Conference Schedule
CWIL Conference 2007
Women as Intercultural Leaders:
Collaboration at the CrossroadsApril 26-28, 2007
Over 40 sessions in which to participate
SCHEDULE FOR:
Registration and all Concurrent Sessions will be held in the Student Center
Saint Mary's College Campus Map (pdf)
Thursday, April 26, 2007
10:30 a.m. Registration Opens
1:30 - 3:15 p.m. Opening Plenary
3:15 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 5:00 Concurrent Sessions
- Research on Intercultural Learning - Papers
CWIL Intercultural Learning Outcomes Assessment
Elaine Meyer-Lee, Saint Mary's College
Revising our Approach to Intercultural Learning: What we learned from our research findings
Bettina Hansel, AFS Intercultural Programs, Inc.
Comments on Assessing Outcomes of Education Abroad
Mell Bolen, BCA Abroad
- Black Women’s Leadership in Education - Papers
Educational Activist: Investigating the Role of Daisy Bates in the Integration of Little Rock Nine at Central High School 1957
Durene I. Wheeler, Notheastern Illinois University
The Color of Knowledge: Black Women Leadership in Education
Tracy Robison, Michigan State University
- Case Studies of Women’s Leadership - Papers
Female Leadership and Organizational Culture: An exploration of Meena’s Leadership and Formation of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
Alicia D. Crumpton, Gonzaga University
Shifting Leadership, Tension between the Old and the New: Life Stories of Three Black Women Principals in South Africa
Thidziambi Phendla, University of Pretoria
Deconstructing 'Woman' : Portraits of Gender, Power and Leadership
Faith Wambura Ngunjiri, Indiana University - Purdue University
- Women's Cultural Exchange - Panel
Lisa Montgomery, and Julie Maddox, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Ran Away: A Process in Women's Intercultural Performance - Workshop
Shannon Rose Riley, Chelsea Gulling, Jennifer Zachman, Bonnie Bazata, Saint Mary's College, and Shobhana Chakrabarti, Ishar Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health
- The Effective Woman Leader: Setting Your Emotional Compass & Harnessing the Power of EQ - Workshop
Dawn Santamaria `81, True North of Clinton, LLC, and Patrick Sherry, Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology, University of Denver
5:30 - 7:00 Keynote Reception Buffet
7:00 p.m. Keynote Address:
"The Role of Women in World Peace"
Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Winning Iranian Activist and Lawyer
Friday, April 27, 2007
7:30 a.m. Registration (cont.)
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 9:30 Concurrent Sessions
- K – 12 Education - Papers
We Deserve Better for Our Children, Tomorrow's Leaders: School Moms Advocating For Change
Tania Giordani, Columbia College Chicago
The Intercultural Promise: Connecting Teachers, Students, and Communities through Multi-Cultural Service-Learning
Kitty Green, Saint Mary's College
Going Against the Grain: Teaching Young Women to be Activists in a Culture of Apathy
Katy A. Strzepek, St. Ambrose University
- Narratives of Women’s Leadership - Papers
Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo: Women for Justice and Truth.
Maria Olivares, The Catholic University of America
Go Back! A Defiant Migration from Guanajuato to Chicago
Karen Richman, University of Notre Dame
- Transformative Intercultural Engagement in Action: Research on the CWIL Catalyst Trip - Panel
Erin Crawford-Cressy, Bonnie Bazata, Adriana Lopez, Saint Mary's College; Tracy Robison, Michigan State University; Andrea Johnson, Community Leader and Catlyst Planner
- Transforming the Leadership Program at a Women's Liberal Arts College: a Cross-Campus Collaborative Approach - Panel
LeeRay M. Costa, Hollins University, Katherine Walker, and Kim Jones, Hollins University
- Identifying Suppression, Breaking Tradition, Making the Transition: The journey and the stories of women from different backgrounds towards becoming agents of change - Panel
Camesha Manzueta, Bethune-Cookman College, Mary Buck, California Polytechnic State University, and Varsha Sherring, Regent Universtiy
- Exquisite Communication - The Secrets of Learning to Speak and Be Heard Powerfully - Workshop
Karen McGuckin Spofford `82, Powerful Execution
9:30 - 10:00 Break
9:30 - 5:00 p.m. Exhibit Area Open, Exhibitors include:
- Prescott College
- Ishar Multicultural Centre for Women's Health
- Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
- Ten Thousand Villages
- Saint Margaret's House
10:00 - 11:30 "Ran Away" Performance
11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Box Lunch Session with Roundtable Discussion
Teacher Dispositions: Finding a Way to Identify with Struggling Language Learners
Loretta Li, Saint Mary's College
Chinese Women and Leadership Training
Fang Chen, China Women's University, Visiting Scholar at University of California, Santa Barbara
Transnational Feminist Networks: Navigating the Cultural Divide in the graduate-level Women's Studies classroom
Beth Martin Birky, Goshen College; and Patrocino P. Schweickart, Purdue University
Hanging in the Balance: Helping today's girls prepare for leadership and managing the multiple demands of adulthood
Shannon Casey-Cannon `91, California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University
A Woman Leader Emerges: The Path to Becoming a CEO of a Governmental Agency Serving People with Developmental Disabilities
Marti Goetz, Antioch University
Baby Boomers to Millenials: Exploring the Generational Effects on Women
LaTonia Ferguson, University of Notre Dame
Empowerment Through Collaborative Leadership: We Do It Our Way!
Amy Pardo, Mississippi University for Women
“I want American women to know as much about us as we know about them.”
Betty Tonsing, Fulbright Scholar, University of Saint Joseph, Beirut, Lebanon
Human Resource Development in China: An Exploration of Opportuinities for Women
Deborah J. Pembleton, University of Minnesota
Table Topics - TBA
1:00 - 2:15 Concurrent Sessions
- Developing Women Leaders through Higher Education – Papers
Developing Women Leaders: The collaborative cohort model used in the MS and PhD programs in Leadership at Our Lady of the Lake University
Mark Green, Malcolm Ree, Meghan Carmody-Bubb, Diana Garza-Ortiz, and Esther Chavez, Our Lady of the Lake University
Promoting Women's Intercultural Engagement, Transformation and Agency: CWIL’s Electronic Portfolio-Based Certificate in Intercultural Leadership
Joy Evans, Saint Mary's College
- African-American Women Trailblazers in Post-War America: Saint Mary’s women and the Pepsi-Cola model - Panel
Stephanie Capparell, Wall Street Journal; Juanita Bay `52, retired; Ujvala Rajadyaksha, Kim Hodges, Saint Mary's College
- Women from the Field: Promoting Cultural Competency through Cross-Disciplinary Study - Panel
Ashley Dyer `05, and Denae Friedheim `05, University of Illinois, Chicago,
- Our Challenges May be Your Challenges: The U.S. Grail Renews Itself - Panel
Joy France, and Meg Bruck, Women's Research Development Center
- Becoming and Being Intercultural: The Link between Personal Experience and Intercultural Leadership - Panel
Holly Emert, Thorunn Bjarnadottir, and Kaoru Kinoshita, University of Minnesota
2:15 - 2:45 Break and Book Signing
2:45 - 4:00 Concurrent Sessions
- Characteristics of Women’s Intercultural Leadership - Papers
The Role of Intercollegiate Athletics in Creating Women Leaders
Ann Kearns`98, National Collegiate Athletic Association
Architecture of Women's Leadership: A Blueprint for Building Leaders
Paula Lawton Bevington `58, The Marcus Institute
On Being the Change You Want to See: Women as Tranformational Leaders
Kathleen Grove, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
- Cross Cultural Collaboration - Papers
Dr. Kogee Thomas and Ms. Barbara Al-Bayati: Women as Intercultural Leaders who Collaborate at the Crossroads
Gloria Bogdan, California State University, Fullerton
Supporting Self-Determination for Native Peoples from a Non-Native Perspective
Alana McGrattan `66, Santa Fe Indian School
- International Women Students - Papers
Invisible cat's cradle: Critical examination, empowerment, and self-reflection through the narratives of eight Japanese women international students
Mihoko Ogawa, Eastern Illinois University
International Women Students as Intercultural Agents: A National Survey on International Students at Women's Colleges in the U.S. and Student Testimonies
Siqin Yang, Dana Carr `05, Zanna Afanasjeva, Wen Wen Bai, Saint Mary's College
- Tools for Inclusive Leadership: The Eight Elements of the CWIL Women's Intercultural Leadership Model - Panel
Bonnie Bazata, Saint Mary’s College; Shobhana Chakrabarti, Women’s Multicultural Health Center; Mary Fran Brandenberger, artist and therapist; and Kimberlie Warren, research consultant
- Building a Community-College Partnership to Promote Community Health - Panel
Linda Zoeller, Saint Mary's College, Andrea Johnson SBCIBE, Sheryl Anderson, Minority Health Coalition
- History that Matters: Using National History Day to Encourage Young Women's Activism and Collaboration between College and Communities - Workshop
Katy A. Strzepek, St. Ambrose University
4:15 - 5:30 Concurrent Sessions
- Internationalization of the Campus - Papers
Internationalization of the campus: The role of Women in the Literature and in Practice
Deborah J. Pembleton, and Elizabeth Stallman, University of Minnesota
Open Up to Intercultural Curricula: Opencourseware as an Instrument for Change
Terri Bays, University of Notre Dame
- Multiplying and Thickening the Strands of Relationship between the Academy and the Community: CWIL Wellsprings of Wisdom and WiLCO (Women in Leadership in Community Organizations) - Panel
Bonnie Bazata, Indi Dieckgrafe, Razia Stanikzai, Saint Mary's College; Dona Biley Weiler, Cass County Council on Aging; Gladys Muhammad, South Bend Heritage Foundation; Kathy Schneider, St. Margaret’s House; Kareemah El Amin, Community Partnership for Lifelong Learning; and Julie Vukovich, Regional Director, Senator Evan Bayh
- Women for Others: Educating for Intercultural Leadership at a Midwestern Jesuit University - Workshop
Mary (Rina) M. Chittooran, Mary Domahidy, Joyce Dana, and Hemla D. Singaravelu, Saint Louis University
- Culture as a Path to Self-Empowerment and Leadership - Workshop
Cathy Martin Baiardi `71, Coaching for Global Movement
- Gender Roles - Papers
Gender Role Ideology and Work-Family Conflict in India
Ujvala Rajadhyaksha, Saint Mary's College
Women's Roles in Sustainability: Leadership based on a Matriarchal Culture
Barbara A. Ribbens, Western Illinois University
Women, Key for a Success Change
Griselda Lassaga, Universidad de Belgrano
- Poster Session
Modeling Student and Faculty Support: Women in Economics and Business
Raymonda L. Burgman, DePauw UniversityDrawing Women's Leadership from the Right Side of the Brain
Margaret Ann Matich-Kaney`72, Artist
Campus Collaborations: CWIL's Co-Sponsored Events Program
Joy Evans, Saint Mary's CollegeSaint Mary's College Women's Resource Center
Chelsea Gulling and Stephanie Doran, Saint Mary's College Women's Resource Center
Saturday, April 28, 2007
8:00 - 9:00 a.m. Interfaith Prayer Service
9:00 - 9:15 Continental Breakfast
9:15 - 10:30 Concurrent Sessions
- Transnational Feminism - Papers
Transnational or International? Transnational Feminist Pedagogy in the Women's Studies Classroom
Beth Martin Birky, Goshen College
The Need for Feminism in the Global World: Transnational Feminist Networks and Activism in the Face of Globalization
Colleen Ann Lutz Clemens, Lehigh University
Lessons from the Women’s Empowerment Research Task Force: Lubwe, Zambia
Caitlin Bortolotto, University of Dayton
- Interpretations: How Fellows Integrate the CWIL Mission into Their Work - Panel
Carrie S. Erlin, Pablo Hernandez, Edith Miguda, Catherine Pellegrino, Fozia Qazi, and Shannon Rose Riley, Saint Mary's College
- Integrating Culture and Context into Women's Leadership: In Support of the Ecological Model of Development - Workshop
Shannon Casey-Cannon `91, California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University
- Governance and Intercultural Leadership - Workshop
Judy Kulisa, Pokua Asomani, and Shobhana Chakrabarti, Ishar Multicultural Women's Health Centre
- Developing a Practice for Deepening Dialogue Across Difference - Workshop
Nurredina Workman, University of Maryland
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:15 Closing Plenary with CWIL International Advisory Board members
"Pressing Demands of Future Women
Intercultural Leaders"
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