Conference program

10:00-11:15 Session A
A300, Buffalo Bayou
UHD Safe Zone (Invited Panel ) “I Am An Activist!”
Heather Sharp, Latrina Carter, John Franklin, Audrey Gulsby, and Alonzo Lee

10:00-11:15 Session B
A300, White Oak
Aimee Lewis (Philosophy) “Existentialism is a Feminism”
Zachary Tubbs (Interdisciplinary Studies) “Incidental Coincidence”
Jeffrey Lynn Baker (English, Sociology) "Deconstructing Gendered Characterizations"
Lindsay Ware (English) “Beauty Struggle”
Deandric Flores (Architecture) “Conflictual Areas in Marguerite Duras’ The Lover”

11:30-12:15 Session C
A300, Buffalo Bayou
Creative Writing Selections
Mojan Modaresi (English) “Remember the Lamb"
Sherry M. Thornburg (Professional Writing) “Idealism and Reality: Interdependence in Relationships”
Sherri Wilburn (English) “Of Walden and Womanhood: A Lyric Essay”

11:30-12:15 Session D
A300, White Oak
Jack Weisberger (English) "A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed"
April Turner (Interdisciplinary Studies) “Inadequate Racial Power”
Lydia Sims: “Orientalism as Fetish in Aziyadé and M. Butterfly”

12:15-1:00 BBQ Lunch
A300, Houston
Luncheon for presenters, moderators, and invited guests

1:00-2:15 Keynote Speaker
A300, White Oak
Qwo-Li Driskill
“521 Years: Colonization and Two-Spirit Resistance”

2:30-3:30 Session E: Achieving Empowerment, Independence, and Equal Rights
A300, Buffalo Bayou
Nath Pizzolatto (English) “Independent Woman: How Aphra Behn Addresses and Challenges Gender Roles in "The Rover"
Sean Curcio (Philosophy) “I See What You Did There: The Trickster Archetype Portrayed in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine”
Stevanna Daniel (Psychology) “Empowerment Among Black Women”
Ato Smith (Interdisciplinary Studies) “Equal Rights for all Genders”

2:30-3:30 Session F
A300, Houston
Creative Writing Selections
Victor Ancheta (Interdisciplinary Studies) “Pretty Jay and the Untouchable Virgin”
Tiera Carrington (Accounting, Pre-law) “Epitome of Defea”
Crystal R. Mouton (Sociology) “Think Again!”
Jeminah Krikland “The Pursuit of Happiness”

2:30-3:30 Session G
A300, White Oak
Stella Somarkis “Representations of Women in Religious Texts”
Rafeef AlSaedi “Hijab and Beyond: Veiling in the Koran”
Naima West “French Colonization and Unveiling in Algeria”
Alfonso Mondragon “The Struggle for Female Empowerment and Its Pitfalls”

4:00-5:00 Session H
A300, Buffalo Bayou
Casey Robinson (Sociology) “Female Attitudes and Behaviors Within the Casual Sex Culture of College Students”
Magdalena Hernandez (Psychology) and Ivana Alarcon (Psychology)
“A Motivational Approach: Differences Among Men and Women in Disordered Eating Behavior”

4:00-5:00 Session I
A300, Houston
Angelia Durden (Communications) “When Superman Wears a Skirt: Performing Gender and Sexuality”
Martha Hidalgo (Interdisciplinary Studies) “The Sources of Female Empowerment in Personal Relationships”
Ricky Kaiser (Psychology) “Gender Equality in the United States and Abroad”
Yolanda Green (Interdisciplinary Studies) “Gender Inequality in the Household and Work Place”

4:00-5:00 Session J
A300, White Oak
JoAnna Dyess (History), “Motherhood Training in Nazi Germany”
Lizz Mobley (English) “A Mother’s Love: Hester Swanne in By the Bog of Cats”
Karen Jennifer Marquez (English)“Faith and Religion According to Emily Dickinson”
Donnie A Lopez (English) “The Picture of Women in Three Modern Plays: Struggling Against the Status Quo”

5:30-6:30 Session L
A300, White Oak
Joanna Baker (English) “Cross-dressing on the Stage”
Carmen Hernández “Biased Representations of Gender in M. Butterfly”
Kelly Ellis (AR)“Transgender Issues in The Sand Child and M. Butterfly”
Julian K. Jordan (English) “The Powerful Perception of Gender and Sexuality in Literature”