WGS Thanks Affiliated Faculty We would like to thank the following for teaching courses in Spring 2011 that gave credit toward the WGS minor: Mary Gerardy—Dean, Campus Life; 101: Window on Women’s and Gender Studies Ana Leon-Távora—Lecturer, Romance Languages; WGS 101: Window on Women’s and Gender Studies Stavroula Glezakos—Assistant Professor, Philosophy; WGS 240/PHI 379: Feminist Philosophy Earl Smith—Professor, Sociology and Director, American Ethnic Studies; AES 234: Ethnicity and Immigration SOC 347: Society, Culture and Sport Sandya Hewamanne—Assistant Professor, Anthropology; ANT 329: Feminist Anthropology Mary Pendergraft—Professor, Classical Languages; CLA 252: Women in Antiquity Meg Zulick—Associate Professor, Communication; COM 341: American Rhetorical Movements Since 1900 Charles Wilkins—Assistant Professor, History; HST 388: Nation, Faith, and Gender in the Middle East Phillip Batten—Professor, Psychology; PSY 265: Human Sexuality Ronald Neal—Visiting Assistant Professor, Religion; REL 112A&B: Religion, Culture, and Gender Jarrod Whitaker—Assistant Professor, Religion; REL 387: Priests, Warriors, and Ascetics in Ancient India Tanisha Ramachandran—Assistant Professor, Religion; REL 388: South Asian Women—Religion, Culture, and Politics Catherine Harnois—Assistant Professor, Sociology; SOC 305: Gender in Society Ana Wahl—Associate Professor, Sociology; SOC 359: Race and Ethnic Relations
WOMEN’S & GENDER STUDIES WELCOMES 15 NEW MINORS ! Dajarae Bacote ’13 Miranda Davis ’13
Lindey Campagne ’14
Amanda Finney ’13
Danielle Gallant ’13 Alexandra Hollifield ’13 Kim Sung ’12
Margaret Hinson ’13 Tiffany Jordan ’12 Alan Nieczyporuk ’13
Maryanne McGrath ’13 Chelsea Raab ’11
Sara Villaverde ’12 Catherine Yoh ’12
Kellsi Wallace ’12
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Interim Director (Continued from page 3) Coordinating Committee (SNCC)—one of whom was songwriter-activist-scholar Bernice Johnson Reagon—to celebrate and promote the publication of the anthology Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in SNCC. Members of the WFU community attended a song talk and lecture by Reagon at WSSU and a panel discussion with Reagon and three other SNCC veterans the following day at Salem College. In response to an invitation from the Women’s Fund of Winston-Salem, and in conjunction with the WFU Institute for Public Engagement, Mary DeShazer organized a panel discussion in the spring led by WFU colleagues in WGS (Sherri Clark and Ana Wahl) on the Women’s Fund report entitled “Through a Gender Lens: The Economic Security of Women and Girls in Forsyth County.” The discussion was open to the public and took place at the Community Café in downtown Winston-Salem. Faculty in WGS look forward to continued collaboration with this important community group. Many heartfelt thanks to Linda Mecum, Wanda Balzano, Anne Boyle, and Mary DeShazer for their guidance and support during my time as interim director in Spring 2011, as well as to Dean Jacque Fetrow, Associate Dean Randy Rogan, former Provost Jill Tiefenthaler and their staffs for their enduring support of WGS. To modify a familiar adage, running WGS takes a village, and WGS is one. Stay in touch, and I hope to see you around campus this fall.
Elizabeth Phillips Award for Best Essay Written in Women’s and Gender Studies This award pays tribute to the late Elizabeth Phillips, Professor Emerita of English, for her exceptional scholarly commitment to the advancement of women’s and gender studies.
Congratulations to the 2011 Award Recipient (Undergraduate) Caitlin Cheyenne Williams ’12 “Anna: A Story of Mothers, Daughters, Institutional Failures and Weapons of the Weak” Nominated by Dr. Sandya Hewamanne (Anthropology) ___________ Many thanks to the 2011 Elizabeth Phillips Award Committee: Catherine Harnois (Sociology), Chair Sherri Lawson Clark (WGS and American Ethnic Studies) Sandya Hewamanne (Anthropology) Ronald Neal (Religion)