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News from St. Catherine University
Annual Center for Women Awards Celebration
April 25
Members of the ACTC community are invited to cele-
brate with us at the annual Abigail Quigley McCarthy
Center for Women Awards Celebration Thursday, April
25, 2012, 4:00-6:30 p.m. in Coeur de Catherine, Rauen-
horst Hall, St. Catherine University. We will recognize
the accomplishments of St. Kate’s undergraduate and
graduate students, faculty/staff, and alumnae who re-
ceive leadership, research, creative work, and women’s
studies writing awards. Refreshments will be served.
Contact the Center for Women with any questions at
(651)690-6783 or aqmcenterforwomen@stkate.edu.
Women’s Work:
The Role of Women in Sustainability
Environmental journalist and educator Simran Sethi
discussed the role of women in sustainable business and
development at the O’Shaughnessy March 13. Exploring
ways in which gender informs leadership, Sethi illumi-
nated examples of women at the forefront of business
models supporting financial, social and natural capital.
She also offered ideas for how these efforts can inspire
all of us to forge stronger communities and robust
economies.
ACTC Women’s Studies Program
Newsletter
The Spring 2013 ACTC Women’s Studies
Student Conference took place on Friday,
March 8 - International Women’s Day - in
the Anderson Student Center
at the University of St. Tho-
mas. Twenty-four students
from Augsburg College,
Hamline University, St. Cath-
erine University, and the Uni-
versity of St. Thomas met at
the St. Thomas Anderson
Student Center to share their
academic work on a variety
of interdisciplinary topics.
These students were sup-
ported by even more students,
family members, and faculty
who attended the conference.
Interdisciplinary panels included ―Electoral
Politics, Sexual Politics, and Coalition-
Building‖; ―Taking Feminism to the Stage‖;
Intersectionality and Identity‖; ―Gender in
Art and Literature‖; ―The Prison Industrial
Complex‖; ―Domination in Relationships,
Institutions, and Occupations‖; ―Women’s
Studies and/in the Community‖; and
―Activism and Performance.‖
Following the scholarship
presentations, ACTC
Women’s Studies Program
alumnae were invited to
dinner to talk with current
students about how their
Women’s Studies major or
minor has impacted their
career choices. All en-
joyed the interest-
ing conference keynote
lecture, ―Only Through
the Body: Reproductive
Justice and the Materialist
Turn,‖ given by Dr. Sarah
Combellick-Bidney, assistant professor of
Political Science and Women’s Studies, from
Augsburg College.
Congratulations to all our students and
their great work!
ACTC Women’s Studies Undergraduate Student Conference
Editor: Katie Jernigan, Hamline CLA ‘16 Spring 2013
Reconciling Bicultural Values: A
Study on Hmong-American Women,
Identity, and Education Graduating senior Mysee Chang, a
Women’s Studies major and Sociology
minor, presented the results of her senior
honors project, which included in-depth
interviews with Hmong-American
women who have earned baccalaureate
and advanced degrees.
Bag Lunch Discussion Series
Throughout the academic year, the
Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for
Women hosts the Women’s Studies
(WOST) and Critical Studies of Race
and Ethnicity (CRST) bag lunch discus-
sion series. The series brings together
faculty, students, staff, and community
members to discuss current research and
creative endeavors. Bag lunch discus-
sions are held from 12-1:30 p.m., in the
Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for
Women, Coeur de Catherine 230, St.
Paul campus.
Other St. Kate’s News
SCU Women’s Studies Program Di-
rector Sharon Doherty and Professor
Deep Shikha of Economics, Women’s
Studies, and Critical Studies of Race and
Ethnicity traveled to India in January to
continue a research project on women’s
leadership in rural villages in the Mewat
region. Shikha and Doherty interviewed
women and men who are serving as sar-
panches (an elected role comparable to
mayor in this country), and worked with
staff of an Indian nongovernmental or-
ganization, the Institute for Rural Re-
search and Development.
SCU Women’s Studies alumna Elissa
Johnson has been accepted into the Re-
search Track for the Master of Science
in Food Systems at the University of
Vermont. In addition to her academic
work in women’s studies and critical
studies of race and ethnicity, Elissa pre-
pared for this new interdisciplinary pro-
gram through her years of experience in
food co-ops and the local food move-
ment. She will begin her program in fall
2013. Congratulations, Elissa!
The Desire to be Whole:
Meditation on Dance, Pedagogy, and
Social Justice
Hui Wilcox, Associate Professor of
Sociology, Women's Studies and Critical
Studies of Race and Ethnicity, delivered
the annual Sister Ann Joachim Moore
Lecture at St. Catherine on January 29.
Entitled The Desire to be Whole: Medi-
tation on Dance, Pedagogy, and Social
Justice, the lecture focused on Professor
Wilcox’s integration of her teaching and
scholarship with her work as a dance
artist.
St. Catherine University News Continued
Minnesota Roller Girls
Dr. Liz Wilkinson (English and
Women’s Studies) organized a really
exciting event this spring, which the
UST Women’s Studies program was
happy to co-sponsor. On February 13,
seven of the Minnesota RollerGirls
spoke about their experiences as female
athletes and derby athletes – and talked
about roller derby as an act of third-
wave feminism. Their presentation was
interesting, engaging, and informative.
The Minnesota RollerGirls are part of
the Women’s Flat Track Derby Associa-
tion (WFTDA), a national governing
body for female-only, skater-owned, flat
-track roller derby leagues. The Minne-
sota RollerGirls league was founded by
the Donnelly sisters in August 2004 and
has grown from 6 original members to a
current roster of 80 skaters, as well as
referees, coaches, and countless volun-
teers. The Minnesota RollerGirls are
made up of four ―home teams‖ com-
prised of up to twenty active skaters
each. These are the Atomic Bombshells,
Dagger Dolls, Garda Belts, and Rockits.
Luann Dummer Center for Women
Grant Recipient and Women’s Studies
Reception The Luann Dummer Center for
Women is hosting a reception for their
2012-2013 grant recipients, along with
graduating Women’s Studies majors and
minors. Come celebrate the accomplish-
ments of our students on Friday, May 3
from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in the Center.
News from the University of St. Thomas
Gloria Steinem Visits Augsburg The 2013 Anne Pederson's Women's
Resource Center Koryne Horbal Lecture
featured feminist activist and writer Glo-
ria Steinem. On April 4, Steinem pre-
sented the lecture "The Essential Quality
Called Free-
dom" to a
full house at
the Hover-
sten Chapel.
Among her
many con-
tributions to
feminism,
Steinem has
worked
alongside
Jane Fonda
and Robin
Morgan to
co-found the Women's Media Center,
which works to amply the voices of
women in the media. She also helped to
found the Women's Action Alliance, the
National Women's Political Causus,
Voters for Choice, and Choice USA, and
was the founding president of the Ms.
Foundation for Women. Recently, her
life and work was the subject of the
2013 HBO documentary "Gloria: In Her
Own Words" and was one of the women
highlighted in the recent PBS documen-
tary "Makers: Women Who Make
America." At age 79, Steinem remains
an activist for social justice living by the
quote: "Without leaps of imagination, or
dreaming, we lose the excitement of
possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a
form of planning.
2013 Augsburg Courageous Woman
Awards On April 4, preceding the Anne Peder-
son's Women's Resource Center Koryne
Horbal Lecture, the Friends of the Anne
Pederson Women's Resource Center
awarded two Courageous Woman
Awards. The recipients this year were
Augsburg student Kristina Monje, who
was recognized for her work in the
StepUp program, and her work as presi-
dent of the Mindfulness for Students
campus organization, as well as her
work as associate editor of Murphy
Square, and her work as a community
advisor for Residence Life; and Bo Thao
-Urabe, co-founder of Viv Ncaug — an
organization she co-founded that ad-
dresses the issues of human trafficking,
sexual explotation, and prostitution —
who was recognized for this work as
well as her long history of working with
Hmong-Lao refugees and Hmong
Americans in the Cedar-Riverside com-
munity.
News from Augsburg College
Declaration of Sentiments Zine
In 1848 the Declaration of Sentiments,
modeled after the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, was signed at the Seneca Falls
Convention by 68 women and 32 men.
So why make a Zine for a document
from 1848? Well, it might surprise you
that some of the issues stated in the Dec-
laration of Sentiments are still being
fought by feminists today. Issues such as
the word ―woman‖ being absent from
the Declaration of Independence and
women making less money than men for
doing the same job are still problematic
roadblocks to women achieving equality
in America. Furthermore, even though
women and men are technically equal
under the law, women are still held to
different social standards than men. The
WRC created this Zine to serve as a re-
minder that many issues spelled out in
the Declaration of Sentiments are still
prevalent and worth fighting for today.
Volunteers at the WRC created their
own collages and illustrations to deco-
rate the pages of the Zine. See it here:
http://issuu.com/hamlinewrc/
docs/32pagefinalzine/1
FemRock a Huge Hit
To celebrate the end of Women’s His-
tory Month, the WRC hosted a concert
and fundraiser featuring female artists.
Many students who desperately needed a
break from studying for their midterm
exams came to the concert because they
heard it while they were working, and
college students rarely turn down an
opportunity for good music accompa-
nied by free pizza. The bands featured
were Brilliant Beast (Hamline student
and alum band), Strange Relations (up-
and-coming local band), and Mayda
(popular local female artist). The core
concept of FemRock was pay tribute to
female artists in a male dominated music
scene. Although female singers are quite
visible on the world’s stages, few female
instrumentalists are employed on a regu-
lar basis and even fewer women com-
posers have their music commissioned
for concerts, movies or films. It's impor-
tant to take the work of female musi-
cians seriously and to celebrate it be-
cause women are often discouraged from
getting involved in music, especially
when they want to create music rather
than singing or dancing. Many female
musicians in history have been forgotten
because they were not taken seriously
solely on the basis of gender.
https://www.facebook.com/
events/102918373233394/
News from Hamline University
Augsburg College
WST 201 Foundations in Women’s Studies HYBRID T, 6:00-9:30 WST 250 Global Perspectives on Gender and Sexuality T/TR 12:00-1:40
WST 485 Senior Seminar T, 6:00-9:30 AIS 320 American Indian Women T 6:00-9:30
SOC 265 Race, Class, and Gender T/TR, 12:00-1:40
SOC 231 Family Systems MWF 11:10-12:20
Hamline University BIOL 1150 Biology of Women MWF 10:20-11:20
LAB M 12:50-2:50 ENG 3570 Women’s Writing of the First World War MWF 10:20-11:20
LGST 3540 Family and Gender Issues in Law W 6:00-9:00
REL 3430 Feminist/Womanist Theologies M 6:30-9:30 SOC 1330 Women, Men, and Society MWF 10:20-11:20
SOC 5330 Sex and Sexuality: An American Perspective MWF 1:50-2:50 WSTD 1010 Foundations of Women’s Studies T/TR 2:30-4:00
WSTD 1500 Topics: Women and Popular Culture W 12:40-3:40
WSTD 3500 Topics: Engendering Justice W 6:00-9:00
St. Catherine University ARTH 1150 Ways of Seeing TR 1:30-3:10
BIOL 1120 Biology of Women MWF 12:15-1:20 LAB M 1:35-3:25 or F 1:35-3:25
COMM 1000 Introduction to Communication: Women and Social Change W 6:00-9:30
COMM 3070 Gender and Rhetoric M 6:00-9:30 COMM 3600 Leadership and the Art of Persuasion MWF 9:35-10:40
ECON 1120 Economics of Social Issues TR 8:00-9:40 ENGL 2450 Language in Society TR 9:55-11:35
ENGL 2290 Women and Literature: Fictional Female Detectives MWF 12:15-1:20
HIST 3560 Women in America to 1920 TR 1:30-3:10 HIST 3560 Women in Asia TR 9:55-11:35
INDI 2910 The Anatomy of Violence T 6:00-9:15 POSC 2994 Women and Globalization W 6:00-9:30
PSYC 3050 Psychology of Gender TR 9:55-11:35
SOCI 2150 Challenging Oppressions, Civic Engagement and Change M 6:00-9:30 SOCI 3210 Family, Identity, and Inequality TR 9:55-11:35
SOCI 3510 Sociology of Race and Ethnicity MW 2:55-4:35 WOST 2050 Foundations in Women’s Studies TR 3:25-5:00
WOST 3640 Feminist Theory TR 6-9:30
University of St. Thomas
BIOL 106 Women, Medicine and Biology TR 9:55-11:35 LAB T 1:30-3:30 or T 3:45-5:45
COJO 328 Communication of Race Class Gender W 6:00-9:00 ENGL 337 Native Literatures of Minnesota MWF 10:55-12:00
ENGL 341 Female Independence/Friendship TR 1:30-3:10
HIST 368 Women in the U.S. MWF 1:35-2:40 POLS 302 Women and Politics MWF 10:55-12:00
SOCI 353 Global Perspectives on Gender MW 1:35-3:10 THEO 429 Women & Christian Tradition MWF 1:35-2:40
THEO 431 Women in the Early Church TR 3:25-5:00
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