Conference Program

2014 First Ever International Women’s Issues Conference (IWIC)

Morgridge International Reading Center, University of Central Florida

Friday, February 21, 2014

8:30- 9:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST and REGISTRATION

Lobby, Morgridge International Reading Center

9:00- 9:15 WELCOME

Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center

9:15-10:15 KEYNOTE

Susan Ricci, “Women’s Global Health”
Moderator: M.C. Santana, University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center “Women’s Global Health”

Worldwide, women face numerous challenges that interfere with their health and well being. Explorations of some of the biggest challenges they face include reproductive freedom, childbirth mortality, HIV/AIDS/STIs, no formal education, gender inequality and violence against them. The purpose is to bring about greater awareness, which leads to an improvement in their health status and well being.

10:30- 11:30

Session Title: Solutions looking for problems: Lives, careers, and finances
Moderator: Sheida Jahani, University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “Role of Education in Defining Lives of Women in Chitral, Pakistan: An Overview 1962-2013” Rakshinda Shah, University of South Florida
2. “Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child” Claudine Turner and Lauren Murray, University of Central Florida

Session Title: The slippery slope of newness: Gaining some; losing some
Moderator: Shiva Jahani, University of Central Florida and IPAC
Millenium Gallery, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “Why Haven’t Gender Quota Laws been Successful in Increasing Female Representation in the National Congress of Brazil?” Alex Wilson, University of Central Florida
2. “Making a global difference for women and girls: The World Academy for the Future of Women” Suzanne Martin, University of Central Florida
3. “The Empowerment of new immigrant mother through mental health literacy” Natalie D. Montgomery, University of Ottawa

11:30-1:20 LUNCH

2:00-4:00 UCF Women’s Authors table (Lobby) come and speak to the authors and perhaps buy a book or two!

1:30-2:30

Panel Title: The Power of Literacy: Women at Crossroads Learning to Harmonize the Disharmonious
Moderator: Rosa Cintrón, University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. Elsie Lindy Olan, Secondary Education, University of Central Florida
2. Paula Belló, TESOL, University of Central Florida
3. Nandita Gurjar, Elementary Education, University of Central Florida
5. Rosa Cintrón, Higher Education & Policy Studies, University of Central Florida

2:30-2:45 BREAK

2:45-3:45

Session Title: Bad or Just Badass?: (Mis)representing Powerful Women in Popular Culture
Moderator: Leandra Preston-Sidler, University of Central Florida
Millennium Gallery, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “Bad Bitches Never Hold Back”: A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of the Use of “Bad Bitch” in Hip Hop and Rap” Kasie Holmes, University of South Florida
2. “The Good Looking, the Bad Mannered and the Uppity: Cinema and the Problem of Depicting Powerful Women in Leadership Roles” Terryl Atkins, Thompson Rivers University, BC, Canada
3. “Why do Women Accept Badges? A Preliminary Review of the InfoLit Digital Badging Data”, Beth Nettles, University of Central Florida

2:45-3:45

Session Title: Framing living matters within the ossification of research
Moderator: Tom Owens, University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center 1.

1. “A Meta Analysis for Exploring the Diverse Causes and Effects of Adolescent Stress” Cameron Montgomery, University of Ottawa
2. “Study of Body Image, Nutrition, and Hygiene during the Turmeric Bathing Ceremony in Southern India” Akshaya Kannan, India
3. “Illustrations of Intersectionality in Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins” Shajobia Keys, Georgia State University
4. “When the Time is Right: Does the Length of Maternity Leave Affect Mother-to-infant Attachment and Infant Outcomes?” Nya Ittai, University of Central Florida

3:45-4:00 BREAK

4:00-5:00

Panel Title: Rethinking Motherhood:
Feminist Perspectives on Power, Knowledge and Meanings
Moderator: Joanna Mishtal, University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center 1.

1. “The Digital Spaces of Motherhood: The Politics of Home in Online Organizing” Meredith Tweed, Women’s Studies, University of Central Florida
2. “Motherhood and Mobilities: How Surrogacy is Redefining Women and Families” Jennifer Sandoval, Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida
3. “Motherhood Dilemmas: Declining Births as Reproductive Protest Logics?” Joanna Mishtal, Anthropology, University of Central Florida
4. “Childcare is Your Business: A Story about Mothering and Mentoring” Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés, English, University of Central Florida

4:00-5:00

Session Title: From human tactics to divine mandates
Moderator: Tom Owens, University of Central Florida
Millennium Gallery, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “H.O.P.E.: Helping Other People Excel” Donita Grissom, University of Central Florida
2. “Cultural and Dialogic Landscape: Female Portrait in the Book of True Love” Martha García, University of Central Florida
3. “An Analysis of Ephesians 5:21-33 – A Feminist Interpretation” Abigail Lynn Muldoon, DePaul University

5:00-6:30 Reception in honor of international participants. All are welcome!

Lobby, Morgridge International Reading Center

SATURDAY, February 22, 2014

8:30- 9:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST and REGISTRATION

Lobby, Morgridge International Reading Center

9:00-9:45 KEYNOTE

Kelvin Thompson, Center for Distributed Learning
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center
Moderator: Sheida Jahani, University of Central Florida

Feminist Technologies for Learning Online

Various forms of online education and a stream of ever-evolving networked tools are sociotechnical systems that may constitute learning opportunities with distinct affordances for women. In this session, specific technologies and social contexts will be considered in light of their positive benefits for women and their power to bring about gender equity/advantage. An emphasis will be placed on tools that are freely available via the web. Dialogue with other participants and personal application will be encouraged.

9:45- 10:45
National Science Foundation, STRIDE Grant- PLENARY SESSION Educating Colleagues about Inequality and Unconscious Bias

Yesim Darici, Suzanna Rose, and Pete Markowitz, Florida International University
Moderator: M. C. Santana, University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center

In this presentation, the implementation of a faculty STRIDE committee (Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence) at Florida International University will be described. This National Science Foundation funded project over a three year period has been successful at increasing the number of women faculty that have been hired in science and engineering. Portions of the STRIDE workshop will be presented in an interactive discussion-workshop format to illustrate its usefulness as a method to educate faculty colleagues about inequality and unconscious bias in hiring and promotion. Best practices for hiring and retaining a diverse faculty will also be explained.

10:45-11:00 BREAK

11:15-12:15

Is there such a thing as feminizing the non-gendered and inanimate? (Part 1)

Moderator: Elsie Olan, University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “Perceptions of Institutional Diversity among Academic STEM Faculty” Marla Parker and Eric W. Welch, Chicago University
2. “Women in Technology: Impact of Cultures, Countries and Migration across them” Neetu Jain, Hewlett Packard
3. “Hashtag Feminism: When Women of Color Have to Write 140 Character Tweets” Hazel Gedikli, University of Rhode Island
4. “Extent of Advantage Women NGO Activists Take from Internet and Its Effect on Social Capital and Efficiency of the Organization” Solmaz Sedghi Elherd (presented by MC Santana)

Panel Title: Women, Power & Politics: Between progress and stagnation (Part 1)
Moderator: Houman Sadri, Informational Policy Analysis Center and UCF
Millennium Gallery, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “Preparing Women with Leadership Skills to Cope with Disasters in the Post-Earthquake Bam (Iran)” Shiva Jahani, IPAC and University of Central Florida
2. “Gender Differences in Criminal Profiling Performance” Özlem Dirilen Gummus, IPAC & Yildirim Beyazit University.
3. “Women’s Progressive Climb into the Political Sector” Samantha DeBee, Canterbury School.

12:15-1:25 LUNCH

1:30-2:30

Session Title: Unmasking our de-humanizing reality
Moderator: M. C. Santana, University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “Female Genital Mutilation: Global Perspectives and Local Practices” Lynne Gayle, Georgia State University
2. “Say No to Male Chauvinism: A Utopian Dream of India” Arpita Sharma and Puja Kumari, India
3. “Reproductive Rights in Argentina: A Multicultural Look at the Evolution and Practice of Reproductive Choice” Samantha Heuwagen, University of South Florida
4. “Trends in Feminism in Contemporary Iran” Raheleh Dayerizadeh, University of South Florida

1:30-2:30

Session Title: Those who have ear ought to hear: The dark corners of experiences
Moderator: Özlem D. Gummus , IPAC & Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey.
Millennium Gallery, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “Sex Role Orientation and Hostile-Benevolent Sexism” Özlem Dirilen Gummus, IPAC & Yildirim Beyazit University.
2. “Japanese Women’s Suicidal Depression and the Invisible Power of ie” Kimiko Akita, University of Central Florida
3. “Political Empowerment of Women through Self Help movement: A study in Tamil Nadu, India” S. N. Geetha, Barani Sivakumar, Anna University, India
4. “Do Congresswomen Show Higher Support for “Women Issue” Bills Than Congressmen in the 111th Congress?” Alex Wilson, University of Central Florida

2:30-2:45 BREAK

2:45-3:45

Panel Title: Women, Power & Politics: Between progress and stagnation (Part 2)
Moderator: Houman Sadri, IPAC and University of Central Florida
Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center

1. “Women in Humanitarian Crises” Yara M. Asi, Ph.D. Candidate, COHPA, UCF.
2. “Global Conception Program & their Potential Impact on the US Teen Birth Rate” Anna Eskamani, MA Candidate, University of Central Florida.
3. “Women’s Economic Empowerment in MENA” Hanady Nabut, HIM, UCF Honors College, University of Central Florida

3:45-4:00 BREAK

4:00-4:45 CLOSING Ceremony

Global Communication Room, Morgridge International Reading Center

Electronic Proceedings of available full papers and Conference Abstracts can be found athttp://womensstudies.cah.ucf.edu/wic/wic.php