Vol. 17, No. 29	April 30, 1998

Student research

The Geis Student Research On Women Conference, a program to provide recognition of student excellence in research, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 7, in Rooms 209/211 Trabant University Center.

After a welcome by Beth Haslett, Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Program, the section on social issues, presented by students in the undergraduate division will begin. A 5-minute discussion will follow each 15-minute presentation.

The following schedule includes the name of each presentation, the student presenter/researcher and his or her department:

• "'Women Shall Be Especially Protected': Mass Rape in Bosnia, 1991-1995," Beth H. Steinberg, women's studies, 8:45 a.m.,

• "Dealing with the Unknown: A Search for the Cause of Musculoskeletal Pain in Women," Jocelyn Trachtenberg, women's studies, 9:05 a.m.,

• "Are Women Still Invisible as Leaders: Porter, Geis, Jennings (1983) revisited," Lisa R. Jay, psychology, 9:25 a.m.,

• "Women and AIDS in Africa," Megan McNamara, public health, 9:45 a.m.,

• "Women and Feminist Art Therapy," Beth Uzwiak, women's studies, 10:05 a.m.,

• "Contemporary Usage of Euphemisms As Opposed to Foul Language by University of Delaware Students," Meghan McInnis, linguistics, 10:25 a.m.,

• "'Beating the Odds': Latina Professional Women," Chiara Sabina, women's studies, 10:45 a.m., and

• "Female Circumcision: The Cultural Issues Behind the Procedure," Danita I. Samuel Ellis, individual and family studies,11:05 a.m.

• "Sex, Sin, Suicide and the Hollywood Extra During the Interwar Years," Katie E. Nopper, history, 11:50 a.m.,

• "Defining a Woman's Identity: How Physical Appearance in African-American Women's Literature Affects a Woman's View of her Own Self-Worth," Sarah E. Davis, English, 12:10 p.m.

• "Transforming the Woman Warrior: The Impact of an Enduring Myth on the Identity Politics of Chinese-American Women," Jocelyn Trachtenberg, English, 12:30 p.m.

• "Women Together and Apart: Comparing White and African-American Women's Clubs," Melanie Stenquist, history, 12:50 p.m., and

• "The Effects of Editing on the Journal of Emily Shore," Melissa Joarder, English, 1:10 p.m.

• "Deviance and Suicide: Socialization and Gendered Action," Catie Brooks, sociology, 1:30 p.m.,

• "A Pilot Study-Drinking Styles and Body Image: A Theoretical Perspective of Doing Gender Through Alcohol Consumption in a College Population," Robert L. Peralta, sociology, 1:50 p.m., and

• "Authoring Science: A Study of the Gendered Nature of Science Through Preservice Elementary Teachers' Autobiographical Writings," William J. Letts IV, education, 2:10 p.m.

• "A Changing Landscape: Women in Jerome Thompson's Views of Mount Mansfield, 1857-1859," Jessica Murphy, art history, 2:30 p.m.,

• "Lillian Gilbreth and the Marketing of Scientific Management to Women," Mary Ann Buschka, history, 2:50 p.m.,

• "'Let the Girls Come Forth:' The Early Feminist Ideology of the Irish Women Workers' Union," Alison Buckley, history, 3:10 p.m., and

• "My Brilliant Gillian: Does Independent Cinema Offer A Unique Space for a Feminist Voice?," Catie Brooks, English, 3:30 p.m.

The conference is sponsored by the Office of Women's Affairs and the Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Program, in cooperation with the Commission on the Status of Women and the Office of the President.