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April 23, 1992
Research on Women Conference features student presentations

     The Student Research on Women Conference, offered to recognize
student excellence in research, will be held from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
Thursday, April 30, in the Kirkwood Room of the Perkins Student
Center.
     Barbara Gates, acting director of the Women's Studies Program,
will begin the day-long program with a welcome address at 9:30 a.m.
     Presentations in the area of literature are scheduled from
9:45-10:25 a.m., with a discussion session at 10:35 a.m.

The presentations include:
     "George Sand's La Mare Au Diable: A Feminist Perspective" by Lynn
Plermo, graduate student, foreign languages and literatures, 9:45
a.m.;
     "Father Dearest: Epistolary Action in Evelina" by Gregory
Mallison, graduate student, English, 9:55 a.m.;
     "Public and Private Spheres in Paradise Lost: Exploring Milton's
Position Within Practical Tradition" by Laurie LoSasso, graduate
student, English, 10:05 a.m.;
     "What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been, or, a True History of
Oronoko" by Thomas Legendre, graduate student, English, 10:15 a.m.;
and
     "Idealizing the Idol: Late Victorian Superstition and Women in
Thomas Hardy's Novels" by Meghan Byrne, graduate student, English,
10:25 a.m.

     Political science topics will begin at 11 a.m. and continue until
the discussion period at 11:20.

The presentations include:
     "The Paradoxical Battered Woman Syndrome" by Dawn Browning,
political science, 11:00 a.m.;
     "The State of Delaware vs. Judith McBride" by Dawn Browning,
political science, 11:10 a.m.

     Psychology topics will begin at 12:15 p.m. and continue until the
discussion period at 12:35.

The presentations include:
     "Carved in Sand" by Julie M. Ferm, psychology, 12:15 p.m.;
     "Confirmatory Attribution Perpetuates Gender Bias" by Florence E.
Kirsch, psychology, graduate, 12:35 p.m.

     Sociology topics will begin at 12:50 p.m. and continue until the
discussion period at 1:30.

The presentations include:
     "Traditional Gender Role Differentiation in Homosexual
Relationships: An Investigation" by Christopher Swanson, sociology,
12:50 p.m.;
     "Girls Plus Math: Adding Teachers to the Problem" by Laura
Kenealy, sociology, 1:00 p.m.;
     "Why Is There A Lack of Female Coaches?" by Maureen Schreirer,
sociology, 1:10 p.m.;
     "Analysis of Robbery in the Light of Adler's Convergence
Hypothesis" by Sanja Kutnjak Ivkovich, criminology/sociology, 1:30
p.m.

     Education topics will begin at 1:50 p.m. and continue until the
discussion period at 2:10.

The presentations include:
     "Dr. Barbara J. Kelly" by Keila A. Whittington, physical
education, graduate, 1:50 p.m.;
     "Women's Ways of Knowing: Implications For Professional
Education" by Purvi H. Shah, education, graduate,       2 p.m.

     The history topics will begin at 2:25 p.m. and continue until the
discussion period at 3:05.

The presentations include:
     "Quaker Women Of The Newark And New Castle Meetings: 1680 To
1730" by Cindy Snyder, history, 2:25 p.m.;
     "The Theme OF The Artist's Mother in Rembrandt, Whistler, and
Warhol" by Martha Connelly Sullivan, art history, graduate student,
2:35 p.m.;
     "The Sugartown Story: A Study in Community, Commerce, and
Preservation" by Leslie Bashman, urban affairs and public policy,
graduate student, 2:45 p.m.;
     "'You Never Get Nothing By Being An Angel Child:' Emerging
Feminist Perspectives In The Classic Blues" by Pam Edwards, history,
graduate student, 2:55 p.m.

     The topics in literature will begin at 3:25 p.m. and continue
until the discussion period at 3;45.

The presentations include:
     "Mary E. Bradley Lane's Mizora : Can A Feminist Utopia Exist Only
At The Center Of The Earth?" by Laura Reisinger, English, 3:25 p.m.;
     "Jane Eyre : A Victorian Woman's Struggle With A 'Different
Voice'" by Alan Phillips, English, 3:35 p.m.
     A reception will follow the presentations at 4 p.m. in the Blue
and Gold room of the Perkins Student Center. At this time, the
graduate and undergraduate winners of the President's Award will be
announced.