Debates ENGL 529/Topics in Rhetoric
6-8:40
pm Th. Instructors: Peters/Swanson.
The
following courses may count toward the graduate Certificate
with the approval of the Director:
ILAS 502.P1 Internship
Time
held: TBA. Instructor: Levin.
ILAS 539.P1 Independent
Study
Time
held: TBA. Instructor: Levin.
ENGL 683
Seminar: Anne Tyler & Louis Erdrich
6:00-8:40
pm W. Instructor: Gomez-Vega.Call Theresa at 753-1038 for permit information.
For honors permits, go to the Campus Life uilding, Room 110.
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WE
WOULD LIKE TO THANK...
Dr. Debbie Smith-Shank, who organized the Fall 2002
Faculty Associates’ Lecture Series. Thanks to her, we learned
about diverse topics such as The Reality of Beauty and Teaching
Social Skills to Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Deb,
your dedication the Women’s Studies Program is greatly appreciated!
. . .
Eric Crane,
who has donated his time to work on our website at www.clas.niu.edu/wstudies
. Due to his efforts, people have been able to access current
information online. Thanks, Eric! (top)
SENIORS
TAKE NOTE:
GRADUATION CORDS NOW AVAILABLE
Attention, Women’s Studies minors,
show off your achievement by wearing special purple cords with
your graduation gowns! These cords are available from Women’s
Studies in Reavis 103. Stop by and get one for your big day!
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CERTIFICATE
OF GRADUATE STUDY
Students who earn a certificate of graduate
study (or complete the graduate Certificate) and wish to receive
an actual certificate, not just a transcript notation, should
contact Sheri Kallembach, Associate Director of Registration and
Records, about the procedure and fee. She is in Williston 320;
her number is 753-8217. (top)
WOMEN'S
HISTORY MONTH POSTER CONTEST
--WINNER CHOSEN
We are pleased to announce that Cathleen Stresinshe, a student
in the Visual Communications program, is the designer for the
Women’s History Month 2003 poster. In her spare time, she
loves researching feminist literature and, together with friends,
she is involved in designing a website based on their research
on women’s studies. (top)
MOTHER'S
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Mothers Memorial Scholarship Fund honors those who are or act as mothers
to members of the NIU community.
The fund provides scholarships to upper division and graduate
students at NIU whose career goals include improving the lives
of women. Initial fundraising for the scholarship fund will be
through word-of-mouth contacts, public announcements, and direct
mailings to members of the NIU community. The fund will be housed
in and administered by the NIU Foundation. All contributions are
welcome. The annual presentation of scholarships will be made
at the Outstanding Women Students Awards ceremony. An award selection
panel in consultation with the NIU Foundation will determine the
number of scholarships awarded annually and the amount given.
If you are interested in making an initial contribution, please
contact the Women’s Studies office at 753-1038.
Or
Women’s Studies Email.
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NWSA
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The National Women’s Studies Association
annual conference will be held June 19-22, 2003, in New Orleans.
The proposal deadline is midnight CDT, November 24, 2002. One
plenary topic of the conference will be “Southern Discomforts,”
where speakers will bring to the forefront the racial, cultural,
and sexual diversity of southern women’s lives and activism.
Negotiating race and class will also be addressed. Other plenary
topics include “What Women’s Studies Graduates Do”
and “NWSA: the Next Twenty-Five Years.” Proposals
addressing the themes of the plenary, and work being done in or
about the U.S South, are especially welcome. Also, there will
be a new Creative Writing Component that will run concurrently
with the panels and paper presentations. Proposal forms are available
in the Women’s Studies office in Reavis 103. (top)
ASIAN JOURNAL OF WOMEN'S
STUDIES INVITES CONTRIBUTIONS
AJWS
is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes articles pertaining
to women’s issues in Asia from a feminist perspective. The
journal invites scholarly contributions that have not been published
in English or submitted to other journals or to publishers, from
individuals and collectives of different backgrounds throughout
the world. For details, contact Hayon Park at hayon@ewha.ac.kr
.
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MEN'S
STUDIES PROGRAM