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The late afternoon panels will showcase the work of the twelve Research Interest Groups (RIGs) at the Center. These panel sessions will take place from 2:30-4 p.m. at various locations:
An international panel of women will respond to questions developed by the RIG about health issues, definitions of feminism, naming children in your country, and other cultural matters. Each person would answer from her own perspective. The audience could join in on the conversation, as well as ask questions.
How are girls’ lives changing in the context of rapid industrialization in Asia? Scholars focusing on both Southeast Asia and China will discuss the contemporary prospects for girls’ education and opportunities in Asia.
What would math, science, engineering, and technology look like if females, African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans developed the fields and wrote the textbooks? Add your own ideas to those of many others from these four groups, and impact the way in which these fields are taught and practiced.
Members of the welfare research group and guest Carol Stack will discuss particular ways that welfare reform is impacting girls, whether the girls are living in families that receive welfare or become heads of families on welfare.
A roundtable discussion with women scholars of historical disciplines within the humanities, addressing how the concept of "girls" has been constructed in various periods. Participants: Carolyn Bergquist, graduate student, English; Cristina Calhoon, Gina Psaki, associate professor, Romance languages; and Heather Tanner, medievalist, visiting assistant professor at Clark Honors College; and other contributions from the RIG members.
Native American researchers Renda Dionne, Turtle Mountain Chippewa, and Alison Ball, Colville, will lead a discussion of their work in native communities, exploring the complex effects of intergenerational grief on contemporary life, and the opportunities for healing through intergenerational relationships.
This interactive session will feature an episode or clips from episodes of a current popular television show that focuses on teenage girls, such as "Daria" or "Party of Five," followed by a discussion of issues that impact the lives of teenage girls. Several members of the RIG will present the demographics of and reactions to the show as part of the discussion.
The Women's Health and Development RIG will facilitate a round-table discussion between researchers and community organizations on the topic of at-risk girls. Invited speakers will address 1. the definition of at-risk girls, 2. who at-risk girls are (demographics of the population), 3. the problem behaviors, indicators, and predictors for at-risk girls, and 4. some of the strategies that are useful and effective when dealing with at-risk girls. We hope to encourage a community conversation between the invited speakers as well as members of the audience about girls who are at-risk in our community.
Young people seem to have a natural attraction for the out-of-doors, an attraction creates identity, self-esteem, curiosity and an understanding of the magic of life. As we become socialized into cultures which see only the human world we are often encouraged to forget our early relationships with all that lies beyond, setting aside relationships that can continue to nurture us into adulthood. In continuing with the theme this year of Science and the Sacred, the Women and the Environment RIG will take a walk around campus, stopping at various points to discuss the importance of outdoor experience for young girls’ development of self-esteem and relationships with both science and the sacred.
This RIG panel will be an informal discussion with students from the Jewish Student Union, which often has women as leaders of its group. This kind of discussion will be fun provocative and could lead to future mentoring relationships on campus.