April 4, 2006 - Rider University to Host Gender Studies Colloquium

Rider University Gender Studies Program will host its 2006 Colloquium Thursday, April 13.  “Imagining,” is the theme.  Free and open to the public, the event will take place from noon to 5:30 p.m. in Sweigart Auditorium in the College of Business Administration. 

Those in attendance will have an opportunity to hear the reading of student essays during five afternoon sessions from 12:20 p.m. to 1 p.m.; 1:10 p.m. to 2:10 p.m.; 2:20 p.m. and 3:20 p.m.; 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.  The papers were written in several English, history, literature and gender studies courses at Rider.  The panel of faculty judges selected the 15 best papers for presentation. 

Also highlighting the day at noon will be the announcement and presentation of the Dr. Virginia J. Cyrus scholarship to an outstanding student and the presentation of the 2006 Ziegler-Gee Award. 

The following students will make the presentations: 

From 12:20 p.m. to 1 p.m. (Women in Literature) 

• Milena Insam and Hedwig Lang, freshmen in the College of Continuing Studies, who will present, “Characters in Conflict in Contemporary American Literature ;”
• Kelly Smyth, a senior secondary education/English major, who will present “ A Development of Motherhood:  Errour, Thyamis, and Charissa.  An Analysis of Edmund Spenser’s Book I of “The Faerie Queene.’”

From 1:10 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. (Historical and Multicultural Perspectives) 

• Karen McDermott, a senior liberal studies major, who will present “Eye to Eye: Global Circles of Sisterhood Across Continents;”
• Cheryl Kuntz, a junior liberal studies major, who will present “Interdependency Among Female Slaves;
• Jenna Reycraft, a sophomore secondary education/history major, who will present “ Harriet Tubman:  Woman of Wonder,” 

From 2:20 p.m. to 3:20 p.m. (Feminist Issues in the Post-War Era)
 

• Jave Galt-Miller, a junior communication major, who will present “Gilda: Taming the Post-War Man;”
• Shavon Keller,a sophomore English major, who will present “Rosemary’s Body:  A Feminist Perspective,”
• Sharon Moots, a junior elementary education/American Studies major, who will present “Social Expectations of American Women in the Early and Mid-Twentieth Century and Why Betty Friedan Wrote “The Feminine Mystique,” 

From  3: 30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Women and World War II) 

• Teresa Chiarello, a junior liberal studies major, who will present “World War II and American Working Women,”
• Rachel Hamlen, a junior elementary education/American Studies major, who will present “Amazing Female Pilots of World War II:  The Formation of and Discrimination Faced by the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots;”
• Alexandria Flemings, a senior secondary education/history major, who will present “Women and Their Various Roles During World War II,”

From 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.  (Images of Women in Film) 

• Stephanie Walker, a sophomore journalism major, who will present “If Everything She Did Wasn’t Personal Then What’s Your Definition of Personal?  Erin Brockovitch;”
• Stephanie Dedovitch, a junior philosophy major, who will present “ The Positioning of Women in a Patriarchal Culture as Seen in  “A Clockwork Orange;’”
• Adrianne Glasgow, a junior political science/philosophy major, who will present “No Control, No Agency, All Victims, All Women: Defenseless;” and
• Christopher Antanaitis, a senior American Studies major, who will present “A Man’s World:  Women in the Mise-en-Scene and Shot Composition of Stanley Kubrick’s “Lolita.’” 

For more information, call Dr. Hillje at (609) 895-5452.