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IRW/IWLSeminar2000-2001
Advocacy:Decisions, Data and DiscourseTheIRW/IWLF:acultY-Graduate,SeminarmeetsweeklyaUheIRWlibrary(2ndFloor,160RydersLane;lJouglass)to,discuss'facultyant
graduatestudentwork-in:-progressonAdvocacy:Decisions,Data,Discourse.Withmajorfundingfromthe FordFoundation,FAS-New
Brunswickandthe Officeof theVicePresidentfor AcademicAffairs,theseminararmsto advancecross-disciplinaryresearch,?onnections, andteachingamongfacultyandgraduatestudentswhoseworkonwomenandgehderhasthematicconnections.
As indicatedby thefellows'individualtopics (listedbelow),ourdiscussionswillconsiderthe impactsofcultural;socialandeducationalpolicies,howthosepoliciesare implementedandtheextentto whichoutcomesdeviatefromthoseenvisionedby policyadvocates.Wewillalsobe'considerihg,whetheralJdhowscholarsworkingwithdataandotherkindsof evidencecanusethatevidencein advocatingspecificprogramswhilemaintainingclaimsto objectivity.Ourdiscussionswillalsoconsiderwhetherobjectivityis attainable,andifso, whetherandwhenitshouldbeconsideredaparamountvplue.inevaluatingscholarlywork. .
Basedonevaluationsof the pastthreeyea(sof seminarmeetings,themultidisciplinaryperspectivesuncoveredthroughthediscussionwillfindfutureapplicationsin fellows'teaching,research,andpublications.
Eachweekwewill discussa paperin progressby oneof theseminarmembers.Papersareavailable'at the IRWon~week inadvancEandmembersof thecommunityareirwitedto attend.
FranBartkowskic' EnglishlWomen'sStudies- Newark
, "KissingCousins:Kinship@Century'sTurn"
EleanQrL.BrilliantSocialWork
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"F"undRaisingandFundAllocationas an EmpowermentStrategyC forWomen"
,SusanJ. Carroll
PoliticalScience& EagletonInstitute- FAS"WomenPublicOfficialsas Agentsof SocialChange"
Joce~ynCrowleyPubliceolicy- BlousteinSchool"FathersinAbsentia-ChildSupportPolicyin the21stCentury"
BarbaraDiCicco-Bloom
Departmentof FamilyMe.dicine,UMDNJ; "CulturalDiversityAmongNursesanditstmpactontheHealth
CareSystem:FemaleNursesBorninKerala,EducatedinIndiaandPracticingin the US"
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. SundayDiPalmaS-ocialWork- Newark
"Advocacyin theAcademy"
Reneela'rrierFrench-FAS
"WomenBearing'Witness.'Temoignage'or theAffirmativeI inCaribbeanLiterature"
ArdeleListerVisualArts- MasonGross"Advocatinglnd~pendence"
SarahRosenfield
Sociology- FAS"GenderandSenseof Self:Impactof DouglassCollegeMission
Course"
SuzanArmstrong-WestWomen'sStudies(DouglqsSCollege)"GenderandSenseof Self:Impactof DouglassCollegeMission
Course"
elmiraNazombe
,AdulJEducation(Centerfor Women'sGlobalLeadership)"FeministPopularEducationas AdvocacyStrategy"
Ann Graham
Centerfor Russian,CentralandEastEuropeanStudies"Women'sAdvocacyinCentraland EasternEurope"-
Jennifer Brier
History- FAS"InfectiousIdeas:ExposingCulturalTransmissionsofAIDSin th
1980's"
RoseM.CorriganPoliticalScience- FAS"Talkingto Strangers"
Lora Monfils
EducationalPsychology-EducationalStatistics& Measurement"SouthAsian-AmericanYoungWomenandMathematics:An
ExploratoryStudy"
WaraneePokapanichwongAnthropology- FAS"NegotiatingRuralSubsistence:CulturalPoliticsandthe'Commodificationof ThaiFemaleSexuality"
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IRWLibraryUpdate" ,
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Overthesummer,:ourstudentlibraripn,Iris Mor~l,hasupgradedandreorganizedthe IRWIibr'ary.1nadditionto oUrperiodicalcollectionincludingSigns,FeministStudies,fheWomen'sReviewof Books,and TheChronic,leofHigherEducation,our library'smanyearlyandclassictitlesinworpen'sstudiesarenoweasierto locateanduse.
Thanksto theeffortsOfseverallRINresearchactionclusters,which'purchasedbooksfor theirdisc~ssionsand.then'donatedthem,thelibraryalsoboastsmanynewtitlesinf~minist 'methodology,Latinastudies,psychoanalysisandsexualitypurchasedover thelastsixmonths.'Newacquisitionsinclyderecentbooksby UmaNClrayan,LisaLowe,PurnimaMankekar,RuthBeharandSandraHardingalongwithimportantnewanthologieson feministgeography,performanceandculturalstudies;womenanddevelopmentandmore. Copiesof thereadings~omour talked-aboutRACmeetingsonLacanandsexualityarealsoavailablein thelibrary.
A complete listof our library holdings will be available online
soonClthttp://Irw.rutgers.edullibrary.Bookscirculateto affiliatesto tfteIRW;stopby soonto.reviewourholdings,scanthe latestjournals,andsayhelloto Iris. "
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