11th Annual
Women’s Studies
Research Conference on Gender
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
4 P.M. to 6 P.M. in Café G
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Ruth Meyerowitz,
Department of American Studies at the University of Buffalo,
“Gender Equity: Strategies for the 21st Century”
Honoring the research of the following SUNY Fredonia students:
Undergraduate Winner:
Rebecca K. Grady
senior, sociology major (Fredonia, N.Y.)
"Microcredit, the Elimination of Poverty and the
Empowerment of Women:
Mythical Discourse or Reality?"
Honorable Mention:
Daniel J. Tedesco
senior social studies/adolescence education major (Webster, N.Y.)
"The Puritan Prison: Women's Role in Society
and Its Impact on the New England Witch Trials"
Honorable Mention:
Kara Palmer
senior history major (Canandaigua, N.Y.)
"Dutch Women and Their Relative Freedom"
Graduate Winner:
Philip Razem
Master of Arts program, English (Grand Island, N.Y.)
"The Razem Family: a Case Study on the American Family,
1939 to Present"
Reception to follow, all are welcome.