The first Pippi to Ripley conference held at Ithaca College in 2011 consisted of 26 presenters; this year's event featured 134 participants.
Pippi to Ripley 5: Feminist and Fantastic Pop Culture was held at Ithaca College on April 26 & 27. Although it is considered a regional conference, we had presenters from eleven states (including Florida and Minnesota); here are some additional interesting statistics:
115 paper presenters; in addition to professors and graduate students, the presenters also included: 2 high school teachers, 1 law student, 3 librarians, 4 independent scholars, and 2 local high school students: Magdalena Smith (LACS) and Julia Guest (Cortland).
48 Community attendees from age 6 to 82.
23 Presenters from IC: 18 H&S students; 3 from Park Communications and 1 Business student
19 librarians attended the workshops on Enhancing Inclusivity taught by IC students, staff and alumni.
15 Cornell students from their Honors Program presented papers
11 IC professors chaired panels, moderated discussions and/or presented papers
9 Assistant Coordinators, IC students who assessed abstracts, communicated with participants, designed panels and created web tools for assessment (thank you, Eliana Berger): Kelly Auricchio, Eliana Berger, Celia Bostock-Holtzman, Kaitlyn Dennehy, Charlotte Kane, Erica Otis, Angelina Randazzo, Alayna Vander Veer, and Andrea Yzaguirre..
8 IC alumni presented papers, taught workshops and mentored current students
Coordinators Katharine Kittredge and Elizabeth Bleicher thank everyone who worked together to make the event such a success. See you all at Pippi to Ripley 6 in spring of 2021!
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20190430133206184