Transforming Tradition
New Mexico Women's Studies Conference 2003
Dates: February 28th and March 1st, 2003
Place: New Mexico Tech Campus, Socorro, New Mexico
For more information, email women@nmt.edu
Featured Speaker:
Margaret Randall
Poet-activist Margaret Randall is the author of We, Coming Up For Air, Sandino's Daughters, and dozens of other books. Her forthcoming book is entitled When I Look Into the Mirror and See You.
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Here is a map showing how to navigate in Socorro. Also, locations for registration and sessions have been added to the schedule below.
You may download a pdf version of this map to print here!
Overview of Events:
Friday, February 28th – Registration beginning at 1 PM, optional afternoon tours of the Bosque del Apache, campus laboratories, SESSION I, Opening Reception, optional Calico Winds concert.
Saturday, March 1st – Registration beginning at 8:30 AM, Margaret Randall, SESSION II, lunch and Theatre of the Oppressed performance at the historic Garcia Opera House, SESSION III, SESSION IV, Closing Gathering.
Costs:
Registration (includes catered vegetarian lunch):
$40 – Regular
$15 – Student
$20 – Community member, not affiliated with a college or university(Optional) Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge tour:
$4 – Includes transportation and tour guide
(Optional) Tickets to the Calico Winds concert:
$10 each – This is a special discount price for conference attendees!
Schedule of Events:
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Day
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Time
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Event
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Location
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| Friday, February 28th | 1:00 – 6:00 | Registration | Macey Center lobby |
| 1:30 – 3:30 | Tour of Bosque del Apache | Macey Center lobby | |
| 2:30 – 3:30 | Tour of New Mexico Tech Laboratories | Macey Center lobby | |
| 3:45 – 5:00 | SESSION I | Jones Annex, first floor | |
| 5:15 – 6:00 | Welcome and reception | Macey Center lobby | |
| 6:00 – 7:15 | Dinner (on your own) | ||
| 7:30 – 9:00 | Calico Winds Concert | Macey Center auditorium | |
| Saturday, March 1st | 8:30 – Noon | Registration | Workman Center lobby |
| 8:55 – 10:00 | Keynote Speaker Margaret Randall | Workman Center 101 | |
| 10:15 – 11:30 | SESSION II | Jones Annex, first floor | |
| 11:45 – 1:45 | Lunch and Theatre Presentation | Lunch and Theatre (at Garcia Opera House) | |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | SESSION III | Jones Annex, first floor | |
| 3:15 – 4:30 | SESSION IV | Jones Annex, first floor | |
| 4:45 – 5:30 | Closing Gathering | Martha's Black Dog |
SESSION I: Friday, 3:45 – 5:00
Women Transforming Religion
Jones Annex, room 102
Janet Gaines - "The Transformation of Lilith"
Judy Romero-Oak - "Transforming religious traditions"
Lena McQuade - "A history of the Bat Mitzvah in New Mexico"
Reconceiving Class
Jones Annex, room 104
Cecily Jeser - "Class identification for women"
Melissa Fowler - "High heels and glass ceilings: Women's oppression through the welfare system"
Jammie Benton-Speyer - "Differential classroom socialization and the intersections of race, class, and gender"
SESSION II: Saturday, 10:15 – 11:30
Rewriting Rhetoric
Jones Annex, room 102
Maria Isabel Tun - "Postcolonial women in management: The problematic of agency & structure"
Tony Docan, Sara Mathis - "Transforming traditional public discourse: An examination of gaining voice, celebrating the ordinary, and promoting peace"
Marcella LaFever, Kate Enright - "The construction of the female in the climacteric advertising genre: Where are we after 100 years?"
Recovering Identity
Jones Annex, room 104
Karren Johnson - "Abandoned asylum"
Jordon Johnson - "Woman – who are you?
Dianna Simosko - "New constructs of Chicana identity"
Danielle Gutierrez - "Naming self: Laura Aguilar"
SESSION III: Saturday, 2:00 – 3:00
Panel: Gender, Science, and Engineering – Lisa Frehill, moderator
Jones Annex, room 102Panel: What's Next? Career Options for Women's Studies Graduates – Summer Little, moderator
Jones Annex, room 104Panel: La Virgen, La Llorona y la Madre: The Constructions of Chicana Identities – Adriana Nieto, moderator
Jones Annex, room 106
SESSION IV: Saturday, 3:15 – 4:30
Across Generations
Jones Annex, room 102
Sarah Field, Sue Field - "Mothers and daughters: Reproducing feminism"
Kate Lind, Hadar Dubowsky - "Communication between women"
Character, Author, Activist
Jones Annex, room 104
Vicky Medley - "Dark seductresses: The creation of ‘Darker Than You Think’"
Teresa Coronado - "The cult of sentiment: 'Our Nig' and genre subjugation"
Mary Ayala - "Women on the verge: Autoras Mexicanas cruzando fronteras"
Lodging:
Socorro is a small town, and most hotels are easily within a five-minute drive of campus. On-campus parking is free and ample. For a list of hotels and their phone numbers, please visit the Socorro Chamber of Commerce website. Three hotels frequently used by New Mexico Tech visitors are the Super 8, the Econo-Lodge, and the Holiday Inn Express.
Other important notes:
- Presenters, including panelists, are asked to register by February 1st.
- We will list available multimedia equipment (e.g. overhead projectors, Proxima projectors, etc.) on this website. If you are presenting and know now what equipment you will need, please let us know.
- If you need accommodations for a disability, please let us know by February 10th.
- More information will be posted at this site as it becomes available.
- You can email us at women@nmt.edu or call us at (505) 835-5445.
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