Faculty News 2009
December
Jess Weinberg will present "An Ethnolinguistic Critique of Israel by Jewish and Palestinian Feminist Peace Activists in a panel co-organized with Char Ullman, called "Linguistic Citizenship: Ideologies of Language Practice and the End/s of the Nation" at the American Anthropological Association annual meetings in Philadelphia, PA, Dec. 2-6, 2009
November
Dr. Bond-Maupin will moderate a roundtable discussion on Nov 12 at 11-12:20 at the Conroy Honors Center in the common area that will include the following participants:
U.S. Senator Tom Udall Rep. Joni Gutierrez
La Clinica de Familia NMSU Department of Social Work's Family Violence Project
Women's Health Policy Advisor to New Mexico Giovanna Rossi (or designated
representative)
Director of Health and Human Services for Dona Ana County
La Casa - domestic violence shelter
Dr. Jonet will present "Revolutionary Assemblages: Riot Grrrl and the Making of Postmodern Feminist Culture," Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association, Boston, MA, November 2009.
Dr. Hamzeh will present a video lecture on "Neoliberal Challenges to Higher Education: The Case of Jordan Educational Reforms, the College of Education at Monash University, Australia. November 9th, 2009
October
Dr. Hamzeh will train with Dr. Tara Goldstein and Dr. Heather Sykes in the "Performed Ethnography" Workshop at the Ontario Institute of Educational Studies, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. October 22-23, 2009
Dr. Hamzeh will be a Visiting Professor at the Women and Gender Studies Institute of the University of Toronto. She will present a lecture-Interrogating the hijab discourse. October 22-23, 2009
Dr. Hamzeh will participate in a Great Conversations roundtable called, Behind the Veil: Women in Muslim-Arab Cultures. This event takes place on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces, NM from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Summer
Jess Weinberg presented an invited lecture called "Transgender Identity, Mental Health, and Justice," in Dr. Eve Adams' class, Psychology of Social Identities, NMSU, June 18, 2009.
Mary Benanti has been granted a Teaching Academy scholarship to attend Boot Camp for Professors. She will be at the camp from July 11 - July 18.
Sara McNie Flores published with Dr. Heather Oesterreich in The Journal of Correctional Education Volume 60 (2) June 2009, (146-162) "Learning to C: Visual Arts Education as Strengths Based Practice in Juvenile Correctional Facilities."
May
Dr. Jonet has been selected the Area Chair for European Popular Culture and Literature by the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association.
April
On April 30th the Women's Studies Program was presented with the Most Distinguished Department Award from the Teaching Academy. This award is based on the participation of faculty members in Teaching Academy programs and events. The WSP averaged 58 hours of training per person.
Dr. M. Catherine Jonet received a special Distinguished Member award for completing 103.25 hours of training in the Teaching Academy, which placed her among the top five Distinguished Members with the highest level of participation.
Dr. Manal Hamzeh presented "DeVeiling body stories: Muslim girls negotiate visual, spatial, and ethical hijabs" at the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference of 2009, at the Research on Women and Education Special Interest Group paper session "Research on Ethnicity and Religion: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives.
Mary Benanti presented "The Gender Gap: Myth or Reality" at the Western Social Science Association in Albuquerque, NM.
Dr. M. Catherine Jonet presented "'When I grow up': Mourning Melancholia in Lê Thi Diem Thúy's The Gangster We Are All Looking For" at the annual conference for the United States Association for Commonwealth Literatures and Languages Studies, hosted by Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. The theme of this year's convention was "Migration, Border, and the Nation-State."
Dr. Hamzeh and some of her students participated in Take Back the Night 2009. Dr. Hamzeh says that the event allowed her to speak on the connections and questions we need to address about violence against women and war/militarism
March
Mary Benanti spoke at the White Sands Missile Range March 12 for Women's History Month
Dr. Manal Hamzeh presented "DeVeiling body stories: Muslim girls negotiate visual, spatial, and ethical hijabs" at the 7th Annual International Conference of the International Association of Gender & Education in London, England in March. This conference's theme was "Gender: Regulation and Resistance in Education."
Jess Weinberg presented "'You can't recruit my womb': Palestinian and Jewish Feminist Peace Activists in Israel Re-Produce the Nation," a panel Weinberg co-organized with Char Ullman and Hinda Seif, called "Producing the Nation: Citizens, Non-Citizens, and Strategies of Belonging" at the Society for Applied Anthropology annual meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Mar 17-21, 2009
February
Dr. M. Catherine Jonet presented her paper, "To Be and To Have: Identification and Desire in Céline Sciamma's Naissance des pieuvres" at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Associaton/American Culture Association in Albuquerque, NM. She also chaired the panel.
