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Spring 2022

Texas Conference on Feminist Sociology

The University of Texas at Austin
March 25, 2022
9am-5pm
RLP 1.302B
This conference brings together alumnae and current graduate students in The University of Texas at Austin Department of Sociology.  There are two goals of the conference: 

  • To collectively reflect on the loss of our colleague Sinikka Elliott, who died unexpectedly in May of this year, and to celebrate her legacy.
  • To recognize her contributions and connections to an institution tentatively called The Texas School of Feminist Sociology.

The conference will feature three main sessions: The first session is composed of those who knew Sinikka, worked with her, and/or engage with her work; the second session showcases the careers of the first generation of Texas feminist sociologists; and the final session highlights the experiences of the first participants in Fem(me) Sem and the Ethno Lab. The sessions will be book-ended with reflections from the faculty with close connections to Sinikka and who have contributed to building feminist sociology at Texas. Everybody is invited to attend.

Panelists:
Christine Williams
Sharmila Rudrappa
Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez
Gretchen Webber
Julie Reid
Kate Averett
Kristen Schilt
Ada Cheng
Dana Britton
Patti Giuffre
Kirsten Dellinger
Rana Emerson
Patricia Richards
Anima Adjepong
Shantel Buggs
Erika Grajeda
Kristine Kilanski
Shannon Malone Gonzalez
Pamela Neumann
Katherine Sobering
Samantha Simon
Angela Stroud

Fall 2021

Book Salon: Christine Williams' Gaslighted
December 1, 2021, 12 pm CT (Zoom)

Fall 2020

Fem(me) Sem meets biweekly (Mondays from 1:30-2:30) via Zoom to discuss graduate students’ works in progress.  Presenters will circulate their materials approximately one week before the meeting. 

Sep. 21: Jamie
Oct. 5: Monica
Oct. 19: Michelle
Nov. 2: Gwen
Nov. 16: Upasana
Nov. 30: Faith

Spring 2019

Below is the schedule for Fem(me) Sem this semester. We are scheduled to meet approximately twice a month, at 10 am on Fridays, in the Ethno Lab. If you are presenting and would like to circulate materials, please remember to do so about a week ahead of time. If you would like to get on the schedule, or if there are additional professionalization workshops you'd like to see, please let Abby Weitzman know.

Feb 8: Professionalization: writing manuscript cover letters
Feb 22: Upasana – research proposal for summer project
Mar 1: Professionalization: workshop CVs (bring yours)
Mar 15: Erika
Apr 5: Jamie – dissertation proposal
Apr 19: Elizabeth
May 3: Jess - manuscript for peer review

  • 2018

    Fall 2018

    Fem(me) Sem meets biweekly (Tuesdays from 9:30-10:45am) in the conference room of the Ethnography Lab on the third floor of RLP.
    Sep 18: Thatcher and Katie R
    Oct 2: Lilla and Shannon
    Oct 4: Ada Cheng - "Composing Ethnographic Narratives" (workshop for graduate students, Ethnography Lab conference room, 5pm)
    Oct 5: Ada Cheng - "Breaking Rules, Broken Hearts: Loving Across Borders" (performance, RLP 1.106, 3pm)
    Oct 23: Erika and Jess
    Nov 6: Elizabeth and Patrick
    Nov 20: Jamie O and Kathleen

    Spring 2018

    Fem(me) Sem meets every other Friday from 1-2:30 pm in the conference room of the Ethnography Lab on the third floor of CLA.

    Feb 16: Flash presentations with Kathleen
    Mar 2: Council on Contemporary Families conference in Austin: contemporaryfamilies.org/2018-ccf-conference
    Mar 21: Mini-fem(me)sems for graduate recruiting
    Mar 22: Amy Stone, "The Hottest Ticket in Town is a Queer Ball: On Being Valued and Wanted in the South," 12-1:30
    Mar 23: Sam and Jess
    Mar 30: Erika and Abby
    Apr 20: Jamie and Patrick
    May 4: Katie and Beth

  • 2017

    Fall 2017

    Fem(me) Sem meets every other Tuesday from 1-2:30 pm in the conference room of the Ethnography Lab on the third floor of CLA.

    September 5: Organizational meeting
    September 8: Adia Harvey Wingfield - "The Post-Racial Workplace: Black Health Care Professionals in the New Economy" (CLA 1.302E)
    September 19: Shannon
    October 3: Jess and Beth
    October 17: Patrick and Ruijie
    October 31: Céline Bessière - "Doing Wealth Inequality in the Family: Sexist Accountings" (CLA 1.302D)
    November 7: Katie and Erika
    November 14: Jamie and Molly
    November 28: Felipe and Kathleen

    Spring 2017

    Conference: The Gender of Ethnography and the Ethnography of Gender

    April 3

    Presented by the Feminist Ethnography Project of the Urban Ethnography Lab
    Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin

    Conference Schedule

    This one-day conference will bring together a group of distinguished feminist sociologists to discuss their ethnographic work as it relates to the study of gender.  They will address a variety of topics about their research, including:

    • Using feminist theory to guide the selection of research topics and methods
    • Being a feminist in the field
    • Objectivity and feminism
    • Embodiment, access, and emotional labor in the field
    • The relationship between feminist research and feminist activism

    At the conference, invited guests and UT faculty members will be asked to reflect on these and additional questions related to their ethnographic research projects. The goal of the conference is to promote a conversation between graduate students and experienced researchers on feminist perspectives in ethnography and how ethnographic research can promote feminist social change.

    Invited Guests:
    Jane Collins, University of Wisconsin, Madison
    Patti Giuffre, Texas State University, San Marcos
    Sanyu Mojola, University of Colorado, Boulder
    Rhacel Parreñas, University of Southern California
    Patricia Richards, University of Georgia

    UT Graduate Student Organizers:
    Shannon Malone, Vrinda Marwah, Ruijie Peng, Beth Prosnitz, Katie Rogers

    Contact: Christine Williams, University of Texas at Austin, cwilliams@austin.utexas.edu

    April 13: Megan Reid - "Nonacademic Careers for Gender and Poverty Scholars"

  • 2016

    Fall 2016

    Fem(me) Sem meets every other Thursday from 2-3:30 pm in the conference room of the Ethnography Lab on the third floor of CLA.

    Sep 1: Organizational meeting
    Sep 15: Sam and Jamie
    Sep 29: Ruijie and Kathy
    Oct 13: Beth C and Shantel
    Oct 17: Angela Stroud talk
    Oct 27: Vrinda and Beth P
    Nov 10: Cait and Thatcher
    Dec 1: Katie and Shannon

    Spring 2016

    Fem(me) Sem meets every other Tuesday at 2 pm in the conference room of the Ethnography Lab on the third floor of CLA.

    Jan 26: Organizational meeting
    Feb 1: Tom Waidzunas talk
    Feb 9: Anima and Katie S
    Feb 23: Shantel and Beth C
    Mar 8: Sam and Jessica
    Mar 29: Kara and Emily
    Apr 1: Queer Methods Symposium - schedule, slideshow clip of event
    Apr 12: Kathy and Anna
    May 10: ASA practice talks

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