Please join us on October 9, 10, and 11 at Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland.  US Midwest SWIP is free and open to the public.

2015 Annual Meeting of Midwest U.S. SWIP

October 9-11, Washington College, Maryland

 

 

Friday, October 9^th 6-9:30pm at Brown Cottage, gather and welcome.  We will have a light meal provided by Washington College (soups, salads, French bread)

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Saturday, October 10^th all food and sessions are in 100 Goldstein Hall

 

8:00am-8:30am Breakfast provided by Washington College

 

8:30am-9:30am   “Social Roles and the Dimensions of Social Identity”

Cat Saint-Croix (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Robin Dembroff (Princeton University)

 

9:40am-10:40am “Models for Change: Mediating Model Analysis of the Social Model

                    of Disability”

Elizabeth Cantalamessa (University of Wyoming)

 

10:50am-11:50am “Is Sexual Promiscuity Morally Wrong?”

                    Melina Constantine Bell (Washington and Lee University)

 

11:50am-1:30pm Lunch Break on your own in Chestertown

 

1:30 pm-2:30pm “‘You’re Not as Ignorant as You Say You Are’: An Understanding and

                    Knowledge Distinction”

                    Tempest M. Henning (Vanderbilt University)

 

2:40pm-3:40pm “Cognitive Psychology and Motivated Ignorance”

                    Lauren Woomer (DePaul University)

 

3:50pm-4:50pm “Queer Phenomenology and the Potential for a Standpoint Approach to

                    Fundamental Ontology”

Katherine Ward (Georgetown University)

 

5:00-6:00 Business Meeting

 

6:30 Dinner Gathering, details to be announced at the conference

Sunday, October 11^th all food and sessions are in 100 Goldstein Hall

 

8:00am-8:30am Breakfast provided by Washington College

 

8:30am-9:30am “The Lesbian Style”

                    Martina Ferrari (University of Oregon)

 

9:40am-10:40am “Identity Politics of ‘Queer’ and of ‘the Marginalized’?:

Intersectionality and a Critique of Identity-Based Politics”

Youjin Kong (Michigan State University)

 

10:50am-11:50pm “Moving Past Intersectionality: Multidimensionality and

                    Kaleidoscopic Selves”

Elizabeth Victor (William Paterson University)

Stephanie Rivera Berruz (William Paterson University)

 

12:00pm Shuttle departure from Goldstein Hall to BWI.  

Local Arrangements

  

Host Institution:  

Washington College

300 Washington Ave

Chestertown Maryland 21620

 

Local Arrangements Organizer:  

Dr. Jennifer Benson

Office Phone:  410-810-4747

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About the Area:

Located on the Maryland Eastern Shore, Washington College was founded in 1782 under the patronage of George Washington.  The College has approximately 1400 students.  Neighboring Chestertown (http://townofchestertown.com/) was founded on the shore of the Chester River in 1706 and maintains the charter of a small colonial town. The College and Chestertown are surrounded by farm land and the county borders the Chesapeake Bay.  Though situated in a rural county, Washington College is only 90 minutes from Baltimore and Philadelphia.

 

Websites with Directions

           

·       If you are driving to Washington College, please click or visit

https://www.washcoll.edu/about/directions.php

·       All SWIP presentations will be held in Goldstein Hall, Room 100.  Free evening and weekend parking is available nearby.  Please click or visit

            https://www.washcoll.edu/about/campus/goldstein-hall/directions-and-parking.php

 Finally, we soon have an easy to print map available on the US Midwest SWIP blog at https://blogs.uww.edu/midwestswip/

 

Air Travel and Free SWIP Shuttle

• The two major airports in relative proximity are Philadelphia International Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Airport. 
• Since Washington College is 90 minutes from either airport, and some will not want to rent a car, we will offer one free Friday evening and Sunday afternoon shuttle between Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) and the College.   Estimated shuttle departure from BWI will be 6pm, Friday Oct 9th.  Estimated arrival at BWI will be 2pm Sunday Oct 11th.  RSVP to Jennifer Benson at [log in to unmask]

 

 

Keeping U.S. Midwest SWIP Affordable:

• This conference is free and open to the public. 
• Those who will attend the conference out of pocket, and need free lodging, please contact Jennifer Benson at [log in to unmask].  We do have some guest accommodations on campus that will be free of charge, though the spots are limited.
• If you intend to fly, seek to use BWI airport so you can take advantage of the free SWIP shuttle to and from the College.
• U.S. Midwest SWIP has always sought to provide travel grants to those for whom the cost of travel is prohibitive. One need not be a member of U.S. Midwest SWIP to apply.  Please contact Stephanie Rivera-Berruz ( [log in to unmask]) for more information.