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11:50 Welcome & Opening Remarks

Beth Newman, Director of Women's and Gender Studies
Ron Wetherington, Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

12:00-12:50 Keynote Address

The Academy as a Gendered Space

Joey Sprague, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas, will explore the gendering of the academic world.  She will show that the academic workplace is marked by a fairly strong sexual division of labor; that the symbols associated with campus life and culture rely heavily on expressions of male dominance; and less obviously, that even the practices by which faculty members are evaluated reflect gender bias, thereby ensuring that this bias will reproduce itself.  She will illustrate her claims with examples drawn from the research literature as well as from her own work.

Joey Sprague
University of Kansas, Professor of Sociology
                               
Dr. Sprague is the author of numerous articles in such publications as Gender and Society and American Sociologist and a 2005 book, Feminist Methodologies for Critical Researchers: Bridging Differences. She has received many honors for her teaching from the University of Kansas, including the 2011 W.T. Kamper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, and was recently inducted into the University of Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame.

1:00 - 2:10 Panel 1

Gender Bias in the Classroom: a Two-Way Street

A discussion of how gender bias influences classroom dynamics, and what faculty members can do about it. 

Moderator: Sheri Kunovich, Sociology
Panelists: Joci Caldwell-Ryan, Women’s and Gender Studies; Pia Vogel, Biology; Sammy Partida, Class of 2014; Ceci Hutchings, Class of 2012
All Students Welcome

2:30 - 3:40 Panel 2

Gender Bias and Teaching Evaluations

A brief presentation of research indicating that female college instructors are evaluated less positively than their male counterparts, and a consideration of how the negative consequences of this gender bias can be reduced.

Moderator: Joey Sprague, University of Kansas, Sociology
Panelists: Monnie McGee, Statistics; Linda Eads, Associate Provost/Law; Kathleen Wellman, History
Graduate Students Welcome

3:50 - 4:55 Panel 3

Gender and Authority: Student Incivility, Harassment and Inappropriate Behavior

Based on both research and experience, a consideration of how students’ inappropriate behavior varies according to the instructor’s gender, as well as how the gender of the instructor shapes the way he or she perceives such behavior.

Moderator: Beth Newman, English & Director, Women's and Gender Studies
Panelists: Evelyn Parker, Practical Theology; Ping Gui, Electrical Engineering; Owen Lynch, Communication Studies, Ruth Gilgenbach, Ph.D. Candidate, Economics
Graduate Students Welcome

4:55 - 5:00 Closing Remarks

Beth Thornburg, Law & Incoming Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence

Hosted by The Center for Teaching Excellence, Women's and Gender Studies Program, with support from the Graduate Women's Organization. Luncheon sponsored by Dedman School of Law.