1999 AERA Sessions Organized by

AERA-SIG: Research on Women and Education

Plus Meetings of Committee on the Role and Status of Women and Women Educators

 

 

MONDAY

April 19, 1999

Description of Session

Pre-AERA

8:30 - 12:00

Queen Elizabeth

Level 3

BOARD MEETINGS

Research on Women and Education (Salon 370)

Women Educators (Salon 354)

Committee on the Role and Status of Women (Salon 374)

7.02

4:55-5:35

Hilton

Fontaine B

Level F

Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research (Roundtables)

A Feminist "Fit": Examinations of and Testimony from Unfit Feminist Subjects: A Discussion, Sophia Villenas

Sacagawea: The Meaning of Colonial Feminist Heroine, Wanda Pillow

Where Are All the Black Feminists? Shawn Williams

The Life Experiences of My Mother: The Influences and Challenges of Ser Mexicana to U.S. Feminist Theory, Guadalupe Martinez

Feminist Future: Is the Future of Feminism "Feral"?, Susie O’Brien

Politicized Mothering: A Relational and Extended Self-Concept Among Culturally Relevant Women Educators, Tamara Beauboeuf

Three Life Stories Illustrate How Women Can Survive in Nontraditional Work Environments, Candace Strawn

8.11

6:15-7:45

Hilton

Fontaine C

Level F

Images and Narratives in/from Feminist Pedagogy and Practice (New Member Poster Session)

The Changing Images Within Archetypes of Mother in Newbery Awards, Sherron Killingsworth Roberts

Practicing Feminist Pedagogy in an Elementary Science Classroom, Paula Lane

Imaging a World: Early Adolescent Females’ Representations of Their Lives, Den Jordan, Diane Montgomery, Pam Bettis, Natalie Adams, Anna Pautz

Breast Wishes: A Visual Narrative, Hedy Bach

Weaving Narratives of Identity: The Intersections of Life and Work for White, Female Teachers, Merle Kennedy

A "Composite Mentor" Intervention for Women in Science, Becky Wai-Ling Packard

9.02

7:00-9:00pm

Hilton

Portage

Lobby Level

Welcoming Women and People of Color into AERA: An Open House

Margaret Gallego, Maenette Benham, Karen Swisher, Gwen Baker, William Russell

SIG:RWE Diversity Task Force Meeting (follows at 8:30 in the same space), Phyllis Abell

 

TUESDAY

April 20, 1999

Description of Session

 

8:00am-6:00pm

Hilton

Jacques Carter

Banquet Floor

Women’s Hospitality Suite

11.21

8:15-9:45

Queen Elizabeth

Richelieu

Conv Level

Feminism, Leadership, and Professionalism

Chair/Discussant: Michelle Collay

Making a Difference: Women in Management in Australian and Canadian Faculties of Education, Johanna Wyn, Sandra Acker

Does Anybody Care to Listen? When Feminism Speaks to Professionalism Through Nursing Education, Angela Chan

New Perspectives: Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice in Adult Education, Bev Brewer

Women’s Conflicts as They Are Mentored Into Educational Leadership in Public Schools, Mary Gardiner, Margaret Grogan, Earnestine Enomoto

Anna Julia Couper and Charlotte Perkin Gilman: What Can We Learning from the Past?, Karen Maloney

15.56

12:25-1:55

Queen Elizabeth

Jolliet

Conv Level

Women on the Threshold of the New Millennium: Assessing Our Current Status and Speculating on the Challenges and Opportunities that Confront Us

Chair: Beverly M. Gordon

Participants: Joyce E. King, Frances V. Rains, Roxana Ng, Maria de la Luz Reyes, Elaine Collins

17.10

2:15-3:45

Hilton

Longueuil

Banquet Floor

Exemplary Studies on Gender and Teaching

Chair: Theresa M. McCormick

How They Taught: Praxis in Small Rural Schools in Southern Appalachia, 1923-1960, Penny Smith

Are Early Childhood Classrooms Gender Equitable? Julia Keener

Taking Care: Women High School Teachers at Mid-Career, Susan Clarke

Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in Professions: Impact on the Career Choice of High School Women, Rosemary Reilly, Miranda D’Amico

When Mothers Become Teachers: Effects of the Mothering Experience on Prospective Teachers, Judith MacDonald

Discussant: Dolores A. Grayson

18.08

3:05-3:45

Hilton

Fontaine B

Level F

Recovering Our Traditions: Five Women’s Theories of Education (Roundtables)

Catherine Macaulay on Education, Connie Titone

Let Us, Sisters, Make Another Life: Ana Roque deDuprey, Maria del Carmen Garcia-Padilla

Not the Boys Less, But the Girls More: Anna Julia Cooper, Nicole D. Pitts

A Feminist Looks at Education: Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Karen E. Maloney

Learning to Weave and to Dream: Mabel McKay and Native American Educational Practice, Renae Bredin

20.02

4:55-5:35

Hilton

Fontaine B

Level F

Women and Leadership for the 21st Century: (Part II: The Superintendency) (Roundtables)

Crawling Through the Window of a Dream: Surveying the Terrain, Patricia Schmuck, Jackie Blount, Marilyn Tallerico

Do It Anyway: Gaining Access, Estelle Kamler, Carol Shakeshaft, Judy A. Alston, Flora Ida Ortiz

Small but Brilliant: Living the Life, Barbara Nelson Pavan, Sylvia E. Mendez-Morse, Barbara L. Jackson, Cynthia Beekley

One’s True Song: Authenticating Research, C. Cryss Brunner, Margaret Grogan, Debra Jackson, Susan Chase

22.04

9:00pm-11:00pm

Sheraton

Suite 3603

RECEPTION: Announcement of the 1999 Winner of the Willystine Goodsell Research on Women Award

Margaret Gallego, Maenette Benham

 

WEDNESDAY

April 21, 1999

Description of Session

 

8:00am-6:00pm

Women’s Hospitality Suite (Hilton, Jacques Carter, Banquet Floor)

23.46

8:15-10:15

Sheraton

Salon 7

Level 3

Redefining Motherhood at the Millennium: Changing Identities and Patterns of Learning, Teaching, and Caring

Chair/Discussant: Nell Noddings

Mothers’ Differential Influences on the Education of Sons and Daughters, Sharon Abbey, Joyce Castle, Cecilia Reynolds

Contemporary Anglo-American Feminist Theory Within Mother/Daughter Relationships, Andrea O’Reilly

Mothers as Teachers: Teachers as Mothers, Alice Collins

Confronting the Ideal Mother Myth: Mothers of Adolescent Daughters in Conversation, Elizabeth Diem

Lesbian Mothers Raising Daughters, Katherine Amup

Written on the Body: Maternal Embodied Knowledge, Rishma Dunlop

Mothering the Well-Born: Choice as a System of Governance, Melanie Rock

Black Mother/White Daughter: The Narrative Construction of Reality, Elizabeth Yeoman

28.02

1:15-1:55

Hilton

Fontaine B

Level F

Educating Women and Girls in the Technostructure (Roundtables)

Women Claiming Their Place in the Technostructure: A Discussion, Leslie Hall

What You Find Is What You Get? Women and (Dis)information, Laura Brendon,

Weaving Women into Mathematics and Computer Education, Suzanne Damarin

Chaos, Weaving, and the Space/Barrier: Women’s Mathematics Life Stories, Diane B. Erchick

Learning to Make a Difference: Girls, Tools, and Schools, Jennifer Jenson

The Low Participation of Women in Science and Technology: In Search of Answers, Tahany Gadalla

29.18

2:15-4:15

Queen Elizabeth

Bersimis

Conv Level

International Perspectives on Black Feminism: A Dialogue

Gendering Black Schooling Identities, Debbie Weekes, Cecile Wright

The Formation of New Ethnic Identities and Diversities Amongst Young Bangladeshis: A Case Study of Young People’s Personal Lives in Metropolitan London, Eva Debneth

Learning from Black Mothers, Teachers, and Girls: Lessons for Black Feminism, Annette Henry

The Investigation of Language Use Amongst Young Black Adolescents, Christine Callendar

30.03

3:05-3:45

Hilton

Fontaine B

Level F

Women and Leadership for the 21st Century: (Part I: Optimizing Diversity) (Roundtables)

Conflicting Perceptions of Women and Men in Higher Education: Institutional vs. Personal Identity, Judith Slater, Carmen Mendez, Anne-Marie Rizzo

Establishing Her Place: Exploring the Lived Experiences of an African American Female Administrator, Monica McTeague Gillespie

The Promise of Relational Leadership for the 21st Century, Mary Scherr

A View from the Principal’s Desk: Two Female Administrators Share their Stories, Rosalind Hale, Agnes Smith

Restructuring and the Woman Educator: Administration as Pedagogy or New Management?, Carol E. Harris

Supporting the Development of All Leaders: Authorizing and Optimizing Leadership Diversity, Catherine Hackney, Virginia Doolittle, Reene Alley

32.18

6:15-7:45

Sheraton

Salon 5

Level 2

BUSINESS MEETING: Committee on the Role and Statue of Women in Educational Research and Development

Margaret Gallego, Beverly M. Gordon, Deborah Hicks, Pam Sandoval, Mary Kay Tetreault

Beyond Guilt: Boys, Girls, and Gender Equity Chair: Jo Sanders Participants: Patricia B. Campbell, Craig Flood, Diane Pollard, David Sadker

 

THURSDAY

April 22, 1999

Description of Session

 

8:00am-6:00pm

Women’s Hospitality Suite (Hilton, Jacques Carter, Banquet Floor)

34.20

8:15-10:15am

Queen Elizabeth

Richelieu

Conv Level

School Experiences: Differences and Similarities by Gender and Race

Chair: Barbara Ford

Mentoring of Female African American Adolescents, Diana Hiatt-Michael, Gail Garrett Taylor

Racial Identity Attitudes and African American Students’ Academic Achievement, Campus Involvement, and Academic Satisfaction, Denice Ward Hood

When Hope Transcends Fear: Minority Students’ Unexpected Views on Transition Issues, Donna Penn Towns, Hakim Rashid

Contrasting Experiences of Anglos and Students of Color in a Year-Round High School, Stafford Hood, Donald Freeman

A Feminine Future: Gender Discrepancies in Future Outlook Among African American Adolescents, Detris T. Honora

The Development of Problem Behaviors in Middle Childhood: Understanding Risk Status and Protective Factors, Cynthia Hudley

Discussants: John Snarey, Kofi Lomotev

34.31

8:45-9:25am

Hilton

Fontaine B

Level F

Women in the Academy: Our Work, Lives, and Narratives (Roundtables)

How Race Matters: White Women’s Perspectives, Phyllis Abell, Barbara Krysiak, Sarah Freedman, Theresa McCormick, Tania Ramalho

Exploration of the Meaning of the Historical Experience of Black Women at Virginia Tech, Tamara Kennelly, Penny Burge, Elaine Dowe Carter, Steven M. Culver

Academic Stories Lives Tell: Four Women on Academic Pilgrimage, Michelle Collay, Sandra Gehrig, Carol Myer, Valerie Lesniak

Women Academics Studying Women Academics, Sandra Acker, Grace Feuerverger

Exploring Female Educators’ Lives and Work Through Narrative: Perspectives on Research for the 21st Century, Brett E. Blake

A Gendered Dichotomy in Reflections in Professional Development Portfolios Among Doctoral Students, Beverly J. Irby, Genevieve Brown

An Exploration of Women Studying Women in Academe Using a Feminist Participatory Framework, Karen Guilfoyle

36.66

10:35-11:15

Hilton

Fontaine B

Level F

Women and Work: Background, Achievement, and Identity (Roundtables)

From Welfare to Work Ready: The Education of Women in Poverty, Leslie Rebecca Bloom

High Achieving Women from At-Risk Backgrounds, Ruth E. Hilberg, Ann M. Gibb, Sybil R. Kline, Kiyomi C. Inouye

Mid-Life Career Change, Role Shift, and Women’s Identity, Peggy Brightman, Sue Hanson-Smith

38.21

12:25-1:55

Queen Elizabeth

Chaudiere

Conv Level

From Center to Margins: The Importance of Self-Definition in Research

Co-Chairs: Olga M. Welch, Diane Pollard

Participants: Jacqueline Jordan-Irvine, Nitza Hidalgo, Frances Raines

Respondent: Maxine Green

40.22

3:15-3:45

Queen Elizabeth

St. Maurice

Conv Level

What Have You Discovered About Collecting Data for Affirmative Action - A Working Session

Chair: Patricia S. O’Sullivan

Update on Affirmative Action in Higher Education, William Tierney, Using Data from Existing Data Bases, Melanie Carter, Using Data from Institutional Records, Diane Pollard, Problems with Counting and Definitions, Ara Tekian, Using Test Data for Admissions, Gwyneth Boodoo, Problems with Evaluating Retention and Student Service Programs, Pamela A. Sandoval

44.22

6:15-7:45

Sheraton

Salon 1

Level 2

BUSINESS MEETING: Research on Women and Education

Maenette Benham, Janice Koch, Theresa McCormick, Tania Ramalho, Beverly Irby, Angela Calabrese-Barton, Evelyn Reid, Karen Tonso

Willystine Goodsell Address: Jane Roland Martin

 

8:00-10:00

Hilton

Verdun Room

Banquet Level

RECEPTION: Welcoming Our U. S. Sisters to Canada

Canadian Association for Studies of Women in Education

Sharon Abbey

 

FRIDAY

April 23, 1999

Description of Session

47.60

8:45-10:15

Marriott

Maisonneuve F

36th Floor

Fifty Years Later: Simone DeBeauvoir’s "The Second Sex" in Retrospect

Chair/Participant: Pamela Bettis

Participants: Natalie Adams, Diane Montgomery, Marie Miville

Discussant: Janice Ahola-Sidaway

49.03

10:35-12:05

Hilton

Verdun

Banquet Floor

African American Women as Qualitative Researchers: Performing Acts of Understanding and Survival

Chair/Discussant: Diane Smith

Self-Reflexivity: Performing the "Exotic Other" Within the African American Community, Pamela Groves

Look Back and Wonder: Five African American Women During North Carolina’s Struggles in Education, Sheryl Cozart

I Am What I Yam: Examining Qualitative Research Through the Ethnographic Self, the Literary "Other," and the Academy, Rhonda B. Jeffries

In Search of Paradise: Safe Spaces and Fluid Identities in the Academy, Gretchen Givens

Giving Voice to Those Who Look Like Us But Are Not Us, Jennifer Obidah

49.32

10.35-11:15

Hilton

Fontaine B

Level F

Research on Single Sex Education (Roundtables)

Discussion of Talking/Not Talking About Gender: Research in Single Sex Classrooms, Cornelius Riordan

En-genderings: Single-Sex Classes in Western Canada, Heather Blair, Kathy Sanford

Girls’ Only Classes: The Important Questions and Critical Answers, Jan Streitmatter, Joanna Marasco

Take Two Aspirin: Gender Proofing Through Single Sex Schools, B. Heather

Exploration of the Masculine at a Girls’ School: Betsy Eudey

51.50

12:25-1:55

Marriott

Maisonneuve C

36th Floor

I Can Dance, Too!: The Professional and Personal Stories of Seven Ethnic Minority Women School Leaders

Chair/Discussant: Maenette Benham

Participants: Margaret Gallego, Rosalind Hale, Charlotte Harris, Ellen Cassidy, L. A. Napier, Anna Ortiz, Renee Sanders-Lawson

53.57

2:15-4:15

Hilton

Verdun Room

Banquet Floor

Loss, Memory, and a (Re)turn to Language: Lessons from "Authoring a Life: A Woman’s Survival in and Through Literary Studies"

Author of Authoring a Life: A Woman’s Survival in and Through Literary Studies, Brenda Daly

Chair/Participant: Catastrophic Encounters: Curriculum as Witness to History, Paula M. Salvio

Discussants: Taking the Trouble and Finding the Courage: Autobiographical Inquiry and the Obligation to Remember, David Bleich

Translating Secrets: Surviving Patriarchal Law, Susan Edgerton

The Wings of Memory: The Role of Social Psychoanalysis in Classroom Discussion, Peter Taubman