American Studies Conference at Fairfield University
Saturday, March 19, 2016, 12:00pm - Saturday, March 19, 2016, 06:00pm

American Studies Conference
At Fairfield University

American Studies Conference 2016, Fairfield University

The 4th Annual American Studies Conference
Family, Sex, and Gender in American Culture

March 19, 2016
12-6 p.m. in the Kelley Center Presentation Room
REGISTER (Free and open to the public)

ART AS THE MIRROR OF THE “OTHER” 12:15 - 1:10 p.m.

Erik Novoa: “Bomarzo: Marketing Progressive Sexuality as a Cold War Strategy”
Molly Gregory: “You’re Under House Arrest: Serving Time in Suburbia—Women in 1950s America”
Chair: Dr. Peter L. Bayers, Associate Professor of English

“THE POLITICS OF GAY RIGHTS, FAITH, AND BLACK MASCULINITY” 1:20 - 2:25 p.m.

Stephan Shymansky and Kelsy Doheny: “San Francisco as the ‘Gay Mecca’”
Richard Burke: “From Godless Government to the Faith-Based State: the Failure of ‘Compassionate Conservatism”
Sherice Mitchell: “Obama:
A Paradox of Black Masculinity within the Presidency”
Chair: Dr. Anna Lawrence, Associate Professor of History and Co-Director, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program

“FAMILY TRANSFORMATION, CHANGE, LIBERATION?” 2:40 - 3:45 p.m.

Angela Sammarone: “The Liberation and Con nement of ‘Jezebel’: An Exploration of Sexuality by Black Female Youths in Toni Morrison’s Fiction”
Alexander Juliard: “Marriage, Is the Price Right?” Mary Kilsey: “Daddy Dearest”
Chair, Dr. Johanna Garvey, Associate Professor of English, Chair of the Program in Black Studies: Africa and The Diaspora

ROUNDTABLE: “THE POLITICS OF FAMILY, SEX, AND GENDER, AND WHAT IT MEANS—OR DOESN’T—FOR THE ELECTIONS OF 2016” 4 - 5:30 p.m.

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Dr. Gwendoline Alphonso, Assistant Professor of Politics
OPENING REMARKS
Mary Pat Healy, Director, Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition “The State of the Child”

Roundtable Participants:

  • Mr. Jonathan Rauch, guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and contributing editor of National Journal and The Atlantic
  • Rev. Matt Malone, S.J., editor-in-chief of America: The National Catholic Review
  • Dr. Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies and professor in the Government Department and Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Cornell University.

Panel moderator:
Dr. Gwendoline Alphonso, Assistant Professor of Politics at Fairfield University

Location 

Fairfield University (Kelley Center)
Kelley Center, Loyola Dr.
Fairfield, CT

Fairfield University: 1073 N Benson Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824

 

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