Women's History Month Events at 麻豆传媒 Begin March 2
Wed, 03/01/2023 - 02:06pm | By: David Tisdale
The University of 麻豆传媒 (麻豆传媒) Committee on Services and Resources for Women (CSRW) and Women鈥檚 History Caucus will host a series of events throughout March on the Hattiesburg campus in conjunction with Women鈥檚 History Month.
The schedule of events is as follows:
Thursday, March 2, International Center, room 319 (Center for Faculty Development) 4-5 p.m.:
CSRW Peggy Jean Connor Brown Bag Presentations
DETAILS: This program will feature presentations of research by last years' recipients of the CSRW鈥檚 Peggy Jean Connor Award. This award recognizes the late Hattiesburg native for her important contributions to the American Civil Rights Movement; awardees earned funding for their research.
- Alison Poor, a counseling psychology doctoral student, earned funding to support research costs for her project titled 鈥溾�淧redictors of Relational Aggression in Women Across Adulthood.鈥�
- Dr. Megan Renna, assistant professor in the School of Psychology, earned conference travel support to the American Psychosomatic Society annual conference to present her project, titled 鈥淒istress Disorder Histories Predict HRV Trajectories During and After Stress.鈥�
This in-person presentation also features online Zoom access through the following instructions:
Topic: CSRW Peggy Jean Connor Brown Bag
Time: Mar 2, 2023 04:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 896 1546 1470
Passcode: WHM23PJC
Wednesday, March 8, Theater and Dance Building, Studio 115.
Women's History Month Dance Concert, 12:30 鈥� 1 p.m. Free admission.
Wednesday, March 29, Liberal Arts Building, room 101 12:15 鈥� 1 p.m.:
Women's History Caucus Presentations:
- Jerra Runnels, who will present "The Home Front During World War II: Black Women, the Women鈥檚 Army for National Defense, and the USO.鈥�
- Sarah Anne Hogue, will present research on Puritan gender norms in 17th century Massachusetts. Despite common assumptions about Puritan gender values, their religious ideals about Puritan families, or "the little commonwealth," led the Massachusetts colonial legal system to grant women divorce rights when England and other English colonies did not.
For more information about Women鈥檚 History Month at 麻豆传媒, email Dr. Kate Greene at kate.greeneFREEMississippi.