Ethnography of the University Initiative
Fall 2015 Student Conference Schedule
Monday, December 7, 2015
Room 126, LISB
501 E. Daniel Street, Champaign, Illinois
3:30pm to 8:30pm
EUI Opening Remarks and Introduction – Karen Rodriguez’G, OUR Interim Director
3:30-4:15 Panel 1 – Queer Intersectional Identities at UIUC
Mu Li
Chinese Gay Students' Experiences of and Responses to
Homophobia at UIUC
GWS
467
Paper
Hana Nasser
International Queer Identities at UIUC
GWS
467
Paper
Mica Golliday
African American Student Organization and Transgender
Community
GWS
467
Paper
Sydnie Greene
Perceptions and Experiences of Queer Jewish Students at Hillel
GWS
467
Paper
Amanda Fagenson
Greek Night Life at the University of Illinois at Urbana
Champaign: Looking through a Queer Lens
GWS
467
Paper
4:20-5:00 Panel 2 – Policy of and at the Institution
Hongyuan Dai,
Stanley Smith,
Alexander Jones
Reflecting on the Resolutions from Project 500
HIST
391
Paper
Cassidy Burke
Dissonance & Disinterest: Sexual Assault and the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
HIST
498
Paper
Emma Barnes
UIUC Dormitory Housing and the LGBTQ Community
GWS
467
Paper
Daniel S. Hess
The University of Illinois Women’s Liberation Cadre and The New
Left (1967-1975)
HIST
498
Paper
MACS
199
Video
5:05-5:45 Panel 3 – Drawing Attention to the Overlooked at UIUC
Stanley Godia,
Terren Adams
“Pick Up”: Basketball Culture at UIUC
Tamar Schwartzman
"That's So Gay": Language and UIUC Fraternities
GWS
476
Paper
Kellie Clinton
Illinois Fights Back: Hazing at the University of Illinois in the
Twentieth Century
HIST
498
Paper
Underappreciated Sports
MACS
199
Video
Niki Kolbe,
Lorenzo MarianiRoselle,
Anthony Martin,
Jeremy Wise,
Joe Walz,
Max Borushek,
Tyler Nikolich
5:45-6:00 Poster Session – UIUC under the Microscope
Stephanie DeLong
The Culture of Emotional Support Animals and Service Animals
on the University of Illinois Campus
HIST
391
Poster
Emma Lloyd
Soldiers and Syphilis: Venereal Disease and the University of
Illinois
HIST
498
Poster
5:45-6:20 Dinner Break: Pizza
6:20-7:00 Panel 4 – UIUC Student Traditions
Nicole Burg
Speak Up, Ladies!:
Illini Women Make Their Voices Heard, 1969-70
HIST
498
Paper
Farris Gosea
How Americans Approach College Courtship and how Intimacy has
Changed throughout the 20th Century
HIST
498
Paper
Jack Martin,
Mike Atkenson,
Alejandra Sanchez,
Erik Mudd,
Dan Lydon,
Sherzad Press
Sights and Sounds of Memorial Stadium
MACS
199
Video
Kefei Wu
How Students Pick Their Apartments: Factors and Analysis
ACE
471
Paper
HIST
498
Paper
7:05-7:45 Panel 5 – Challenges to the UIUC Status Quo
Rebecca Ellen
Purcell
The Stateside Soldiers: WAC (WATC), WASP, WAVES, 1942-1945
Stephanie Skora
Scandalous!: On the Discourse of Scandal and the Queer
Resistance of Students at UIUC
GWS
467
Paper
Miguel Suarez
Medina
Students’ Perceptions of Race Relations within the UIUC Gay
Community
GWS
467
Paper
Caitlin Gorman
Where it Started: The History of the Marching Illini and its
Female Members
HIST
498
Paper
7:50-8:30 Panel 6 – UIUC Student Gender and Role Performances
Joseph Porto
“An Intimate Revolution in Campus Life”? Gender Roles and their
Impact on Dorm Coedification: A University of Illinois Perspective
HIST
498
Paper
Marissa Halterman
A Queer Compass of Champaign Urbana
GWS
467
Paper
William Ringhofer
Oppressive Opportunity: Gender in Employment Inequity at the
University of Illinois
HIST
498
Paper
Sean Patrick
Open Illini: Coming Out and UIUC
GWS
467
Paper
8:30 EUI Closing Remarks – Karen Rodriguez’G, OUR Interim Director
EUI Fall 2015 Courses
Instructor
ACES 471: Consumer Economic Policy
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Mary Arends-Keunning
MACS 199: Documenting Sports
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
CL Cole
HIST 391: Oral History Methods
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Mireya Loza
HIST 498: Research & Writing Seminar
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Leslie Reagan
GWS 467: Locating Queer Culture
University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign
Siobhan Somerville