
Publications/Anthology
Through publication in print and video and presentations along with an active presence on the World Wide Web, the Center for Women's InterCultural Leadership disseminates the ideas, questions, and research explored by the participants in its programs to the widest possible audiences.
CWIL Publications
Publications | Presentations & Invited Talks | Works in Progress
Publications
Akita, Kimiko
- Hegemony and the sexual commodification of women in the Japanese media. T. Carilli & J. Campbell (Eds.), Women in the media: Global perspectives. Lanham, MD: University Press of America., 2004.
- Critical Ethnography of My Aunt's Suicide: Intergenerational Family Conflict in Japan. Human Communication: A Journal of the Pacific and Asian Communication Association, 6 (1), 59-79. 2003.
- A female teacher and sexual harassment in a Japanese women's junior college: A case study. Women and Language, 25 (1), 8-13.
Derry, Robin
- “Disparate Treatment at Southern State.” Saint
Louis: Emerson Center
for Business Ethics, 2003.
Keating, Cricket
- “Developmental Democracy and Its Inclusions: Globalization and the Transformation of Participation.” Signs. 29 (2004): 417-37.
Meléndez, Maria, ed.
- Moon Won’t Leave Me Alone: Reflections
on Identity, Family and
Community. San Francisco: California Poets in the Schools, 2003. - An Illustrated Guide to Things Unseen, University of Arizona Press, September, 2006.
- Comeback Wolves: Western Writers Welcome the Wolf Home, Johnson Books, Summer, 2005.
Nusair, Isis, contributor
- Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East
and North Africa.
2nd ed. New York: Macmillan Reference USA. (forthcoming) - Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers. (forthcoming)
- and Rabéa Naciri. “The
Integration of the Human Rights of Women from the Middle East and North
Africa in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership.” Denmark:
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, 2003.
Yañez, Richard
- El Paso del Norte. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 2003.
Presentations & Invited Talks
Akita, Kimiko
- "Deconstructing Japanese Patriarchy: Why Women
Oppress
Women.” 25th Annual Conference of Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender. Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender. Minneapolis. October, 2002. - "Perspectives from the OSCLG’s
student representatives.” 2002
National Communication Association Conference. The 25th Annual Conference of
Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender. Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender. Minneapolis. October 2002. - "Artifactual Communication: Cuteness and Commodification
of Women in
Japanese Media.” Mass Communication Division, National Communication Association Conference. National Communication Association. New Orleans. November, 2002. - "Hegemony and the Sexual Commodification of Women in the
Japanese Media.”
Feminist and Women’s Studies Division, National Communication Association Conference. National Communication Association. New Orleans. November, 2002. - "The Commodification of Interpersonal Relationships in Japan’s
Keitai and
Mediated Communication.” Korean American Communication Association, Media Ecology Association and the Chinese Communication Association, National Communication Association Conference. National Communication Association. New Orleans. November, 2002. - "Stories of three sets of tansu (chests of drawers): An intergenerational odyssey of four Japanese women.” Ethnography Division, National Communication Association Conference. New Orleans. November, 2002.
- "Hegemonic Patriarchy: Why Women Oppress Women in Japan.” Japan-U.S. Communication Association, National Communication Association Conference. Miami. November, 2003.
- "Re-defining Academic Feminism: Creating Online Feminist Theorists Dialogue.” 2003 National Communication Association Conference. Miami. 20 November 2003.
- "Growing up in Japan.” Building the Wellsprings of Wisdom Conference. Center for Women’s InterCultural Leadership, Saint Mary’s College. June, 2003.
- "Origami.” Girls Scout Conference at Indiana University South Bend. June, 2003.
- "Hegemonic Patriarchy in Japan: Japanese Women’s Challenges to Global Feminism.” Transforming Conflict: Women’s Ways of Leading Conference. Mount Mary College, WI. 5 -6 March 2004.
- "Japanese Culture and Japanese Women.” Teen Night, a History Month Event. Purdue University-Calumet. 25 March 2004.
Call, Carolyne
- "The
Role of the Consumer in Agricultural Environmental Ethics.” Rochester,
New York. Spring, 1990. - “Proposal for the Inclusion of the Biological Sciences into a Seminary Setting.” University of Chicago. Spring, 1994.
- "The Place of Animals in World Religions.” Cornell University. Fall, 1998.
- “The Sociology of Religion.” Cornell University. Spring, 1999.
- "Intellectual Development in the College Years.” Cornell University. Fall, 2000.
- "Race and Ethnicity in Sociological Perspective.” Cornell University. Fall, 2000.
- "Homosexuality and Scripture.” Common Ground Discussion: Saint Mary’s College. Fall, 2002.
- "Intellectual safety, moral atmosphere and epistemology in college classrooms" (With Dawn E. Schrader), Association for Moral Education Annual Meeting. Chicago. November, 2002.
- "Picture This: Photography as a heuristic device for exploring identity development.” Society for Research in Adult Development Annual Meeting. Tampa, Florida. April, 2003.
- "Safety First: Epistemological development and intellectual safety.” Society for Research in Adult Development Annual Meeting. Tampa, Florida, April, 2003.
- "Why Should I Care? A case for a pedagogy of care in the college classroom.” Society for Research in Adult Development Annual Meeting. Tampa, Florida. April, 2003.
- "Intellectual safety and epistemological position in the college classroom.” American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, California. April, 2004.c
DeMott, Sarah
- "Advising the Millennial Generation: Changing Strategies for Changing Times", NAFSA: Region VI Annual Conference, Evansville, IN, November 6-9, 2004. Session awarded "Best in Region" and has been submitted to represent Region VI at NAFSA's 57th Annual National Conference, 2005.
Farina, Marianne
- "Discovering Islam" St. Cyril and Methodius Theological Seminary, Detroit, January 2003.
- "Living as Women of Faith Project”, Interview with the Muslim American Society, Chicago Division, September 4, 2003.
- "Interrreligious Dialogue: Theory and Practice" Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace Studies, July 2003. "Interfaith Projects: Pathways to Peace" Middle East Partnership Initiative, Indiana Center for Cultural Exchange, Indiana University Bloomington, IN. Northern Indiana Session held at the University of Notre Dame, IN August 4, 2004.
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"The Work of Thomas Aquinas and Hamid al-Ghazali as Resources for Theology Today" Lecture at the Graduate Theological Union of The University of California in Berekley, January 28, 2005.
- "Understanding Islam" Workshop for the Sagining Center of Memorial Hospital, South Bend, IN, February 6, 2005.
- "Interculutural Dimensions of Global Leadership" Women's Global Leadership: The Next Generation" Workshop/Lecture including: Tracy Robison, Marianne Farina, Students: Angela Johnston, Carolyn Madison, Veronica Fritz, Asma Qurddoura
Zayed University, Dubai United Arab Emirates, March 14-16, 2005.
- "The Role of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in the Pursuit of Peace" Presentation for the First Church of Christ, Scientist, South Bend, IN, March 20, 2005.
Goodwin-Kelly, Mary Kate
- "Hollywood Motherhood", keynote speaker, Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association annual conference, Boulder, Colorado, October 2, 2004.
Kawar, Lina
- “US Resident, Jordanian and Palestinian Women’s
Participation in Breast
Cancer Screening.” Advances in Cultural Competence: Bridging the Gap between
Practice, Education, Administration, & Research in Nursing. Mount Saint Mary's
College, Newburgh. 15 November 2003.
Keating, Christine
- Contract Theory in Comparative Perspective.
American Political
Science Association Annual Meetings, Philadelphia. September 2003. - “Gendered Rhetorics of Rule.” American Political Science
Association Annual
Meetings, Philadelphia. September 2003. - “The Postcolonial Sexual Contract.” Political Science
Colloquiumc
University of Washington, Seattle. 31 October 2003.
Meléndez, Maria
- "Open Studio", featured artist, WNIT (PBS), January 20, 2005.
- "Small College Teaching", Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Notre Dame, February 1, 2005.
- "LitFest", Featured poet, University of Dayton, March 12, 2005.
- Mishawaka Friends of the Library Poetry Workshop, April 6, 2005.
- Heifer Project International Inaugural Earth Day Writers' Workshop, Heifer Ranch, Perryville, Arkansas, April 22-24, 2005.
- "Mujeres de Maíz: Environmental Justice in an Age of Transgenic Contamination", Association for the Study of Literature and Environment conference, Eugene, Oregon, June, 2005.
- Bottled Poetry reading series, St. Helena, California, July 17, 2005.
Meyer-Lee, Elaine
- "Faculty-led service-learning international programs”. Regional Meeting of NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Chicago, November 10-12, 2002.
- "Bringing it Home: Follow-Up Courses for Study Abroad Returnees”. University of Minnesota Study Abroad Curriculum Integration Conference. Minneapolis, April 16, 2004.
- "Follow-up Courses for Study Abroad Returnees" Problems and Possibilities", CIEE Conference, Santa Fe, NM, November 11, 2004.
McDougall, Heather
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"Global Citizenship: Morality, Education, and Action,"
"How to Start an International Leadership Program," presentations, Women as Global Leaders Conference, Zayed University, Dubai United Arab Emirates,
March 14-16, 2005.
- "Global Citizenship: Morality, Education, and Action," presentation, Marian College, March 21, 2005.
Nusair, Isis
- "The Palestinian Women’s Movement: Past Achievements
and Current
Challenges.” Clark University, Worcester. 16 October 2003. - "Feminist Resistance at Times of War and Conflict: The
Case of Iraq, Israel,
and Palestine.” Women, War and Peace Conference. Southern Connecticut State
University, Connecticut. 17 October 2003. - "The Palestinian Women’s Movement: Past Achievements and Current Challenges.” Clark University, Massachusetts, USA, Fall 2003.
- "Women’s Human Rights in the Middle East and North Africa: Achievements and Challenges for the 21st Century.” Intercultural Studies Program, Saint Mary’s College, Indiana, USA, Fall 2003.
- "Feminist Resistance at Times of War and Conflict: The Case of Iraq, Israel, and Palestine.” Women, War and Peace. Southern Connecticut State University, Connecticut, USA, Fall 2003; Transforming Conflict: Women’s Ways of Leading. Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, USA, Spring 2004.
- "Bringing the Local/Global into the Women’s Studies Classroom.” Feminism Contesting Globalization. University College Dublin, Ireland, Summer 2004; Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections. National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Summer 2004.
- "Feminist Organizing in the Middle East and North Africa: Achievements and Challenges for the 21st Century.” Women in the Middle: Borders, Barriers, Intersections. National Women’s Studies Association Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Summer 2004.
- "Feminist Resistance under Occupation in Iraq.” Feminism Contesting Globalization. University College Dublin, Ireland, Summer 2004.
Works in Progress
Good, Marcia
- Mexican Midwives: Continuity, Controversy and Change.
Keating, Christine
- “Educating for Coalition.” National
Women’s
Studies Association
Journal.
Meléndez, Maria
- “A Watershed’s History in Four Voices.” Notre
Dame Review.
Winter 2004.
Yañez, Richard
- Cross Over Water






