Vol. 18, No. 2	Sept. 10, 1998

Women's research series a snapshot of diversity

The UD Research on Women lecture series includes topics as diverse as Victorian women and crime fiction and women workers on the Pennsylvania Railroad. The lectures, free and open to the public, are held from 12:20 to 1:10 p.m. each Wednesday through Dec. 9. All lectures take place in the Collins Room of the Perkins Student Center. The lectures also can be taken as a one-credit course in women's studies.

Remaining lectures include:

Sept. 16-"What's Wrong-Can't You Take a Joke? A Qualitative Analysis of Advertisers' 'Defenses' of Images of Violence Against Women in Print Ads," Juliet Dee, communication;

Sept. 23-"Right to Life? Right to Choose? Right to Protest! Media Coverage of Abortion Protests and the Impact on the Audience," presented by Douglas McLeod, communication;

Sept. 30-"Teen Childbearing Isn't So Bad After All, Or Is It? A Review of the New Literature on the Consequences of Teen Childbearing," Saul Hoffman, UD professor of economics;

Oct. 7-"Why So Few Women Faculty in Science and Engineering?" Gloria Nye, education;

Oct. 14-"Designing Women: Pioneering Professional Artists, Philadelphia, 1860-1930," Nina de Angeli Walls, Ridley Park, Pa.;

Oct. 21-"Redefining Violence in Intimate Relationships and Reconsidering Available Responses," Raina Fishbane, Domestic Violence Coordinating Council;

Oct. 28-"UD Women: The Road to the Present," Carol Hoffecker, Richards Professor of History;

Nov. 4-"The Rise and Fall of the Fall and Rise of Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz," Judy McGinnis, foreign languages and literature;

Nov. 11-"Who Does the Cooking? Who Gets to Drive? Gender and Technology in Historical Perspective," Arwen Mohun, history;

Nov. 18-"The Relationship Between Self-Esteem and the Quality of Father/Daughter Relationships in Pre-Adolescent Girls," Jennifer Jackson, Center for Psychological Services, Paoli, Pa.;

Nov. 25-"Victorian Women and Crime Fiction," Jonathan Grossman, English; and

Dec. 2-"Border Crossings: Multicultural Issues in Contemporary German Women's Literature," Monika Shafi, foreign languages and literature.