Ithaca College

In Observance of International Women’s Day, Tuesday, March 8, all students, faculty, and staff are invited to a Casual Colloquy: "Race, Gender, Sexualities, and Nation in Media," with coffee and cake. The conversation will be held in the Center for Faculty Excellence, 315 Gannett Center, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.

Several faculty and staff members will spend a few minutes sharing perspectives from their own disciplines and personal experience and then open it up to all to participate in a small-group conversation about the many complex issues surrounding race, gender, sexualities, and nation in media (using the broadest definition thereof). Students are especially invited.
 
The panelists are from a variety of disciplines: Ann Marie Adams (Strategic Communication),  Hayley Cavino (Women’s & Gender Studies), Cynthia Henderson (Theatre Arts), Matthew Holtmeier (Screen Studies), Nia Makepeace (Education, Women’s & Gender Studies), Maura Stephens (Independent Media, Journalism), Rhonda Vanover (Cinema and Photography), and Robyn Wishna (Cinema & Photography). The conversation will be facilitated by Facilitated by Patricia Zimmermann (Screen Studies).
 
The event is cosponsored by the Center for Faculty Excellence, the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, the Park Center for Independent Media, and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation, please contact Laurie Wasik, wasik@ithaca.edu or (607) 274-3734, as much in advance as possible.