FALL 2002 RESEARCH ON WOMEN LECTURE SERIES

Issues and subjects ranging from health care and women prisoners to teen childbearing to the influence of writers such as Karolina Pavlova and Zora Neale Hurston will be explored in the Fall 2002 Research on Women Lecture Series.

The free public lectures will be held from 12:20-1:10 p.m., Wednesdays, from Sept. 4 through Dec. 4. All lectures take place in 103 Gore Hall, with the exception of the Oct. 9 talk, which will be held in Multipurpose Room A of the Trabant University Center. The series can be taken as a one-credit course in the Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Program.

Scheduled in September are:

"THE POWER OF MANY– SEEKING CHANGE THROUGH NON-VIOLENCE," with Rachel Grier-Reynolds, William Penn High School and Christiana Care Health Systems, Sept. 11;

"GIRLS IN COMPUTER SCIENCE: WHY SO FEW," with Lori Pollock, associate professor of Computer and Information Sciences, Sept. 18; and

"THE ORIGINS OF ASSISTANCE DURING CHILDBIRTH," with Danielle Holt, a student in anthropology, Sept. 25.

Talks in October include:

"WOMEN PRISONERS AND HEALTHCARE," with Tammy Anderson, assistant professor of sociology, Oct. 2;

"DATE-RAPE DRUGS–PERCEPTION VS. REALITY," with Christine Saum, associate scientist in the Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Oct. 9, in Multipurpose Room A, Trabant University Center;

"WHERE THE GIRLS AREN'T: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PROJECTS IN RURAL INDIA," with Carolyn Bitzer, a graduate student in the Center of Applied Demography and Survey Research, Oct. 16;

"WHAT'S HAPPENING TO TEEN CHILDBEARING–AND SHOULD WE CARE," with Saul Hoffman, professor of economics, Oct. 23, and

"ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S SERAPH ON THE SUWANEE AND COMPULSORY HETEROSEXUALITY," with Joyce Joyce, Women's Studies Program, Temple University, Oct. 30.

Scheduled in November are:

"KEEPIN' IT REAL: WOMEN TRANSFORMIN' THE WORLD WITH THEIR WORDS," with Carol Henderson, associate professor of English, Nov. 6;

"THE LIFE AND POETRY OF KAROLINA PAVLOVA (1807-1893)," with Alexander Lehrman, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, Nov. 13, and

"DEFYING THE 'SEXLESS' PERFORMANCE: CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN AT JUDSON DANCE THEATRE, 1962-64," with Erika Suffern, graduate student in art history, Nov. 20.

The series concludes Dec. 4 with "BEATRIX POTTER IN LATE-VICTORIAN LONDON," with Margaret Stetz, Women's Studies Program, Georgetown University and UD visiting professor of women's studies.

For additional information on the series, call 831-8784.