Three Students to Present Work at Women's and Gender Studies Consortium

Three Rider students will present their scholarly work at the fifth annual New Jersey Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium, and Undergraduate Student Colloquium to be held on Friday, April 3, at Raritan Valley Community College in North Branch, N.J.

The New Jersey Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium is a statewide forum for a discussion and support of women’s and gender studies programs at area colleges and universities. In order to be considered for selection, students must submit written and/or creative work on any subject which uses a feminist lens of analysis.

Susan Masone of North Brunswick, N.J., a senior Liberal Studies major, will present her paper The American Dream or the American Nightmare: Losing Humanity While Gaining Social Status. Masone had originally submitted the paper as an assignment for
ENG-445 Seminar in Black and Multi-Ethnic Literature, taught by Dr. Pearlie-Mae Peters, professor of English.

Ashley Smith of Roselle, N.J., a senior English major, will present her paper Putting Patriarchy Under (or in Front of) the Lens: Examining Themes of Confinement and Constriction in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. Smith had originally submitted the piece as an assignment for AMS 214: The Films of Stanley Kubrick, taught by Dr. Cynthia Lucia, associate professor of English.

Ellen Thompson Milford, N.J., a senior Journalism major, will present her paper The Trouble with Hip-Hop, which she submitted as an assignment for BHP 320 Gender and Music taught by Dr. Judith Johnston, professor of English, and Dr. Sharon Mirchandani, associate professor of Music History and Theory.