Guest Post: Locker Room Talk by Nasyah Price

“It’s locker room talk”, “All men say that”, “Let men be men”, “It’s no big deal”, “Women should be flattered”, “It’s not like we are actually raping them”. With the recent events of the Trump “P***y Gate” debacle, and an event that I recently attended on campus I thought the topic of rape jokes and the trivialization of rape and the harm it does to not only women but also men will be the topic of my rant. When we joke about rape and sexual assault, we not only make it harder for victims to come forward out of fear of being judged and the victims are not taken seriously in most cases, but it also contributes to the societal view that when a woman is victimized by a man, the man is just doing what nature dictates and therefore cannot and should not be punished.

I recently went to an event on campus that did a viewing of a documentary “Killing Me Softly” that was about how the media portrays women as sexual props to appeal to men. At the very beginning of the event the moderators explicitly announced that they recognize that 10% of rape victims are men (http://www.rainn.org/statistics/scope-problem)[1] and that the audience is well aware that all men do not assault and/or rape women. There was an open forum afterwards with survey questions that could be texted in anonymously for the moderator to discuss. 

At first the audience of about 60 people texted or responded with legitimate and respectful answers, however that changed when the answers that were texted in became “funny”. Some of the answers at first were “R.I.P Harambe” or “Hillary was responsible for 9/11” but then the answers got incredible crass and even threatening, “Women disgust me with their whining”, “I wish rape WAS legal” the phrase “This is stupid/dumb/pointless” as a top answer. Men were laughing at women who expressed their fears to go out at night...the men acted indignant towards the women of the room who did not want to be repeatedly catcalled just walking around campus. Calling themselves “Representatives for men” they said men do not act or think the way they thought the discussion was trying to portray them. The rape culture was being exaggerated even though they were shooting themselves in the foot with the results of the survey answers (shown on the projector screen)...which displayed degrading slurs and disrespectful comments about the women through the cell phone survey for all to see. 

Not being able to stand the mockery that was directed toward women in the audience I stood up. With my boiling rage, I made known that [a] man ... raped me when I was sixteen and ... I was sexually assaulted by [another man] at work. The comments people were sending in for the survey believed they were funny and the energy of the people in the room proved why we need to have discussions about sexual assault. The psychological trauma every woman has gone through including myself was just another matter to kid around about. Some people clapped with respect and others scoffed. There was no more laughter or ridicule of people trying to talk about actions to prevent sexual assault. There was one last comment sent in that will forever be ingrained in my mind and already tattered soul; “third times a charm” [sic].

In Emily Buchwald's book “Transforming a Rape Culture”[2] she talks about how when a society normalizes sexualized violence, we are essentially accepting and creating rape culture. One the national average 1 in 6 women will be sexually assaulted and that number is even higher on a college campus with 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted[3]. Only 10% of is rape is reported and it is the most unreported crime in the world. When society blames the victims, the actually victims of sexual assault believe they deserved or brought about being attacked. When I was being questioned by the police, I was asked what was I wearing, was I under the influence, did I give any indication that I was being flirtatious. I was the reason for my rape and sexual assault, not my attacker. How can we rationalize that rape is funny or when it’s a conversation casually being talked about, it is perfectly normal? 

In a patriarchal society rape isn’t seen as a crime that someone should be put in prison for life even though the women and men affected will never have a sense of security every again walking home at night. They will always have feelings of distrust in their heart if the survivor wants to share a romantic relationship. Survivors of rape and sexual assault do not find rape jokes funny, we are appalled and it’s harder for us to move forward towards healing and to feel safe. This is not fair to the anyone because men who respect women will still be looked upon with wariness and suspicion for a crime they have not committed. When we see and hear rape jokes and excuse given that it’s normal, we believe it’s normal, that men really do talk about women as sexual props and that they can do whatever they please, when in reality it is not. If you don’t want to be seen or viewed as a rapist don’t make rape jokes, it’s that simple.

[1] (Scope of the Problem: Statistics, 2016)

[2] Buchwald, Emilie, Pamela R. Fletcher, and Martha Roth. “Accepting Rape Culture.” Transforming a Rape Culture. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1993. N. pag. Print.

[3] Violence Resource, National. “Facts about Sexual Violence.” PsycEXTRA Dataset (n.d.): n. pag. Statistics about Sexual Violence. National Sexual Violence Resource, 2015. Web. 14 Oct. 2016.

by Nasyah Price  this post originally appeared on Medium.

Guest Post: A Day in the Life ... by Maeve Devlin and Alexandria Spakes

Women's and Gender Studies 200 students Maeve Devlin and Alexandria Spakes reflect on the lives of women in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Throughout the week I have read and understood what it really was like for women back in the “glory days” of the 1970’s and 80’s. I always associated the latter half of the 1900’s to be a time in which society improved and life was easy, although all I really have seen about this era is through movies like Grease and Sixteen Candles. However, it is not only me glorifying the 70’s and 80’s, if you ask anyone what era they would live in or go back to, I bet a good majority would say that “The 80’s was where it was at”, but was it really? From my reading and discussions, I can safely assume that the 70’s and 80’s were actually not where “it was at”, not for women anyway.



A fantastic article called “A Day Without Feminism” written by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards really brought forward the trials and tribulations women had to face on a daily basis in 1970, the start of a decade that would change women and their rights for forever. In this article it gave facts like if a girl in high school “got herself pregnant”, as if it doesn’t take two, she would get kicked out of the National Honor Society and expelled from school. The rule about getting kicked out of the National Honor Society was only changed within the turn of the century.



In this era women were contradictory beings, in many professions deemed appropriate for women sex appeal was a requirement, however if they got pregnant or even married they would be fired or demoted. For example, if a female teacher was pregnant she would be fired due to the notion that “children were not to know that women had sex”. Yet, they were the objects of sexual allure and appeal. A man in power at the woman’s place of work could demand a blowjob and call her pet names and the woman would either have to quit or comply to their sexual demands, because back then sexual harassment did not exist.


Much like in the introduction of the book The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros, Sandra explicitly says that she listens to the men in authority because they are like her father, men who believe that she should stay at home and wait to be married than to go on and further her career. Her father always asked her “Why are you doing this?” after all, he did work hard to give her a house with a proper heating system to live in until another man claimed her. Even in the 1980’s after the feminists protests that made the news and are now in history books, women are still treated as property, like Edna Pontellier from Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, the human woman is nothing more than a piece of property to a man, and not even his most valuable one. The introduction of this novel makes one thing clear, women like Sandra’s mother lived in regret and in the shadows of their husbands. Many women are like Sandra’s mother and never finished high school because they often had a man to provide for them and school for women was seen as a past time until they were passed from father to husband.


Although the 1970’s and 80’s produced fantastic films, music, and art that has shaped our culture, people seem to forget what really happened back then, what the life was really like. Life in the 1980’s was nothing like Risky Business or Animal House for women in this decade. To spend a day in the life of the women that helped uplift and support women in my generation and generations to come would be hard and far different than we think. For that we have a lot to thank them for.

- by Maeve Devlin. This post originally appeared on Medium. 

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Growing up, I always told my family that I should have been born in a different year, and I don’t think I realized how different I would have it had I been born in the 1970’s or 1980’s. We see how fun their clothes were, how big their hair was, and how bright their makeup was, and that is why we want to live in that decade, we don’t pay as much attention to what … it was like for women living in the 1970’s.



A Day without Feminism written by Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards taught me about what it was like being a woman in the workforce during the 1970’s. Having want ads segregated into “Help Wanted Male” and “Help Wanted Female” being a female and having a job such as a lawyer, females would have to look under “Help Wanted Male.”

Also, if a boss demanded sex, refers to his female employee exclusively as “baby”, or says he won’t pay her unless she gives him a blowjob, she either has to quit or succumb.

There was no such thing as sexual harassment back then, and I hear a lot of females who say “nothing like that would ever happen to me” or “I would not let someone do or talk like that to me.” I had that mindset growing up, “nothing bad will happen to me” although I never had my bosses act sexual towards me, I have had a coworker who could have been around my parents age (45–50), he would tell me that I was “sexy” and how “if he was my boyfriend, he would do this and that” and would write his number down and tell me “not to tell anyone about it.” I felt uncomfortable, when I told someone what happened I got “You probably started it by flirting with him.” I can’t even imagine having to do something with someone because I am a female and that’s what has to be done in order to keep my job or to be paid.

I find it fascinating that depending on how you were raised and the generation you were raised in changes how things are looked at. In The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros’ father wanted her to live at home until she was married. In my family, my parents were always telling me, “You will be moved out when you are eighteen.” Her father wonders “why he worked so hard to buy a house with a furnace so she could go back and live like that.” He wants her to be on television as a weather girl or to marry and have babies.



I also think that some people do not understand how hard women fought for us to be able to have the rights that we have today, some women are afraid to not do what their husbands tell them to do, like Sandra’s mother. Her mother told her “good lucky you went to school” she is proud that her daughter is doing what she wants to do.

- by Alexandria Spakes. A longer version of this post originally appeared on Medium. 

Guest Post: Please, Don't Take it Personal by Miracle Davis

Today was, as Monica would describe it, “just one of them days, when I wanna be all alone it's just one of them days, when I gotta be all alone.” 

Since my mind really wasn’t on feminist Camp today I’m going to switch it up and speak upon my current feelings. 

In my introductory Women Studies course, we discussed the topic of “white privilege” and the term privilege as whole. 

In one way shape or form you have experienced something that the person next to you hasn’t, which makes them the person of privilege. 

Since the first day of this trip, I have seen “white privilege” being used against me right in front of my face. For example, I asked one of my peers “Is a train station like an airport? Like do they check your bags, because I have my Taser?”  These individuals busted out laughing, and in my head, I’m thinking I am dead ass serious, I need to be protected at all times. That is when a lightbulb went off in my head that they just don’t get it! 

It frustrates me because these are the individuals who have taken the WMST 101 course who may have agreed that acting as such is wrong yet they still do it, obliviously. 

As a person of color  who takes these courses surrounded by white women and people of different ethnicities how can I believe that these courses are ways to bring awareness to situations when in reality it seems as though it’s a slap in the face because obviously nothing’s changed?

[editor's note: white privilege isn't the only form of "privilege," as Miracle explains next].

As I’ve mentioned to the group, I have a mild Cerebral Palsy that affects both of my legs. Cerebral Palsy is a congenital disorder of movement, muscle tone, or posture. I understand that the New York lifestyle is fast paced, even down to the speed of your walking. 

However, I also know my speed limit as far as how much force and pressure that I can put on my legs to get from point A to Point B. Thus far in this trip, I tend to be the “slow poke” of the group the one that everyone has to wait on at the crosswalks, even though the sign says walk.  

Just yesterday were running late to a scheduled event and one on my peers says abruptly, “Come on girls, we have approximately 7 minutes to get to this event, your legs being too short is not an excuse!” At that moment I froze,  but before I could even open my mouth to speak I had to think, 

do I:

A. respond as Miracle the person who is sensitive about her condition and come off as the bitchy girl of the group?

or do I :

B collect myself, and approach the situation as an adult?

I chose option B, and said “um, excuse me, I have a leg condition so that is my excuse; if you all leave me that’s fine I’ll just be lost.” She quickly said, “I am so sorry I didn’t know, there I go being insensitive,” but to me the damage is already done, you said what you said because you meant it. Had I not addressed it, she would’ve continued to think that that was okay. 

Privilege. Just this morning my foot gave out as I was coming down the ladder to get off the top bunk of the bed and I fell face first onto the floor. Luckily, I felt my self about to fall (this time) so I guarded my face. After asking if I was okay, one of the girls in the room with me said, “Do you not use the last step?!”  As if me using the last step would have prevented me from falling. I angrily responded by saying "I TRIED!" 

It just bothers me how insensitive people can be to others' situations, which is why today was just one of those days and I hope they didn’t take me being distant personal. 

Guest Post: Feminist Camp Day 2 by Miracle Davis

Feminist Camp Day 2:

                It is currently 1:12 Am and the fat lady has sung so that means that the party is over! The topic for today was Power & Impact. This powerful day began with us talking with Courtney Harvey at Women Moving Millions. Even though we were there to listen to Courtney, my take away message came from talking with Chantal Bonitto (pictured above) who is the Director of Community Engagement at Women Moving Millions. 

From a personal one on one conversation I better understood the idea of not letting people place you place yourself, meaning from my own personal experience when people around me say that I can’t do certain things because of where I from (Newport News, VA), or what I am (African American) I can’t allow that to bother me and make me stagnant, I have to prove that I can do whatever it is that I choose and go wherever I please. 

The party bus picked up Symone New (not pictured) who is a part of the Doula Project. The whole concept of a Doula was/still is new to me. A Doula is a woman who is trained to assist another woman during childbirth and who may provide support to the family after the baby is born. It was interesting to note that there are 3 types of doula: birth, antepartum, and postpartum which have different but equal responsibly for the woman in which they assist. 

After Dropping Symone off we swung by 222 Broadway and had a very impactful discussion with the women of the Women and Justice Project, While here, I heard the most painful yet beautiful testimonies from 3 amazing women who were shackled while pregnant, and faced problems with parenting while incinerated yet they’ve since been released and have excelled tremulously; from these women, I learned that you can’t pass judgment on a person without understanding their full story.

Our next stop was the Bar Association. The American Bar Association, founded in 1878, is one of the world’s largest voluntary professional organizations. During our meeting with Marie- Claude Jean-Baptiste and Susan Kath I was made aware that I was completely oblivious to the things happening all over the world. 

Lastly, we volunteered at the Sanctuary for Families Zero Tolerance Benefit Gala which is a non-profit organization dedicated to aiding victims of domestic violence and their children. Here is where I met one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, Grandmaster Flash! 

Feminist Camp just gets better and better with each passing day!

Guest Post: Feminist Camp Day 1 by Miracle Davis

Feminist Camp Day 1

With day 1 of Feminist Camp coming to an end I just want to say I had so much fun today! Here are few pictures of how my day went. 

We started by going to VICE Magazine, Both Vice's online and magazine content has shifted from dealing mostly with independent arts and pop cultural matters to covering more serious news topics. While at VICE we got a sneak peak of WOMEN with Gloria Steinem which takes a look at the effects that incarcerated women have on the people around them. While at VICE we also took the time to fill out holiday cards for victims of sexual assault. 

Our next stop was to The Feminist Press. Feminist Press was founded by Florence Howe in 1970, it is an independent non- profit literary publisher that promotes freedom of expression and social justice. 

Lastly, my night ended with me stopping by Chirping Chicken on 77th and Amsterdam to grab a bite to eat, while there I was greeted and served by the owner Mike who sat and talked with me as I skinned my chicken down to the gristle lol!

WMST Fall 2016 Course Offerings

The following courses, being offered in the Fall 2016 Semester, will count towards the minor in Women's Studies.

CRJU 365 Diversity in the Criminal Justice System

11:00 am - 12:15 pm      TR        CHBS Building 5021    Bakhitah Brenda Abdul-Ra'uf   

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm        TR        CHBS Building 5021     Bakhitah Brenda Abdul-Ra'uf   

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm          W         TBA                                TBA

ENGL 453 The Female Literary Tradition

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm        TR        Young Hall 311                       Erin L Webster Garrett   

HLTH 325 Diversity of Health in the US,

11:00 am - 12:15 pm      TR        Peters Hall C142                    Pamela Y. Frasier   

HUMD 300 Human Growth and Development: Birth through Adolescence

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm          M         Peters Hall C117                   Patricia B Shoemaker

11:00 am - 12:15 pm      TR        Peters Hall C174                  Wendy L Eckenrod-Green   

9:30 am - 10:45 am        TR        Peters Hall C174                  Wendy L Eckenrod-Green   

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm          W         Peters Hall C173                  Wendy L Eckenrod-Green   

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm          W         Peters Hall C173              

NURS 366: Nursing in the Childbearing Family

8:00 am - 10:50 am        T          TBA                                      Sharla C Cooper   

8:00 am - 10:50 am        T          TBA                                      Sharla C Cooper   

8:00 am - 10:50 am        T          TBA                                      Sharla C Cooper   

8:00 am - 10:50 am        T          TBA                                      Sharla C Cooper   

8:00 am - 10:50 am        T          TBA                                     Sharla C Cooper   

NUTR 316, Nutrition in the Life cycle I: Maternal and Child

11:00 am - 12:15 pm      MW      Peters Hall C137                  Jyotsna Sharman

NUTR 405, Community and Cultural Nutrition

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm        TR        Peters Hall C143                  Jyotsna Sharman

POSC 390 Gender & Politics

11:00 am - 11:50 am      MWF    CHBS Building 5011            Theresa Schroeder   

PSYC 218, Adolescent Psychology

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm          T          McGuffey Hall 206                TBA

PSYC 230, Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Note: This    is restricted to Athletic Training, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Exercise, Sport and Health Education (Sports Medicine concentration only), Pre-Nursing, Psychology, and Recreation, Parks, and Tourism majors only until April 18, 2016.

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm          MWF    CHBS Building 3012           David A Townsend   

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm          R          Young Hall 402                   TBA

8:00 am - 9:15 am          TR        Young Hall 402                   Jenessa C Steele   

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm          T          Young Hall 402                    TBA

PSYC 250, Psychology of Diversity

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm        TR        Young Hall 302                   Amy J Kelly

PSYC 343, Social Psychology

12:30 pm - 1:45 pm        TR        Russell Hall 007                   Benjamin Biermeier-Hanson   

8:00 am - 8:50 am          MWF    Young Hall 402                     Amy J Kelly   

9:00 am - 9:50 am          MWF    Young Hall 402                     Amy J Kelly   

12:00 pm - 12:50 pm      MWF    Young Hall 402                      Amy J Kelly   

PSYC 391, Psychology of Women

 8:00 am - 9:15 am         TR        Davis Hall 043                      Sarah L Hastings   

PSYC 393, Psychology of Human Sexuality

8:00 am - 9:15 am          TR        Young Hall 302                    TBA

SOCY 250, Social Inequality

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm          MWF    Porterfield Hall 172               TBA

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm          MWF    Young Hall 305                     TBA

SOCY 331, Race and Ethnic Relations

1:00 pm - 1:50 pm          MWF    CHBS Building 3020              Steven M McGlamery

SOWK 300, Human Behavior in the Social Environment I

1:00 pm - 3:50 pm          W         Waldron College Hall 200       TBA

 1:00 pm - 3:50 pm         W         Waldron College Hall 233        TBA

 6:00 pm - 8:50 pm         M         TBA                                           TBA

WMST 101, Women in the World: Introduction to Women’s Studies

12:00 pm - 12:50 pm      MWF    Young Hall 311                  Michele D Ren

9:30 am - 10:45 am        TR        Cook Hall 317                   Dana S Cochran   

11:00 am - 12:15 pm      TR        Young Hall 412                 Dana S Cochran   

 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm       TR        Cook Hall 112                   Sarah L Hastings   

 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm         T          Young Hall 428                  Moira P Baker

WMST 400 Senior Portfolio

12:00 pm - 12:50 pm      M         Young Hall 418                 Moira P Baker   

Women’s History Month Events---March 2016

Feb. 27, 2:00, Bonnie Auditorium, Aiden James Kozciesza (Transgender Writer and Activist), “Plastic Boy: Transgender Identity Unpacked.” Bridge event with LGBTQ+ Month

Feb 29, 4:00, Muse Banquet Hall, “Diversity in Comics” (Jeremy Whitley). Bridge event with Black History Month

March 1, 7:00, Bondurant Auditorium, “Reimaging Consent: How Healthy Masculinity Can Prevent Rape,” Men Can Stop Rape Organization (Washington, DC)

March 2, 9:00, Heth 22, Dr. I-Ping Fu and CCST 103 students (Foreign Languages): “Holding Up More than Half the Sky: Stories of Chinese Women”

March 14, 4:00, McGuffey 203, Dr. April Herndon (Associate Professor of English, Winona State University): “Women and Children First: Fat Blame in the ‘War on Obesity’”

March 15, 2:00-2:50, Heth 22, Professors Robyn Berg and Jennifer Juul with Grace Ellinghaus and Miranda Roberts (Theatre); Professors Moira Baker and Amanda Kellogg (English) and Students from ENGL 472, THEA 425, and THEA 297: “No Holds Bard: Shakespeare’s Dynamite Women”

March 16, 2:00, Heth 16, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue (50s+ in inner circle), Dr. Sarah Hastings (Director of PSY D Program)

March 16, 6:00, Hurlburt Dining Area Stage, Poetry Slam, Loren Phillips (Design) and Anna Vandevender (Psy D Program)

March 16, 7:30, Albig Studio Theatre, Paradigm Shift: Emerging Radford University Women Choreographers (Dance Department)

March 17, 3:30, Heth 22, Shannon Knuston, Anna Nicholas, Adrianne Reeder (Core 201): “Superwomen: The Evolving Representation of Women in Super(s)hero Comics”

March 21, 3:00, Heth 22, Ariel Hylton and Justine Jackson (English): “Trans-forming Justice: Transgender Issues in the U. S.”

March 22, 12:30, Heth 22, Dr. Amy Rubens (English): “Performing the Mother Instinct: S. Josephine Baker's Radical Vision of Public Health Nursing”

March 23, 2:00, Heth 16, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue (30s and 40s in inner circle), Dr. Sarah Hastings (Director of PSY D Program)

March 23, 5:30, McGuffey 206, Drs. Jennifer Jones Powell, Patricia A. Talbot and Ann Mary Roberts (School of Teacher Education & Leadership), “Exploring the Warm Heart of Africa: Ten Years of Engaging Heads, Hands, and Hearts with RU’s Malawi Study Abroad Program”

March 24, 5:30, Heth 14, Dr. Thelathia “Nikki” Young (Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies, Bucknell University), “Imagining New Relationships through Ethics, Queerness, and Intersectionality”

March 25, Noon, Library Conference Room, Dr. Thelathia “Nikki” Young, Discussion and Workshop: “Socially Engaged Pedagogies, Being an Activist-Scholar, and Student Activism.” All faculty and students are invited to participate. BRING YOUR IDEAS.

March 28, 4:00, Heth 22, Michelle Muttart (Certified Therapeutic Yoga Instructor): Yoga Workshop—”Balancing the Chakras and Your Life”

March 29, 2:00, Heth 22, Dr. Theresa Schroeder, “Fortifying the Glass Ceiling: National Security Threats as a Barrier for Female Political Candidates"

March 30, 2:00, Heth 16, Circle of Life Intergenerational Dialogue (20s & teens in inner circle), Dr. Sarah Hastings (Director of PSY D Program)

March 30, 4:00, Covington Foyer, Closing Reception, President Penelope W. Kyle, “Reflections on Women and Women’s History Month” The entire University community is cordially invited to join us for refreshments, live music, and conviviality.

March 30, 7:00, Bondurant Auditorium, “Speaking of Sex …”. Dramatized reflective scenarios concerning sex, relationships, communications, & consent

On-Going Annual Events

Her-Story Celebration:   For each day during the month of March, subscribers to the Her-Story Project Listserv will receive an essay character sketch, photo journal, or poem submitted by one of the members of the listserv, reflecting on specific women or aspects of womanhood.  Our celebration is unique in that each day’s tribute is composed by an RU student, staff member, administrator or faculty member.

Circle of Life / Intergenerational Dialogue:  On Wednesdays during March, an inner circle of women from one generation will speak to an outer circle of participants from other generations about their life experiences and what it is like to be a woman in a particular age group.  Participation is open to all members of the RU community.

Paradigm Shift:  Each year this concert celebrates Women’s History Month by featuring original creative dance works by emerging female choreographers from the RU Department of Dance.

The Women’s Studies Program and Advisory Committee extend a  special thanks for their support to:  President Penelope Kyle, Dean Katherine Hawkins, Vice-President for Student Affairs Mark Shanley, Associate Vice-President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students Irvin Clark, Assistant Director of Student Activities for Greek Life Robert Marias, National Panhellenic Council, Interfraternity Council, Office of Residential Life, Professor Erin Webster-Garrett and the Scholar-Citizen Initiative, Ms. Crasha Townsend and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, Club Programming Committee, Dean of McConnell Library Steve Helm, Women’s Studies Club, Sociology Club, Ms. Sally Cox (without whom we’d be lost), and all the participants who gave so generously of their time and talents.