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Keynote

Session I

Session II

Session III

Reception and Poster Session

Dinner and Theater

Presenter Bios

Registration

Directions

For more information, contact Kathleen Carot at kcarot@oakton.edu or 847.376.7061.

Oakton Students
Thanks to generous support form the BSA, the $15 fee will be waived for students who register in advance. Students must complete a simple form and return it with their completed registration. Forms are available from the Student Activities Office, Room 1430 (Des Plaines) or A160 (Skokie); Bea Cornelissen, Office of College Advancement, Room 1144 (Des Plaines), 847.635.1812; or Kathleen Carot, Room 2739 (Des Plaines), 847.376.7061.

Oakton’s Women’s and Gender Studies program is partially funded by the Board of Student Affairs and the Oakton Educational Foundation.

The Women’s and Gender Studies Steering Committee
Amy Blumenthal
Kathleen Carot, WGS Coordinator
Bea Cornelissen
Anna Cuomo-Paul
Carlee Drummer
Tracy Fulce
Hollace Graff
Roxann Marshburn
Donna Ryan
Marguerite Solari
Marian Staats
Sherrill Weaver

Contemporary Feminist Writers: The Chicago School
Ann Christophersen, co-founder of Women and Children First bookstore, hosts a panel featuring writers Kalisha Buckhanon, Achy Obejas, Sara Paretsky, and Peggy Shinner, as they discuss their work as it relates to the contemporary feminist literary scene.

Simultaneous Visibility and Invisibility of Feminist Performance Art in Chicago, Pt. 1
Performance artists Maria Gaspar, Ginny Sykes, and Ni’Ja Whitson perform examples of their current work in the first part of this special two-session panel.