Gender Studies Group

What we do...

In general, the group collects and analyzes data to explain current social, political, and economic problems faced by men and women. The group disseminates information, generates awareness, facilitates community engagement, and aims to influence public policy. One of the group’s primary strategies is conducting action research that uncovers policies to create greater opportunities for women in particular and men in general.  Thus, the GSG brings attention and awareness to gender issues at DSU, the Mississippi Delta, nationally, and globally.

Left to Right: Georgene Clark (Chair of the Diversity Advisory Committee), Dorothy Shawhan (Chair Emerita of the Division of Languages and Literature), and Paulette Meikle (Chair of the Division of Social Science and History)

GSG Welcomes Its New Members for 2011-2012

Dr. Marjon Ames

Dr. Karen Bell

Ms. Ro Ann Redlin

Dr. Chad Payton

Dr. Clint Tibbs

Who we are...

Dr. Christopher Bounds

Dr. Leslie Fadiga-Stewart

Dr. Teri Herron (Chair & webmaster)

Ms. Teresa Houston

Mr. Shannon Lamb

Dr. Paulette Meikle

Dr. Debarashmi Mitra

Dr. Sally Paulson

Ms. Judith Winford

The group has several independent members who make vital contributions to the foundational work of the group.

Our Brown Bag Series

The GSG sponsors a regular series of Friday Noon-time Brown Bag lectures.  Presenters and participants usually consist of students, staff, and faculty members from across the DSU campus and the wider Cleveland community.  These talks cover a variety of topics dealing with an equally varied group of gender-related issues.

Below is a list of the past and upcoming presenters and their presentation topics.  (All the spring semester, 2012, presentations will take place in Kethley Hall Room #231.)

UPCOMING:
February 24, 2012: "Selections from Kathleen Ragan's Fearless Girls, Wise Women & Beloved Sisters: Heroines in Folktales from Around the World"  –– Performed by faculty/student troupe: Jacqueline Kelly, J. R. Norris, Dr. Sally Paulson, and Antonette Savage

March 23, 2012: "I'm black, she's white.....can we still be friends?"  –– Ms. Teresa Houston & Ms. Arlene Sanders

April 27, 2012: "With language comes power: women finding their voices -- from Columbia, New York to Afghanistan"  –– Dr. Leslie Fadiga-Stewart & Dr. Sally Paulson

PAST:
February 25, 2011: “Gender Roles in the Hindu Holy City, Varanasi, India” –– Mr. Joshua Warren (undergraduate student, Division of Social Sciences).

March 4, 2011: In collaboration with the Diversity Advisory Committee to celebrate Diversity Week, “Lucy Somerville Howorth:  New Deal Politician, Lawyer, and Feminist from the South.”–– Dr. Dorothy Shawhan

April 1, 2011: “But You’re a Guy!!: Issues of Gender and Sexuality Stereotyping in the World of Male Hula Dancers” –– Dr. Teri Herron

April 15, 2011: "A History of Women Philosophers: A Justification for Teaching Such a Course in the College Classroom."  –– Dr. Clint Tibbs

September 9, 2011: “Do Good Marriages Lead to the Desistence of Substance Abuse among Females?  Testing Informal Social Control Theory among Female Substance Abusers” –– Dr. Christopher Bounds.

October 7, 2011: “The Effectiveness of a Caregiver Training Program” –– Dr. Lekeitha R. Morris

October 28, 2011: "But You’re a Guy Too!!!: Issues of Gender and Sexuality Stereotyping in the World of Male Belly Dancers” –– Dr. Teri Herron

November 11, 2011: "If I Leave, He'll Take It Out On The Dog: Why Domestic Abuse Victims Won't Abandon Their Animals" –– Dr. Karen Bell

December 2, 2011: "Gender Issues in Turkey" –– Dr. Gokhan Karahan

January 20, 2012: "Religious Formation and Myth Making: A Post-Feminist Study of Margaret Fell and the Early Quakers" –– Dr. Marjon Ames

February 3, 2012: "Personal Experiences of Gender Bending in the Countertenor Repertoire"  –– Dr. Chad Payton