8:30 am-9:00 am: Conference Registration and Breakfast, Room 3580
9:00 am-9:30 am: Welcome-RM 2630
Dr. Kelly Winfrey (she/her), Director of WGS, ISU
Bella Hager (she/they), WGS Student Conference Intern, ISU
Jordan Mix (they/them), Opening Speaker, Educational Programming Director, Iowa Safe Schools
9:45 am -11:00 am: Session 1-Full Abstract
1A: Exploring Tradition, Queerness, and Spatial Imaginaries, Cardinal Room
Moderator: Dr. Clara Montague
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- Zahara Falsafi (she/her), “Consuming Qashqai dress, or local Iranian dress, in the 21 Century: Space, place, and meanings,” Iowa State University
- Sophia Strathearn (he/him), “Intersections of queerness and Mormonism student activism: Brigham Young University, the fashioned body, space, and place,” Iowa State University
- Hayley Carson (she/they), “The Quest for Queer Life Planning on Google Maps,” Grinnell College
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1B: Narratives of Resistance, Gold Room
Moderator: Dr. Wenqi Yang
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- Allison Moore (she/her), “Harriet Jacobs and Narrative Restraint: New Insights on an Old Work,” Grinnell College
- Isabelle Jacqmotte-Parks (she/they), “Spectacular and Grotesque: Queer Appearance in Bleak House,” Grinnell College
- Korryn Plantenberg (she/her), “The Ecosystem of the Home: The Domestic versus the Wild Spaces in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights,” University of Nebraska at Omaha
- Nicole Gorrell (she/her), “The Perpetuation of Madness in Wide Sargasso Sea,” Grinnell College
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1C: Critiquing Academia: Transnational Gender Studies, Queer Theory, and Agricultural Education, RM 2630
Moderator: Dr. Michele Schaal
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- Chikako Inoue, Mathilda Haddock, Yuzhe (Paul) Xu, “Racial Gender Studies: Beyond Eurocentrism,” Grinnell College
- Ekta Shaikh (she/her), “Innovative Pedagogies: Designing A Feminist Anthropology Class,” Grinelle College
- Kaley Mumma (she/her), “Internalized Sexism of Women in School-Based Agricultural Education,” Iowa State University
- Rowan Apland (he/they), “Hierarchies in Transnational Feminist and Queer Theory,” Iowa State University
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1D: Interrogating Queer Rights Advocacy in Politics, Business, and History, RM 3560
Moderator: Dr. Kelly Winfrey
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- Alex Klein (he/him), “Same-Sex Marriage, Judicial Retention, and Political Backlash: Symbolic Constructions of Love at the Heart of a Historic Iowan,” Iowa State University
- Zoe Jiran (she/her), “The Intersex Loophole in Anti-Trans Legislation,” Grinnell College
- Conrad Dahm (he/him), “A Critical Analysis of the Human Rights Campaign Company List,” Grinnell College
- Lauren Sather (they/them), “Fellow Travelers and The Lavender Scare: Constructing the Ideal Sexual Citizen,” Iowa State University
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11:15 am-12:30 pm: Session 2-Full Abstracts
2A: Global Conflict to Local Policy: Perspectives on Poverty, Conflict, and Accessibility, Cardinal Room
Moderator: Dr. Carrie Ann Johnson
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- Seraphim Allison, Ciaran Kelly, Mia Mote, Shantal Rincon, “Food Security on Iowa State Campus,” Iowa State University
- Kaylynn Dresch, Sydney Parizek, Danielle Sanders, Amani Taleb, “Food Accessibility in War Zones: A case study of Gaza,” Iowa State University
- Josalyn Benson, Breanna Kesler, Gretchen Schwager, “Accessibility and Effectiveness of Nutrition Programs in Iowa for Single Mothers and Children,” Iowa State University
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2B: Speaking Out: Feminist Reflections, Gold Room
Moderator: Christiana Langenberg
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- Elizabeth Jones (she/they), “Silenced Voices, Reclaiming Speech,” Iowa State University
- Maren Ronald (she/her), “Cathy Arellano’s “Lesbiana”: Decolonial Empowerment in Language,” Grinnell College
- Shannon Clendenen (she/her), “Breaking the Shackles of Domesticity: Exploring Cyclical Feminine Artistry in Sandra Cisneros’s The House on Mango Street,” Iowa State University
- Rowan Apland (he/they), “Now This is What I Call Service,” Iowa State University
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2C: Artistic Resistance: Queer Interpretations of Dominant Culture, RM 2630
Moderator: Dr. Leah Allen
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- Caitlin Moran (they/them), “Can I Get an Amen?: Religious Disidentification on RuPaul’s Drag Race,” Iowa State University
- Kristen Neumann (she/her), “Content Analysis of IVF Portrayals and Information Sharing: Influencer vs. REI Specialist on TikTok,” Iowa State University
- Madeline Thompson (any/all), “The Walrus and the Podcaster, Trans Figures in Tusk,” Grinnell College
- Sydney Casey (she/her), “And they were teammates: Exploring sapphic representation in Crush,” Iowa State University
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2D: Insights on Gender in Agriculture and Public Health, RM 3560
Moderator: Dr. Kelly Winfrey
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- Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky (she/her), “Gender Perspectives in Latine History in American Agriculture,” Iowa State University
- Phil Tyne (he/they),“The Garden as Pedagogy,” Grinnell College
- Rebecca Fox (she/her), “COVID-19’s Impact on Women in South Africa & Uganda,” Grinnell College
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12:30 pm-1:00 pm: Lunch, Pick-up in Room 3580
Lunch will be picked up in room 3580 at 12:30pm, folks can sit in 3580 or 3560
1:00 pm-2:00 pm: Keynote Speaker
Dr. Kelly Winfrey (she/her), Director of WGS, ISU
Rylee Foreman (they/them), WGS Student Conference Intern, ISU
Dr. Meggie Mapes (she/her), Associate Teaching Professor, University of Kansas
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- Keynote Address, “Beyond Bars: Interrogating Carceral Feminism and its Impact on Justice.”
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2:15 pm-3:30 pm: Session 3-Full Abstract
3A: Beyond Stereotypes: Masculinity in Visual, Literary, and Athletic Spaces, Cardinal Room
Moderator: Dr. Cassandra Collier
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- Kenaiya James (she/her), “Mass Incarceration and Masculinity: Public Health and Community-based Solutions,” Iowa State University
- Kian Witherspoon (they/them), “Black and in Queer Love: Pynk, Hood Masculinity, and the Aesthetics of the Genderqueer,” Grinnell College
- Ellis Deputy (he/him), ” Queer(ed) Male Voices in The Exterminating Angel (1962 & 2016): Francisco, Countertenors, and Constructing Normative Masculinity,” Iowa State University
- Haley Greer (she/her), “Basketball and Bodies: the Pressure to Perform Femininity in a Masculine-Dominated World of Sport,” Iowa State University
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3B: Cultural Liberation: Activism through Personhood, Art, and Theory, Gold Room
Moderator: Dr. Abby Dubisar
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- Elizabeth Martinez-Podolsky (she/her), ” An Introduction to Jewish Peoplehood and Discussion on the Impact on Jewish Women and Communities after October 7, 2023,” Iowa State University
- Marielle Macdonald (she/her), “The Interlockings of Theory and Practice,” Iowa State University
- Tianyu Zhang (she/her), “Compare and contrast: feminist activists in art,” Grinnell College
- Kaley Mumma (she/her), “The Personal IS Political,” Iowa State University
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3C: Analyzing Gendered Boundaries, RM 2630
Moderator: Dr. Alissa Stoehr
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- Saja Abd El Hai (she/her), “Symbols of Resistance: The Case of Abu Akleh,” University of Northern Iowa
- Carnycia Royce (she/her), “Gender Stereotyping in Typography,” Iowa State University
- Fynn Wadsworth (he/him), “MEAT BOX: An Artist Exploration of Horror, Girlhood, and the Trans Experience,” Central College
- Preston Martens (he/him), “The Role of Music in the Bisexual Chic Era of the 2000s,” Iowa State University
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