Research Interest Groups, 2001-2002
"African American Women in Film" will be a short film that considers race, ethnicity and class as experienced by working-class African American women dealing with issues of gender and culture. Contact person Dr. Carmen Coustaut, Theatre.
The "American Women and Classical Myths" will develop a refereed volume that represents the diverse perspectives and intellectual strengths identified during their conference held in September 1999. They will also present a workshop to discuss how gender, race and ethnicity are depicted in classical myth and in turn affect the way in which myth is studied and taught. Contact persons Dr. Judith P. Hallettand Dr. Lillian Doherty, Classics.
The "Caribbean Research Interest Group (CRIG)", a research group of faculty and graduate students interested in exploring the historical and contemporary processes that contribute to the intersections of race, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, education, age, religion, and nationality in the Caribbean. Contact person: Dr. Lynn Bolles, Women's Studies.
"Cyberculture Working Group" discusses the ways that race, gender, ethnicity, class, sexuality, and ability are articulated and performed in the cyberspace. Contact person Dr. Katie King, Women's Studies
"Development of Printmaking by African-American Artists since 1950", will present an exhibition of the development of printmaking by African American artists from the 1950s to the present, emphasizing the lives and experiences of people of color and encouraging the study of race, gender and ethnicity. Contact person: Scott Habes, Art Gallery.
"Entre Nosotras: A Study of How Latinas Cope with Childhood Sexual Abuse", will conduct a qualitative study to understand the lived experiences of Latinas who were sexually abused as children, and the role of cultural factors in their experiences and coping. The study seeks to understand how issues of gender, race, and ethnicity intersect to influence the participants' coping strategies and their views of themselves as survivors. Contact person: Daniela Ligiero, Psychology.
"Gender and Performance", will present a series of professional productions, solo performances, round tables, and lectures, all designed to explore historical, theoretical, and practical connections between gender and performance. Contact person: Catherine Schuler, Theatre.
The "Life Writing Project" discusses the cultural study of the lives of individuals specifically, how to best represent ways that subjects negotiate their social locations; race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality and class. Contact persons Dr. John Caughey, American Studies, and Dr. Susan Leonardi, English.
"Material Culture/Visual Culture Working Group: A Theme Year in African-American Material and Visual Culture" studies the material culture and visual culture of America. Contact persons Dr. Mary C. Sies, American Studies.
"MITHologies Working Group" a conference will be held to examine the concept of the "Digital Divide" in its broadest definition, the group works to address issues in line with the Consortium's research focus of "Resilience, Communities, and Life-long Learning. Contact person Dr. Martha Nell Smith, MITH.
Poverty and Welfare Research Interest Group, will promote interdisciplinary communications that specifically focus on the race, gender, and ethnicity intersections imbedded within debates over poverty and welfare policies by examining the social conditions faced by impoverished communities and examining policy design and implementation at the local, regional, state, national, urban and rural levels. Contact person: Clyde Woods, Afro-American Studies.
"Staging Slavery: An Interdisciplinary Exploration", a seminar and colloquium /performance series to examine representations of slavery on the American stage and in the public sphere from the colonial period to the present. Contact person: Heather Nathans, Theatre.
"Structure and Agency in Education" focuses on research to reveal the intersections of large and small structures, the relationships between power and tradition, the interplay between social justice and education and the dynamic relationships between global and local cultures. Contact person Dr. Barbara Finkelstein, Education.
"Working Group on Intersectionality and Globalization," will share the theories, methodologies and assumptions of their own disciplines with others about how race, class, gender, nationality, sexuality, and other ethnicity construct and complicate each other. Contact person: Dr.Claire Moses, Women's Studies.