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Writing Toward Social Consciousness: Expressions of Sexuality and Gender in Mississippi University for Women’s Undergraduate Fine Arts Publication
Full text linkUndergraduate literary publications not only reflect the environment of the campuses on which they are published but also reveal the authors’ visions of the world in which they live. By examining submissions to Mississippi University for Women\u27s fine arts publication, Dilettanti, from 1954 to 1989, this research explores the ways broader social changes and local developments influence expressions of sexuality and gender. Yet, since the publication is specific to a women’s college in Mississippi, students\u27 concerns reflect campus life as the university navigated desegregation, changes in campus regulations, and coeducation. Through the decades covered, such changes as the rise of the women’s movement, the emergence of the birth control pill, and the resurgence of conservatism in national politics are referenced in submissions and reveal some of the students’ reactions to movements occurring nationwide. Focusing on themes of conventional gender roles, alternate sexualities, reproductive control, and the use of feminist rhetoric in submissions, this analysis highlights the shifting attitudes toward sexuality and gender as well as the attitudes that stay the same over this 35-year period. While the topics discussed change over the years, student submitters view themselves as connected to larger societal and cultural forces between the 1950s and 1980s
Closing Remarks and Award Announcements
No full textHillary A. H. Richardson - Introductions
Dr. Scott Tollison - Closing Remarks
President Nora Miller - Award Announcement
Video Submission - Barry Smith
No full textBarry Smith, MUW Professor, shows his support for Banned Books Week by reading a selection from Bradbury\u27s Fahrenheit 451 and discussing what the book means to him
Oral Presentations: Social Sciences I
Full text linkVideo provided above is of Olivia Maurer\u27s presentation.
Video of Kaden Grace\u27s presentation is available here.
Video of Ryan Wallace\u27s presentation is available here
Video Submission - Emma Richardson
No full textEmma Richardson, retired MSMS educator, reads passages from Milton\u27s Areopagitica, an essay he wrote about censorship. Emma also shares some of her thoughts about the process of banning books and ideas
Banned Books Read-aloud
No full textVolunteers will share excerpts (recorded and live) from Banned books. Join in person in the Tiered Classroom at Fant Memorial Library, or via Zoom at the link on the page
Curating the Past: Telling the Story of Women at the Columbus Air Force Base
No full textThis research project is the curation of an online digital exhibit about women who broke gender barriers as pilots at the Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi. There are many different elements of this project including archival research, historical analysis, as well as expanding on the importance and meaning of public history and the digital humanities. Through the research done at the Columbus Air Force Base Archives it was evident that many of the women that came through the base shared common themes in their experiences in the air force. Many of the women contributed to this narrative at the Columbus Air Force Base, but the women of focus in this project were Mary Livingston, Cyndy Hubbard, and Kelly Flinn because of the connecting truths that they display in their lives as women making strides on the Columbus Air Force Base. The purpose of this project is to tell their stories in a way that allows viewers to see the similarities and significance of their struggles as they were challenging the gender barriers that were an issue throughout the military.
The narrative of the digital exhibit is the outward half of the project, but the research and practices that went in to creating the exhibit is also an important part of this project. In order to be able to highlight all their stories and not take away from their importance, the stories are displayed in an online digital exhibit that is simple yet appealing, easy to navigate, and full of essential historical information. The tools and elements of Omeka.net allowed for the implementation of the best practices when creating the digital exhibit concerning its purpose and significance within the historical field and digital humanities, design methods, and overall accessibility
Sexism in High Level Sports Organizations
Full text linkTitle IX was implemented in 1972 to counter discrimination against women. This included women throughout various levels and systems including athletics. Title IX states that in order to receive federal funding assistance, programs and organizations must ban sex discrimination in order to do so. While Title IX has progressed participation rates of girls and women in sports, it has done little to increase and elevate women in leadership positions. Despite an unprecedented amount of women participating in college sports, women are not provided the same opportunities to chase positions in sports administration or coaching (Lanser, 2017). There have been almost no benefits for women in sports leadership positions such as athletic directors, coaches, trainers, and athletic faculty representatives. Although Title IX has increased participation, many obstacles remain for women in athletics. The purpose of this study is to provide depth and context to women’s experiences of sexism within high level sports organizations. Participants in this study were employed across a wide range of collegiate athletics and professional sports organizations. Although the participant pool was diverse and covered a wide range of positions of leadership, findings indicated that experiences of sexism were similar and consistent amongst participants
Video Submission - Allen Rasmussen
No full textDr. Allen Nichols, MUW Assistant Professor of English and English Education, reads an excerpt from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer\u27s Stone
Oral Presentations: Social Sciences II
Full text linkVideo is provided of MyKayla Williamson\u27s presentation