Accomplishments: Women's Council
Romeo Jackson (Student Diversity and Social Justice), Elizabeth Macdowell (Law), Emily Troshynski (Criminal Justice), and marriage and family therapist Jane Heenan facilitated a Social Justice Conversation on the topic "Gender Diversity and the Law."
Jennifer L. Rennels and Andrea J. Kayl (both Psychology) and their Sweden collaborators, Joshua Juvrud, Gustaf Gredeback, and Agneta Herlitz, recently published, "Attention During Visual Preference Tasks: Relation to Caregiving and Face Recognition" in Infancy. The research examined how having a female primary caregiver only versus…
Emily J. Salisbury (Criminal Justice) provided expert witness testimony this month to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights during its public briefing to evaluate civil rights of women in prison, including deprivations of women’s medical needs that may violate the constitutional requirement to provide adequate medical care for all prisoners;…
Micajah Daniels (Public Health) is the first recipient of the Audre Lorde Student Leadership Award, which was given out at the first Inaugural Black Carpet, the main event for Black History Month. This event was hosted by student diversity and social justice to celebrate Black Excellence, Black Love, and Black Joy. Audre Lorde was a black writer,…
Kevin Wright and Kayla Tanaid (both Student Diversity and Social Justice) published an article in the 40th edition of The Vermont Connection Student Affairs Journal. The topic was "The Intersection between Chickering's Theory and Generation Z Student of Color Activism." This year's theme for the journal is (Re)building,…
Claytee White (Libraries) received special recognition by having an award named in her honor at the first Inaugural Black Carpet, the main event for Black History Month. This event was hosted by Student Diversity and Social Justice to celebrate Black Excellence, Black Love, and Black Joy. The Claytee White Community Advocate Award …
Susan Byrne (World Languages and Cultures) has published a chapter titled "Constitutions" in A Cultural History of Law in the Early Modern Age, edited by Peter Goodrich of Cardozo School of Law, New York. The book is volume three of a six-volume set on law and culture, published by Bloomsbury Press this month. Byrne's chapter includes…
Erika Engstrom (Communication Studies) presented "Television's 'New Man' Persona: Nostalgia and Masculinity in ABC's 'The Goldbergs'" at the annual conference of the Far West Popular and American Culture Associations in Las Vegas. Engstrom examined how hegemonic masculinity and masculine communication styles are portrayed in the popular network…
Nancy Lough (Educational Psychology and Higher Education) was an invited speaker at the 2019 Inclusive Sport Summit hosted by the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her talk was titled "Awareness Leading to Action: The Impact of Women on the Evolution of Sport." She also moderated the panel "Beyond the Surface, Beyond Policies: The Underlying…
Nicole D. Jenkins (Sociology) published "Contested Identities: African Diaspora and Identity Making in a Hair Braiding Salon." in the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. She is a doctoral student.
Kevin Wright and Zainub Cementwala (both Student Diversity and Social Justice) served as panelists during a webinar that was co-sponsored by the Coalition for Multicultural Affairs and the Coalition for (Dis)Ability under the American College Personnel Association. The topic was "Finding Community: Narratives of Disability and Race."
Mary Whitehead (Student Diversity and Social Justice) and Eli Williams (Service Learning and Leadership) hosted a leadership lunch on the topic of Black Womxn and Leadership.