Oakland
University's Women's Studies Program is honored to
host this years Michigan
Women's Studies Association Conference April 1
and 2. Patricia Ireland will be the
special guest speaker at the Women's Studies Gala Dinner,
and will present
a lecture entitled Who
Needs Women's Studies? You Do! on April
1, 2005, 5:30 pm in Meadow
Brook Hall (campus
map). Dyann Logwood will present
the address, "Activate
Your Activism: Continuing the Struggle, Re-energizing
the Movement" as the keynote speaker
at Saturday's lunch, April 2 at 12 p.m. This
program is being sponsored by Sponsored
by Oakland
University's Women's Studies
Program and Michigan
Women's Hall of Fame.
Patricia Ireland is the most recognized face of feminism
in the United States today. Chosen one of Vanity Fair's
Most Influential Women in America in 1998, Ms. Ireland
is an upbeat and motivating speaker who captivates
her audience, challenges them to find their passion,
and motivates them to get involved in the issues of
the day.
Dyann
Logwood is an Ypsilanti, Michigan, native and the co-founder
of HUES. The daughter of a Pentecostal
preacher,
she brings her inherited public speaking talents to
numerous women's conferences. Dyann has spoken on issues
of race and gender at the National Women's Studies
Association, the YWCA and at other national forums.
She is currently teaching women's studies and African-American
studies at Eastern Michigan University.
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For additional information, see:
- General info about MWSA program
- Information
about the two speakers-- Patricia Ireland and Dyann
Logwood
- Michigan
Women's Studies Association web site
Articles about Patricia Ireland*:
- NOW Biography
- Conniff, Ruth (1999) An Interview with Patricia Ireland .
The Progressive. August 1999 6(8) p35 (free,
online version, some graphics omitted)
Articles about Women's Studies:
- Santovec, Mary Lou (2003). Women's
studies students learn 'What is feminism'? . Women in Higher Education 12(2): 26(1)
- Franklin, V.P. (2002). Hidden
in plain view: African American women, radical feminism, and
the origins of Women's
Studies programs, 1967-1974.
The Journal of African American History Fall 2002 p433(13)
- Mironesco, Monique (2004). How
do women's studies classes affect adult students? . Women in Higher Education13(9): 37(2)
- Thompson, Leah M. (2001). The
silencing of young womin's voices in women's studies. (Young
Women Feminists, Activists,
Grrrls). Canadian Woman Studies 20(4): 136(3)
- Stacey, Judith (2000). Is
Academic Feminism an Oxymoron? Signs
25(4): 1189
- Rooks , Noliwe (2000). Like
Canaries in the Mines: Black Women's Studies at the Millennium. Signs 25(4):
1209
- Laslett, Barbara, and Brenner, Johanna (2000). Twenty-First-Century
Academic Feminism in the United States: Utopian Visions
and Practical Actions. Signs 25(4): 1231
- Sommer, Vicki (2000). Men's
Studies and Women's Studies: Should They Be Wed? The Journal of Men's Studies
8(3): 395
Books at Kresge Library:
- Boxer, Marilyn J (1998). When
women ask the questions : creating women 's studies in America.
- Ireland, Patricia (1996). What
Women Want.
- Ireland, Patricia (2003). "Progress versus equality:
are we there yet?" in The
difference "difference" makes : women and leadership. Rhode,
Deborah (ed).
- MacNabb, Elizabeth et al (2001). Transforming
the disciplines : a women's studies primer.
- Sapiro, Virginia (2003). Women
in American society : an introduction to women's studies .
*Access to some full text
resources from off campus is limited to current Oakland students,
staff, and faculty. |