We are pleased to announce recent publications for Dr. Kristi Holsinger, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology. Book 2012 Teaching Justice: Solving Social Justice Problems through University Education. Farnham, England: Ashgate. Refereed Articles Submitted: Hodge, Jessica and Kristi Holsinger, “Assessing the Status of Gender-Specific Programs through the Lens of Juvenile Justice Staff.” [...]
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Women of Color Leadership Conference Presents “A Night of Poetry”
“A Night of Poetry” featuring Azure Antoinette poet, spoken word artist, photographer, youth and arts advocate Antoinette has been called “the Maya Angelou of the millennial generation.” She was included in Forbes’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the World issue in 2012 and was featured in a special section titled “Women Helping Women.” She has [...]
UMKC Creative Voices Features Dr. Norma Cantu
Professor Norma Cantu, internationally known scholar of Latina/o and Chicana/o literature and studies, will read from her poetry and prose selections Tuesday, February 12, 7:00 p.m., at the UMKC Student Union Theatre. The event is open to UMKC students, faculty, and staff, and the Kansas City community. Professor Cantu recently joined the UMKC Department of English [...]
GENDER SYMPOSIUM – “Writing Gendered Bodies”
The University of Kansas presents “Writing Gendered Bodies,” highlighting many topics in the interrelated fields of writing, gender, and the body broadly defined. Topics include constructing the post-modern body, performing the gendered body, the racialized body, representing the gendered body, and constructing the non-normative body. Keynote speaker Karla Holloway will speak Friday, February 22, 4:00 [...]
Call for Papers, Panels, & Proposals for the Women’s Studies Section Conference
Women’s Studies Section Annual Conference April 10-13, 2013 Grand Hyatt Denver, Denver, Colorado Western Social Science Association Conference (WSSA) The Women’s Studies Section provides a venue for scholars from many diciplines to discuss issues pertinent to scholarship and leadership among and between traditional discipines involved in Women’s Studies. The richness of the Women’s Studies Section [...]
In Memoriam: Shona Kelly Wray, 1963-2012 ~ Beloved Colleague and Friend
It is with great sadness that we write to share the news that yesterday, May 6, Shona Kelly Wray, our medievalist colleague in the Department of History at UMKC and longtime WGS faculty member, passed away. Having been awarded a prestigious grant, Shona has been on leave this year at Villa I Tatti, the Harvard [...]
Against Nostalgia: Esther Tusquets and the Remembering of the Gauche Divine
By Alberto Villamandos Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures It was the worst of times but, was it the best of times? Definitely, by the end of the 1960’s inBarcelona, under the Franco regime (1939-1975), things were looking a little better than a few years before. A change in the government to a more “liberal”—although [...]
Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe Conference – June 5-8, 2012
An international and interdisciplinary conference on “Nuns’ Literacies in Medieval Europe” will take place on the UMKC campus June 5-8, 2012. Registration deadline is April 2. This is the second of three conferences designed to bring together specialists working on diverse geographical areas to create a dialogue about the Latin and vernacular texts nuns read, [...]
Vanguards and Visionaries – Celebrating Women’s Center Leadership
You are invited to join the UMKC Women’s Center for the Vanguards and Visionaries reception, Thursday, March 1, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This reception will honor the past leadership of the UMKC Women’s Center. Meet former Women’s Center directors, staff, and Advisory Board members while you admire the work of local female artists who, over [...]
