Friday, April 17, 2026: @ History Commons (Room 1104 MVH – in the History Department)
9-9:30: Refreshments, Greetings
9:30-11am: Panel: Gendering Voices of Resistance and Resilience: Unraveling Women’s Stories of Bodily Autonomy and Reproductive Health Chair: Katherine Massoth (History)Comment: Shannon Withycombe (History)
Hadas Segal (History): “Dead Men Don’t Rape”: Delilah Bon’s rap as a Battle Cry in the Arena of Women’s Histories
Selah Cantwell (History): Gentle Hands and Latex Gloves: Doctors, Parteras, and Childbirth in Early to Mid-Twentieth Century Northern New Mexico
Yixin Zhang (Sociology): Obligation or Choice? Intersectionality and Reproductive Autonomy among Gynecologic Cancer Survivors
11:15-12:45: Poster Session: Challenging Historical Narratives and Empowering Historical Voices
(will be on display the entire day)
Intro comments: Sarah Davis-Secord (History/WGSS)Comment: Katherine Massoth (History)
Marisa Pickett (History): Black Art against Misogynoir
Gina Benavidez (History): The Forgotten Contributors: American Women Medical Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.
Jessica Pereira (History): “Look at my skin color; I am not part of your family”: Political Agency of a Domestic Workers’ Union in Rio de Janeiro from the 1970s to the 1980s.
1:00-2:30pm: Mixed Media Show: Medieval to Modern: Visualizing Gender and Identity Through Performances of Time and Fashion Intro comments: Katherine Massoth (History)Comment: Silas Grant (American Studies)
Katie Despeaux (History): Digital Embodiments: Creation of a Medieval Pregnancy Source Database
Jonathan Seyfried (History): Molt Cara Companyona: Gender Nonconformity and Medieval Monarchy
Zj Johnson (Communication and Journalism): Gender Glitch: Undressing Trans* Expression and Joy Through Fashion
Chris Armstrong (Sociology): Queer in Public. Queer in Collapse
2:45-4:15pm: Panel: From Personal Loss to Political Power: Gender Consciousness and Empowered Narratives in 20th Century and Contemporary Activism Chair: Sarah Davis-Secord (History/WGSS)Comment: Mike Ryan (History)
Teresa Rodriguez Sotelo (History): Between the Personal and the Political: Women’s Mobilization through the Unión Nacional de Mujeres
Rebecca Anderson (Education): Reifying Queer Consciousness
Maryam Tadayon (English): Re-signifying Grief: Maternal Mourning as Gendered Resistance in Contemporary Iran
4:15-4:30: Final Reflections- Sarah Davis-Secord (History) and Katherine Massoth (History)