The Ethnic and Gender Studies Institute has sponsored many presentations and keynote speakers in the past during out scholarship symposium hosted annually. The following are some of the past presentations and speakers that we’ve held in the past.
Presentations
“Auto-Biographies: Masculinity and Creativity in Off-Road Truck Culture” presented by Dr. Callie Clare, SHU Assistant Professor of Communications, November 2018
“Catherine of Siena: A Woman for Our Times” performed by Adrian Dominican Sister Nancy Murray, OP, March 2019, in celebration of Women’s History Month.
“Finding Your Roots: Tracing Family History,” presented Debra Middleton, member of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, February 2017.
“Healthy Relationships and Consent for College Students” presented by Kacey Long, MSW, University of Michigan Human Trafficking Institute, April 2017.
“Lead in Michigan: Race, Class, and the Governor’s Influence” presented by Heather Moody, SHU Associate Professor of Environmental Science, November 2016.
“Performing Gender: The Body as Abject and Object in the Art of Erin Zerbe” presented by Erin Zerbe, SHU Associate Professor of Art, April 2018.
“The Controversial Uncontroversial Topic: Using Preferred Names and Correct Pronouns in the Classroom” presented by Hillary Weiss, B.A. from Siena Heights University, M.A. from Bowling Green State University, and PhD student at Wayne State University, November 2017.
“The Limits and Requirements of Love and Compassion” presented by Barrett Emerick, Associate Professor of Philosophy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, January 2018.
Dr. Philathia Bolton, Associate Professor of English at The University of Akron, presented the talk “Race Literacy and the Bounds of Storytelling,” February 2021.
Jowana Burgan presented the talk “Women in Engineering”; Jowana is an engineering student and founder of The Girls Mechanic Team, September 2020.
Painting Campus Purple for Domestic Violence Awareness Month, October 2019: At four SHU home athletic events, the athletes warmed up in purple wristbands and we gave away purple wristbands and hair scrunchies to students. A representative from the Catherine Cobb Domestic Violence SafeHouse shared statistics and information about Domestic Violence and Dating Violence during halftime and at an information table.
Pastor Junia Joplin presented a talk entitled “The Three Graces of Transition,” November 2020.
Simon Fraser University Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Holly Anderson presented a talk entitled “Sports Team Names and Social Justice: Who Gets a Say?” October 2020.
Sponsored two screenings of the film RBG, on Ruth Bader Ginsburg, October 2018.
Past Keynote Speakers
Dr. Ann Larabee, Professor of English at Michigan State University – “Dissent and the First Amendment in the Twenty-First Century” – April 2015
Dr. Danielle McGuire, Associate Professor of History at Wayne State University – “The Power of the Past: History and the Art of Storytelling” – April 2016
Dr. Philip Deloria, Professor of History, American Culture, and Environment at the University of Michigan – “Box in the Basement: What an Unknown Artist Might Tell Us about History, Anthropology, Politics, Economics, Cognitive Science, and the Beginnings of the Interdisciplinary Enterprise in the United States” – April 2017
Dr. Celia Williamson, Professor of Social Work at the University of Toledo – “Advocating for the Common Good: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Combating Human Trafficking” – April 2018
Dr. Devan Stahl, Assistant Professor of Clinical Ethics at Michigan State University – “Re-creating the Medical Body through Art and the Humanities” – April 2019
Dr. Matthew Draud, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Biology at Siena Heights University – “The Art of Asking Questions and Designing Research as a Way of Knowing” – April 2020