2024 Conference Program

12:00 pm - Lunch in A300: Houston Room

Panels in A300: White Oak

1:15 pm - Gender Differences, Feminist Approaches, and Spirituality

Moderator: Dr. Yajaira Ceciliano-Navarro, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Alma Herrera and Kimberly Murillo - Gender Differences in Living up to Gender Role Expectations or Not: A Qualitative Study

Meagan Fontenot - Androcentrism and Challenges from Feminist Approaches

Meagan Fitzpatrick – The “Squaw” Sachem of Pocasset: Developing English Characterizations of Weetamoo from 1651 to 1676

Olivia Tawa – Gender and Spirituality

Melissa Walden - The Significance of Women’s Representation in Clinical Trials

2:45 pm - Gender Roles, Performativity, and Coping Skills

Moderator: Nisreen Elsayegh, M.A., Lecturer of Psychology

Angel Paz – Ophelia: The Mad Woman

Rachel Blume – Blackwater Wolf

Lindsay Lajoie – How Stigma and Discrimination Affects LGBTQ Youths Mental Health and Coping Skills

Sha’Nice Baldwin - Impact of climate change on women’s lives

Sasha Smith – Onlyfans Detected: Opinion Rejected

4:15 pm - The Intersections of Race, Gender, Community, and Support

Moderator: Dr. Shahnjayla Connors, Assistant Professor of Health and Behavioral Science

Dania Estrada - The Urgency of Voting in Minority Communities: A Call to Action

Talina Brown – The Matriarch

Alexandria Soto – Just Be

Mateo Aragon Hernandez – One of Two and Two of One

Yasmeen Ammourah – Westernization vs. Liberation