Women’s Studies and Resource Center

Portfolio 2013-2014

The Women’s Studies and Resource Center engages an

interdisciplinary community of scholars, students and

advocates working in gender, sexuality and Women’s

Studies. The Center promotes gender equality, both

locally and globally, through research support,

programming, an academic minor, and community

engagement. Finally, the Center provides physical space

for gathering, resources, and referrals for the UNCW

and Wilmington communities.

Our Mission

Dr. Michelle Scatton-Tessier

Director

Associate Professor of French

Peggy Styes Administrative Assistant

services WSRC and LGBTQIA Resource Office

Katja Huru Graduate Assistant Program Coordinator

Amy Ballard, Gretchen Gara, and Rachel Gentry Work-study Staff

Our Staff

WSRC

Advisory Board

2013-2014 Initiatives include: Post-baccalaureate certificate SEWSA 2014 Conference WSRC Space Proposal

Jacqueline Lang Richmond,

President

Gender Gap Bake-sale, The Vagina Monologues

Hollaback! with Emily May, Street Harassment Prevention Workshop

High Impact Event

A UNCW Tradition in its 13th year

Student directed, student organized

VM2014

479 in attendance: 211 non-students, 40 non-

UNCW students, 228 UNCW students.

Total benefit:

V-Day $424.00

Carousel Center $381.64

Rape Crisis Center $3434.79

High Impact Event

Leadership Lecture Series

Burney Center Sold Out

High Impact Event

•

Partnered on

2014 MLK Celebration

High Impact Event

Nikki Finney, lecture, Q&A and

book signing, partnered across

campus and with the Buckner

Lecture Series. 350+ attended.

Women’s and Gender Studies

academic program

College of Arts & Sciences

• 33 affiliated faculty in 15 linked departments crossing

colleges and schools

• 10-12 400-level DIS’s and Internships per year

• 8-12 courses as University Studies

• Over 30 interdisciplinary courses

• 20-25 active WGS minors

• Summer core and interdisciplinary classes

• Over 35 co-curricular programs led or partnered

Our Program

National Honor Society

UNCW chapter

Beta Nu

AAUW-Wilmington

Scholarship Gathering

Sending a UNCW

woman student to

annual leadership

conference, NCCWSL

Established to honor the work of the WSRC founder,

who lost her fight against breast cancer on August 22,

2008. The scholarship is awarded annually to a

continuing honor student who has declared a minor in

WGS.

The Elizabeth “Betsy” Ervin

Women’s and Gender Studies

Scholarship

October Gathering

for Betsy Ervin Scholarship

Raised $1,800 in celebrating

Betsy’s legacy, in one-time funds

and in continual contributions

provides interdisciplinary perspectives on the study of women, gender, and sexuality. Students examine the status of women from a variety of historical, cultural,

and theoretical perspectives; the construction of female identity; patterns and consequences of discrimination as experienced by women; the

influence of social institutions on women; and the development of organized women’s social

movements.

Women’s and Gender Studies Minor

Students who minor in WGS will be able to: • effectively articulate the roles gender plays in different cultural contexts

• analyze women’s participation in, contribution to, and transformation of areas of social life including culture, society, politics, economy and religion

• develop strategies for reducing prejudice and stereotyping of women and minorities

Student Learning Outcomes

• 10 CAS approved local internship sites

• WGS minors completing a min. of 225 internship hours per semester

• Critical reflection journals

• Résumé review with academic advisor

• $1,000 QEP awarded in summer 2013

Initiatives

Recent Affiliated Faculty

Dr. Victor Malo

English

Dr. Donyell L. Roseboro

Education

Jamie Pond,

Women’s and Gender

Studies

The Janet Mason Ellerby Women’s and

Gender Studies Scholarly Award Recognizes Dr. Ellerby’s significant contributions to feminist scholarship and activism.

The award takes two forms which will alternate annually: one for distinguished

scholars and one for emerging scholars.

The selection process takes into consideration: the mentoring of students; project/

program mentoring; promoting and educating the university community and the public

about women’s issues; curriculum changes and impact; service to the university, the

community, and the profession with respect to advancing women’s issues; and public

scholarship.

Dr. Lisa Pollard

2011 recipient

Dr. Julie-Ann Scott

2012 recipient

Dr. Barbara Waxman

2013 recipient

Dr. Janet Mason

Ellerby

Dr. Chadwick Roberts

2014 recipient

Workshops

Sponsored by American Association of University Women

Annual workshop, limited to 25-30 participants, AAUW awarded at $1,200

National 11am-4pm workshop

Awarded by AAUW

In its 5th year at UNCW

Led by AAUW- appointed DC

specialist

Local public speakers

Includes student workbook and

networking reception

High Impact Event

Awareness and Fund Raiser for

Rape Crisis Center of Coastal

Horizons Center, Inc.

Over 200 participants

Multiple partners and Sponsors

Raised over $6,000

UN Walk

Co-organized by WGS

student, Brooke Gibson,

for WGS internship

credit

WSRC students and

affiliates provided more

than 1,069 hours of

community service for

an economic impact of

almost $12,000

WILD

Annual educational festival

with local non-profits

Where’s My Midwife?

and Women in the Center

Panel, art exhibit, and

downtown screening of

documentary

Collaboration with Centro

Hispano, LGBTQIA and FLL

Collaboration with Centro

Hispano and UNCW

Departments

The BIG Read: The Things

They Carried

Randall Library & NHC

Public Libraries partnered,

WGS panel discussion on

women nurses in the

Vietnam War

Annual March programming

with campus and community

Informed Discussions on

Women’s issues and lives

Southeastern

Women’s

Studies

Association

Conference

UNCW’s WSRC-hosted 27-29 March 2014

• Keynote Public lecture with Nikky Finney

• Art exhibit, Lectures, Film Events

• Over 320 participants

• Workshops

• Community-Partner Panels

• Student research presentations (undergrad and graduate)

• CV Clinic for Graduate Students

• Collaboration with UNCW’s Palaver journal

Jude Sotherlund: “The Glass Ceiling: Myth or Reality”

Seminar and Q&A

Collaboration with

funding from the College

of Arts & Sciences,

Office of International

Programs, Foreign

Languages and

Literatures, and Film

Studies.

Randall Library Display Celebrating

Women’s History Month, March 2014

Mending:

New Uses for Old

Traditions Art Exhibit, Dance, and Gathering

Documentary screening and

discussion with director.

Collaboration across

campus to discuss

documentary, activism

through film and

international issues.

WSSA-led Event

Students wrote grants, led

contract negotiations, and

organized campus visit

Annual student and faculty

recognition

Student activism award

WGS minor recognition

Faculty scholarship award

WGS honor society induction

Showcasing UNCW Faculty Research

through Free Public Lectures

Faculty Expertise and

Research

Faculty New

Publications Pat Lerch

Faculty Works in Progress

Faculty Share Research:

Dr. Lisa Pollard, HST-WGS

J. Siedlewicz (from left), J. Stillwagon, C. Davis, M. Koppenhafer and J. Fellerath attend a class taught by UNCW Professor Lisa Pollard during UNCW’s College Day on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. Star News.

College Day 2013

Director’s Initiatives

• Coordinating the WGS minor

• Advising WGS minors

• Strengthening the minor and course

offerings

• Mentoring faculty & students

• Aiding students to present research with

CSURF funds

• Created faculty travel awards

• 1, 3 and 5-year vision statement

• Annual grant writing

• Securing AAUW awards and donations annually

• Secured $10,000 from private donor for Speaker Series on “Women in Global Conflict”

• Initiated recent WGS senior-gift initiative

• Attending professional development

workshops

• Reviewing others’ research and

publishing reviews

• Presenting research at conferences

• Submitting research for publications

• Women in Global Conflict and Leadership – Donor Lecture Series

• Women in Early-Christianity lecture

• $tart $mart student workshop

• Dr. Olga Trokhimenko book talk

• Dr. Meghan Sweeney research discussion

• College Day with Dr. Maria Cami-Vela

• The Vagina Monologues, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes

• Women’s History Month Events

AY2014-2015