2003-2004 Programs (incomplete)

22 November 2003
Beyond Affirmative Action: Transforming Curriculum, Protecting Safety, and Discovering Allies

"Making Science Accessible to Everyone: Inquiry-Based Learning."Jodye Selco, Physical Chemist and Director of the Center for Education and Equity in

Mathematics, Science and Technology (CEEMST), California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

"Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity Discrimination, and School Safety"
Deanne S. Neiman, Director of the Educational Equity Compliance Office for the Los Angeles Unified School District

"Reframing Identities for Social Justice"
Rebecca Gutierrez Keeton, Director of Student Life, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Moderator: Regina Lark, Manager, UCLA Center for the Study of Women and Instructor, UCLA Women's Studies Program

13 March 2004
In Celebration of Our 20th Anniversary and Women's History Month
FEMINISM UNBOUND: CROSSING BORDERS

Keynote Address:
"The Centrality of Feminisms in American History, 1775-2000"
Kathryn Kish Sklar, Distinguished Professor of History, State University of New York, Binghamton, and Co-Director of the acclaimed website, Women and Social Movements in the U. S., 1600-2000

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON INTERNATIONAL FEMINISMS

"Thoughts on Writing the History of European Feminisms (1700-1950)"
Karen Offen, Senior Scholar, Institute for Research on Women and Gender,
Stanford University

"New Paths of Women's Empowerment in Latin America"
Christine Hunefeldt, Professor of History, University of California, San Diego

Moderator: Carla Bittel, Assistant Professor of History, Loyola Marymount University.

NEW DIRECTIONS: FEMINISM WITHOUT BORDERS

"Using Transnational Frameworks to Expand the Discourse on Gendered Violence"
Sharmila Lodhia, Esq., Lecturer, Department of Women's Studies, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

"Transnational Feminist Pedagogies: Reframing the Dialogue in the Classroom"
Khanum Shaikh, Lecturer, Department of Women's Studies, California State University, Fullerton

Moderator: Breny Mendoza, Assistant Professor, Department of Women's Studies, California State University, Northridge.

15 May 2004
Global Visions of Imperialism, Sexuality, and Gender

"'Celestial Ladies?': Creating Asian American Womanhood(s) in the Late Nineteenth Century"
Constance Chen, Assistant Professor of History, Loyola Marymount University

"Prostitution, Race and Politics in the British Empire"
Philippa Levine, Professor of History, University of Southern California

"Hybrid Italians, Diasporic Africans: Who's/Whose 'Meticcio' in the Africa Italy Diaspora?"
Laura Harris, Assistant Professor English/Black Studies, Pitzer College

Moderator: Kathleen Sheldon, Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Women, University of California, Los Angeles