WGST
Graduate
Research
Symposium
Interdisciplinary Approaches to
Gender, Sexuality, and Violence
Friday, Nov. 13, 2015
12:00 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Rees-Jones Hall
12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Atrium
PANEL 4: DISCURSIVE VIOLENCE ROOM 112
OPENING REMARKS AND TRIOTA INDUCTIONS
“Like a Girl”
Victoria Long
12:35 – 1:35: Breakout Sessions
PANEL 1: DIALOGUE AND HOMILY ROOM 215
“Anatomy is NOT Destiny”
Winner Laws and Minister Carmarion Anderson
PANEL 2: DOCUMENTARY FILM AND DISCUSSION
ROOM 112
“After the Planting of Girls: Screening and Dialogue about
Female Genital Mutilation around the Globe”
Giban Farag
“The Weaponization of Whiteness, Masculinity, and
Christianity in Colonial Virginia”
Ron M. Serino
“Giving Bitch a New Meaning”
Kat Rodriguez
2:50-3:05: Short Story Reading Atrium
“The Trials of Helen”
William Abney
3:05 – 4:05: Breakout Sessions
1:35 – 1:50: Poster Presentation Atrium
PANEL 5: ECONOMIC VIOLENCE ROOM 215
“Strong Is the New Sexy”
Michelle McNamee
“Economic Exploitation of 21st Century Black Women”
Altheria Gatson
1:50 – 2:50: Breakout Sessions
PANEL 3: BODILY VIOLENCE ROOM 215
“‘Mind the Wage Gap’: Pay Discrepancies in Professional
Soccer”
Madeline Washington
“Killing Cozbi: Identity and Otherness in Numbers 25”
Jill Nelson
PANEL 6: SEXUAL VIOLENCE ROOM 112
“Sacred Violence, Sacred Bodies: A Girardian Analysis of
Violence among Women of Color”
Richard Thomas
“Dating Violence in Texas: Why the State Family Code
Obstructs Accurate Reporting about Sexual Assault”
Brennan Gardner Rivas
“Fresh Blood/Flesh, Blood: Blood as Medium in the
Performances of ORLAN”
Lola Clairmont
“Sexual Assault of College Women On and Off Campus”
Amie Kathryn Carlisle
"Vulnerability and Violence: Sex and Sexism"
Meagan Gacke
Director of Women and Gender Studies
Dr. Theresa Gaul
4:05 – 4:15: Break Atrium
4:15 – 5:00: Workshop
"Employing Theatrical Pedagogy as a Way to Enrich
Our Understandings of Others"
Angela Moore
WGST Research Award Winner
Graduate Assistant for Women and Gender Studies
Kassia Waggoner
Program Committee
Amanda Barnett
Kendra DeHart
Adam Nemmers
Christian Briones
Organizing Committee
Tim Ballingall
Claire Landes
Brady Winslow
Women and Gender Studies Contact Information
Website: wgst.tcu.edu
Email: wgst@tcu.edu