International Women's Writing Conference March 23

From Dottie Morris, Diversity and Multiculturalism Office:

Please join us for
Expanded Rooms, Unbridled Tongues: International Women’s Writing in the 21st Century
Friday, March 23
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Reception at 4:30

Opening keynote: Caribbean Women Writing: Facebook, Spirituality and the Arts of Solitude
Prof. Curdella Forbes, novelist, professor, Howard University
9 a.m.

Morning Panel: Global Roots and Routes: Contemporary Women’s Writing
10:30 a.m.
Dr. Karen Cardozo (Research Associate, Five Colleges, Inc.)
Prof. Soyica Diggs-Colbert (Dartmouth College/Brown University)
Prof. Lynda Pickbourn (Keene State College)
Ms. Kelsey Hardy (Student, Keene State College)

Teaching and Learning Round Table: Women’s Writing, Foreign Cultures, and the U.S. College Classroom
1:30 p.m.
Ms. Kristian Sullivan (Student, Keene State College)
Prof. Anne-Marie Mallon (Keene State College)
Prof. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Amherst College)
Prof. Rachel Mordecai (UMass Amherst)
Prof. Shoba Raj-Gopal (Westfield State University)

Closing keynote: Feminist Ethnography is Not a Luxury
Prof. Keisha-Khan Perry (Brown University)
3 p.m.

Reception
4:30 p.m.

Panels, presentations, and reception will be held in Centennial Hall in the Alumni Center.