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CALL FOR PAPERS:

The Institute for Women's Studies at the University of Georgia welcomes proposals for its second annual Women and Girls in Georgia Conference, to be held in Athens, October 24-26, 2008. The theme of this year's conference is Health & Well-Being. The conference, focused on feminist research concerning the women and girls of our state, is open to academics, advocates, activists, and community members. The conference will include presentations of cutting-edge scholarship, reports from the field, and opportunities for networking and political strategizing. We encourage submissions that engage the intersections of gender, sex, and other dimensions of identity, and that recognize the diversity of women and girls (including women and girls of color, immigrants, lesbians and queer women, women and girls with disabilities, rural communities, etc.)

We seek individual papers, group panels, workshops, and other formats. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

reproductive health (ex. teen pregnancy, sex education, alternative birthing practices, sexual well-being, adolescent sexual health)

environmental health

gender, race, class, sexuality, and health care quality and access

substance abuse/addiction

body image and sport

HIV/AIDS

rural women's health

immigrant women's health

mental health

aging

women's health activism

violence against women/sexual harassment

women in prisons/women in the military

We welcome qualitative, quantitative, theoretical, and other feminist approaches. Proposals should include a one-page abstract, and names and affiliations of all participants. Please send proposals and questions via email, to WAGGconf@gmail.com by Monday, June 16, 2008.

Papers and presentations from the conference will be posted on the Women and Girls in Georgia website, www.uga.edu/iws/WAGG. Papers from the 2007 conference on Violence, and excellent resources and research by and about Women and Girls of Georgia are also available there. For more information on the Institute for Women's Studies, visit www.uga.edu/iws.

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WOMEN’S STUDIES LIBRARY

NEW BOOKS! New arrivals at Strozier will be sure to enhance any students appetite for good literature. The following books have been ordered and are now available through the FSU Libraries catalog.

Boston Women's Health Collective. Our Bodies, Ourselves For the New Century.

Diamant, Anita. The Red Tent

Hochstetler, Donald D. Conflict of Traditions: Women in Religion in the Early Middle Ages 500-840

Lancaster, Roger N. and Di Leonardo, Micaela. The Gender/Sexuality Reader

Lourde, Audre. Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Phoca, Sophia and Wright, Rbecca. Introducing Postfeminism

Westerkamp, Marilyn J. Women and Religion in Early America, 1600-1850: The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions

Dhruvarajan, Vanaja and Vickers, Jill, Gender. Race, and Nation: A Global Perspective

Tolley, Kimberly. Standing at the Portals: The Science Education of American Girls

Patai, Daphne and Koertrge, Noretta. Professing Feminism: Education and Indoctrination in Women's Studies

Sharma, Arvind. Methodology in Religious Studies: The Interface with Women's Studies

The Women's Studies Program Office is located in room A208 of the new Psychology Building. The Jean Gould Bryant Library of Women's Studies is currently housed in 213-C of the William Johnston Building. The office and library are open daily from 8am to 5pm Monday-Friday.

AFFILIATED FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Dr. Joyce Carbonell, Director of the Women's Studies Program, received the 2001-2002 University Teaching Award. This award "recognizes teaching excellence as multi-faceted, ... providing a positive role model to students; imparting a respect for truth and a love of learning; challenging students' thinking and assumptions; showing respect for all persons, and innovative instructional techniques."

Dr. Jean Bryant, the founder of the Women's Studies Program and its director for 21 years, was honored with the dedication of the Women's Studies Library in her name. Dr. Bryant was presented with a plaque that will be permanantly placed in the library.

Dr. Irene Padavic Associate Professor of Sociology at Florida State University, published a book, Women and Men at Work , produced in collaboration with Barbara Reskin, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, which provides an overview of recent research on the role of gender in the workplace. Her primary goal has been developing an analytical sythesis of two research literatures: workplace inequalities that stem from gender and also workplace inequalities that stem from race/ethnicity.

Dr. Carrie E. Sandahl, (Theatre) co-edited the anthology of criticism, Bodies in Commotion: Disability and Performance, with Philip Auslander, published by the University of Michigan Press. She also received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for collaborative study on building a disability-studies curriculum for use on college campuses across the nation at the Institute on Disability Studies, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Sandahl was featured in the award-winning Brace Yourself Productions video Vital Signs: Crip Culture Talks Back.

Dr. Anita Gonzalez, (Theatre) was selected as one of 25 recipients of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to travel throughout the Mayan world. She visited Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and South Dakota. Dr. Gonzalez received a Rockefeller Foundation grant and a Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation grant for her multimedia performance project, "The Mother Courage Project."

Dr. Nancy Marcus (Oceanography) received The Lawton Distinguished Professor Award. This award is the highest honor FSU bestows on a faculty member for excellence in teaching, research and service on national and international levels.

Dr.Melissa Gross, an assistant professor of information studies, was honored by the AAUW Educational Foundation in recognition of her achievements in the field of library and information studies, her teaching record and her commitment to women's issues.