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GRADUATE STUDENT NEWS

Nsenga Burton (Critical Studies) presented her work “Traveling without Moving: Hypervisibility and Black Female Rappers” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference.

Arnab Chakladar (English and Gender Studies) has accepted a position in English at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

E. Del Chrol (Classics) presented his work “Indelible Stain: On the Shared Valences of Prostitute and Slave in Classical Athens” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. He was recently presented with the 2003 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for his work in the department of Classics.

Siel Ju (English) has a poem titled "erotism" forthcoming in So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and art. She will present on a panel titled “Out of Rice - New Asian-American Women Poets” at the Associated Writing Programs Conference.

Paolo Matteucci (Comparative Literature) presented his work “Naming Sameness and Naming Self-Sameness: The Construction of Gender in Plato’s Cratylus” the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference.

Lauri Mullens (Critical Studies) presented part of her dissertation research “The Incontinent Form: The Female Body and the Made-for-Television Movie” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference.

Ned Schantz (English), who won many of CFR’s awards including the Diane Meehan Fellowship and Amahnson Scholarship and the Gender Studies Program’s Louise Kerckhoff Prize for the best graduate paper in gender studies, has accepted a position at McGill University.

Laura Sjoberg (International Relations) presented her essay “The Discourse of Security: Wymyn’s Lives as a Call to War For/Against Iraq” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference.

Jeff Solomon (English) was awarded a research scholarship by the USC Lambda Alumni Association. He was among the winners feted at a reception at USC.

Janani Subramanian (Cinema Television) presented her paper “Speaking the Body: Sex and the City and the Female Place” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference.

Chiara Sulprizio (Classics) presented her work “Sex and the Enslaved Woman in Roman Legal Texts” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. She was instrumental in organizing the Classics Department participation in the “Lysistrata Project,” a public performance of Aristophanes’s play to protest the war.

Jennifer Vega La Serna (Education) presented at Comparative International Educational Society (CIES) Regional Conference a paper based on her dissertation research, “Sociocultural and Socioeconomic Impact on Women's Health Education in Peru” and chaired the session entitled “Formal and Non-formal Educational Responses to a Globalized World: Three Case Studies.” She also presented at the CIES National Conference in New Orleans, LA a paper based on her dissertation research, “Voices of Peruvian Women on Sexual Health Education: The Madres Cuidadoras” and as a discussant on the panel entitled, “The Introductory Course in Comparative Education: Commonalities and Variations.”

Tara Waugh (Critical Studies) presented her work “Fiction Meets Fact: Television and the Pregnant Body” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference.


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GRADUATE STUDENT NEWS Nsenga Burton (Critical Studies) presented her work “Traveling without Moving: Hypervisibility and Black Female Rappers” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. Arnab Chakladar (English and Gender Studies) has accepted a position in English at the University of Colorado, Boulder. E. Del Chrol (Classics) presented his work “Indelible Stain: On the Shared Valences of Prostitute and Slave in Classical Athens” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. He was recently presented with the 2003 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award for his work in the department of Classics. Siel Ju (English) has a poem titled "erotism" forthcoming in So to Speak: a feminist journal of language and art. She will present on a panel titled “Out of Rice - New Asian-American Women Poets” at the Associated Writing Programs Conference. Paolo Matteucci (Comparative Literature) presented his work “Naming Sameness and Naming Self-Sameness: The Construction of Gender in Plato’s Cratylus” the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. Lauri Mullens (Critical Studies) presented part of her dissertation research “The Incontinent Form: The Female Body and the Made-for-Television Movie” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. Ned Schantz (English), who won many of CFR’s awards including the Diane Meehan Fellowship and Amahnson Scholarship and the Gender Studies Program’s Louise Kerckhoff Prize for the best graduate paper in gender studies, has accepted a position at McGill University. Laura Sjoberg (International Relations) presented her essay “The Discourse of Security: Wymyn’s Lives as a Call to War For/Against Iraq” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. Jeff Solomon (English) was awarded a research scholarship by the USC Lambda Alumni Association. He was among the winners feted at a reception at USC. Janani Subramanian (Cinema Television) presented her paper “Speaking the Body: Sex and the City and the Female Place” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. Chiara Sulprizio (Classics) presented her work “Sex and the Enslaved Woman in Roman Legal Texts” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference. She was instrumental in organizing the Classics Department participation in the “Lysistrata Project,” a public performance of Aristophanes’s play to protest the war. Jennifer Vega La Serna (Education) presented at Comparative International Educational Society (CIES) Regional Conference a paper based on her dissertation research, “Sociocultural and Socioeconomic Impact on Women's Health Education in Peru” and chaired the session entitled “Formal and Non-formal Educational Responses to a Globalized World: Three Case Studies.” She also presented at the CIES National Conference in New Orleans, LA a paper based on her dissertation research, “Voices of Peruvian Women on Sexual Health Education: The Madres Cuidadoras” and as a discussant on the panel entitled, “The Introductory Course in Comparative Education: Commonalities and Variations.” Tara Waugh (Critical Studies) presented her work “Fiction Meets Fact: Television and the Pregnant Body” at the USC/UCLA Thinking Gender Conference.