MURFREESBORO — MTSU
graduate students will share their views on the dual role of feminist and
researcher at the final Women’s and Gender Studies Research event of the spring
semester.
“Feminist Standpoint and Reflexive Thinking: Graduate
Student Research in Progress” is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday, April 17, in
the SunTrust Room (N127) of the Business and Aerospace Building.
The panel discussion is made up of recent students in the
Women’s and Gender Studies graduate certificate program. The program enables
scholars to acquire advanced training and expertise in feminist theory,
feminist methodology and fundamental issues in the field. Those enrolled must
complete nine credit hours of core requirements and nine credit hours of
electives.
Dr. Vicky MacLean, a professor of sociology and faculty adviser
to the program, will moderate the panel. The participants and their topics are:
- Shelley Maddox, December
2013 graduate, “Feminist Parenting: A Mother’s Auto-Ethnographic;”
- JaDee Carathers, planning
to graduate in May 2014, “Situating the Self in Reflective Practice: A
Methodological Meditation on Feminist Standpoint Epistemology in
Qualitative Interviewing on Maternal Sexuality and the Breastfeeding
Problematic;”
- Shaonta Allen, August 2013
graduate, “My Sister’s Keeper: Reflections on Black Sisterhood, Feminist
Consciousness and Sorority Life;”
- Felicia Brown, planning to
graduate in May 2014, “Multicultural Identities among Minority Women
Living in the U.S.: Toward a Transformative Knowledge.”
A discussion period involving attendees will follow the panelists’
presentations. This event is free and open to the public. A searchable campus
map with parking details is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap13-14.
For more information, contact Marie Harrell with the Women’s
and Gender Studies Program at 615-898-5910 or womenstu@mtsu.edu.
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