Women's and Gender Studies Events

Quintessential Diversity Roundtable (Monthly)

“Quintessential Diversity Roundtable” is a humanities project that is intended to emphasize gender, race, sexuality, and ethnicity. It seeks to promote public dialogue on human rights that are non-negotiable in the call for human dignity. The project is further intended to examine the ways in which religious, historical, literary, and philosophical texts have been used to invent laws and perpetuate mores that oppressed and denied Americans’ access to basic human rights and an acceptable quality of life

Opening Event
Tuesday, September 22, 2015, 7:00 pm: “‘To Be or Not to Be’: What Literary History Teaches on Suicide.”

• Dr. Carol E. Henderson, Vice Provost for Diversity, University of Delaware, Keynote Speaker
  Location: Bank of America, Longwood Auditorium
• Discussion on the representation of suicide of famous literary figures who committed suicide, led by Dr. Susmita Roye, DSU English and WGS professor. Student panelists: Emily Teel (English major) and Kyle Sheppard (Psychology major, WGS minor).
   

Thursday, October 22, 2015, 7:00 pm: “Surviving Violence in Relationships: Sex and Gender.”

• Discussion on the problems faced by lesbians, bisexuals, gays, transgenders, queers, intersexuals, and asexuals, co-led by Dr. Melissa Harrington, DSU Biology and WGS professor. Student panelists: Brittany Smith (English major) and Omolade Oludare (Biology major, WGS minor).
  Location: Bank of America, Longwood Auditorium

Tuesday, November 17, 2015, 7:00 pm: “Taking a Stand for the Right to Life: When the Law as Fiction Is Obviously Limited.”

• Discussion on suicide bombing, euthanasia, mass murder, and mass suicide, co-led by Dr. Kylie Parrotta, DSU Sociology and WGS professor. Student panelists: Damara Jones (Criminal Justice major, WGS minor) and Ashlee Bruner (Political Science major, WGS minor).
  Location: Bank of America, Longwood Auditorium

Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 7:00 pm: “When Dating Goes Wrong: The Ethics of Relationships.”

• Discussion on dating violence, blind dating, and the pitfalls of social media dating, led by Dr. Stephen Taylor, DSU Philosophy professor. Student panelists: Keda Dorisca (Political Science major, WGS minor) and Dominique Lockett (Pre-Nursing major, WGS minor).
  Location: Bank of America, Longwood Auditorium

Tuesday, March 22, 2016, 12:00 noon – 6:00 pm: “Celebrating Women’s History: Focus on Native American Heritage, Migration, and Women in the Workplace.”

• Discussion Native American women’s achievements and currents challenges that they and women in the workplace, led by Carla and Allan Messinger, Cultural Educator and Consultant, Native American Heritage Programs. Faculty co-panelist: Ramona Beverly, DSU English adjunct.
  Location: Bank of America, Longwood Auditorium

Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 7:00 pm: “Because Knowledge Empowers: What World Religions Teach about Temperance, Moral Responsibility, and Individual Choices.”

• Discussion on alcohol abuse, sexual assault, and individual responsibility, led by Dr. Dennis Burke, DSU Philosophy professor. Student panelists: Jordan McClements (English major, Philosophy minor) (Mass Communications major, WGS minor).
  Location: Bank of America, Longwood Auditorium

This program is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.