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In a collaboration between the Council for Women’s Concerns and the College of Arts & Humanities Brown Bag Lecture series, Professor Ann Siegle Drege, department of English, will speak at the Council for Women’s Concerns Spring Symposium. In her talk, Dr. Siegle Drege will explore how we balance responsibilities at work and manage the needs that arise in our families, as sometimes critical needs require a great deal of attention.
The talk, titled “The Hard Work of Hope: Integrating Our Scholarship and Our Lives,” will take place on Wednesday, May 5 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in room S-104 of the Williams Center. This presentation is free and will feature a 45-minute presentation and extended discussion period. All campus and community members are welcome, and refreshments will be served.
With the loss of a loved one, the diagnosis of a serious illness, or aging parents who require more assistance to do daily activities, how does one continue to be professionally productive and cope? These challenges raise valid questions for exploration. What is private and what is public? How do we create a community for support? How do we effectively navigate the steep learning curve of caregiving? Can work and life intersect in scholarship? Drawing on her experience of her father’s diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, Dr. Ann Siegle Drege will map some of the challenges and opportunities facing us all. Kate Mahoney, Jill Marshall, and Wendy Dunst, representing the Council for Women’s Concerns, will then facilitate an open dialogue with everyone present.
Dr. Ann Siegle Drege, an associate professor of English, teaches drama and pedagogy. Her research interests in drama in the classroom, active pedagogy, and dramatic comedy fuel her teaching of English Secondary Methods, Drama Pedagogy, Modern and Contemporary Drama, and Drama and Film in any given semester. Her recent publications have appeared in NCTE Classroom Notes Plus, English in Texas, and Connections. Just one year after her arrival at SUNY Fredonia, her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. During that family crisis, a project evolved that integrated many of Ann’s roles—daughter, teacher, editor and writer. The project culminated in The Hard Work of Hope, a compilation of her father’s online reflections of living with cancer and her accompanying account of the experience.
