Women’s History Month – 2007

Tuesday, March 6 at 12:20 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge of Armitage Hall (3^rd floor)

“Modern Jewish Girls Talk Guilt”

Lauren Grodstein, Department of English faculty member and author of numerous works of fiction, will ‘talk guilt’ with her fellow contributors to The Modern Jewish Girl’s Guide to Guilt (Dutton, 2005), Baz Dreisinger and Elisa Albert. Lunch will be provided.

Thursday, March 8 at 4:30 p.m. in Law School 206

“The Sea Captain’s Wife: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Woman in the Nineteenth Century”

In honor of International Women’s Day and the department of history’s induction of honor students into Phi Alpha Theta, Martha Hodes, professor of history at New York University, will be reading from and discussing her recent book, The Sea Captain’s Wife: A True Story about Love, Race, and War in the Nineteenth Century (W.W. Norton, 2006). A reception sponsored by the department of history will follow the talk and induction.

Wednesday, March 21 at 12 noon in the Faculty Lounge of Armitage Hall (3^rd floor)

“How different is ‘different’?”

Professor Nicole Else-Quest of Villanova University’s department of psychology will consider how we make sense of gender differences and similarities. Lunch will be provided.

Tuesday, March 27 at 12:20 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge of Armitage Hall (3^rd floor)

“Changing Places, Changing Faces: Latina Administrators and Inclusive Governance”

Christine Thurlow Brenner from our department of public policy and administration, and editor of Dígame! Policy and Politics on the Texas Border (Kendall Hunt, 2003), will examine the role and impact of Latinas serving in local government in United States communities that are undergoing rapid demographic shifts. Lunch will be provided.