Professional Activities

Three Keene State College professors presented their research on a panel about “Seeing Gender” at the 20th annual Women & Society Conference at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Running from October 21 to 22, this interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference covered a wide range of issues related to women’s and gender studies and modeled feminist inquiry for undergraduate students. Ann Atkinson, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication, Journalism & Philosophy, presented her paper titled, “Seeing Supreme Court Justices: A Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Images of Sandra Day O’Connor and other Women on the Court;” Sara Hottinger, an associate professor and chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, presented her paper titled, “Visualizing Rationality: An Examination of Portraits in History of Mathematics Textbooks;” and Jamie Landau, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication, Journalism & Philosophy, presented her paper titled, “From Myopia to a Hybrid Gaze: The Visuality of Halle Berry.”