workshop information:

Workshop Session 1

Mars? Venus? Boxers? Briefs? Leadership Styles Revisited.
Katelyn Fegan and Melissa A. Smith
Members from the School of Business’s Business and Leadership Development Program will discuss research on the various differences between men and women in regards to leadership and how these differences can enhance business practices.

Diversity in the Workplace
Stephanie Barthelemy, Director EOF Program
The workshop will focus on women in the workplace uncovering our history and reclaiming our future.

I'll Be Post Modern in the Post Patriarchy: Images of Fluid, Changing, and Trans Gendered Identities
Mark Schuster, Senior Dean of Students, New Brunswick-Piscataway
How has film shaped American concepts of masculine and feminine inclding "Pumping Iron II: The Women?" What role has camp and drag played in repelling and embracing ambiguous, fluid, and trans identities? How do students, faculty and staff subvert and "present" gender differently in the same week?

The Objectification of Females: Male and Female Perspectives
Jonathan Muse, Assistant Dean, School of Business and Pamela Clark, EOF Counselor
The subject of discussion will be the prevalence and implications of female objectification by the media.  Specific examples of how the media depicts women will be shared.  Participants will be encouraged to contribute their perspectives on the topic.

Workshop Session 2

Unearned Privilege, Equality and the Sexes.
Dr. Joanna Lightner
An interactive activity about the "unearned privilege" that we have as men or women, and the burdens it imposes as well. Further discussion on how we can use our position of privilege to bring about more equality between the sexes.

All about Eve:   How sexist is the Genesis story of creation?
Dr. Stuart Charme
The workshop will take a close look at the Biblical story of Adam and Eve and consider the consequences it has had  for images of women over the last 2500 years. We will also discuss whether anything of value for women can be salvaged from the story.

Redefining Manhood in Hip Hop: Resisting Sexism"
Ewuare X. Osayande is a poet, political activist and author of several books including his latest book of essays entitled Misogyny & the Emcee: Sex, Race & Hip Hop. He has also contributed to the following anthologies: Men Speak Out: Profeminist Views on Gender, Sex and Power and The Revolution Will Not be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex. He is creator of ONUS: Redefining Black Manhood and co-founder of POWER (People Organized Working to Eradicate Racism).
www.osayande.org

Sports and Gender: A Focus on Title IX
Nancy Rosoff, Associate Dean for Administration and Academic Program Development and Erin Barney, Assistant Director of Athletics
This session will consider historical and contemporary aspects of women's athletic activity, with special attention on the cultural and legal impact of the Title IX legislation.

Workshop Session 3

MALE & FEMALE Created He THEM: Gender Definition and Role Distinction(s) As Imagio Dei and Intelligent Design
Stanley Williams, Campus Ministry
Power in gender roles is often the source of for conflict and cacophony. Learn how the foundations of Christian sprituality inform the naming and transacting of POWER.
www.brnonline.org

Diversity Taboo
Melissa DePretto, Area Coordinator
You like to play Taboo? Have you watched Taboo on National Geographic? Explore with us as we marvel in the suspense.

Androgynous?
Kimberly Grace Mauroff and Nicholas Royal
Have you ever wondered about androgyny? We will explore together gender as it relates to sexual identity, characteristics and how it gets defined.

Gender Equality & Social Justice: Equal Right to Oppress?
Robert Russo, Coordinator of Health Promotion
This session will occasion a dialogue on gender equality within the context of American culture.  Does movement towards gender equality challenge social/economic injustice?
http://healthservices.camden.rutgers.edu/BIO-ROBERT.html