Fall 2015 Student Symposium
Women and Gender Studies Fall 2015 Student Symposium
November 10, 2015
Blue Room - Sam Fore Hall
1:00 Welcome by Dr. Susan Roberson
1:15 Panel 1: Gender, Sex, and Culture
Neha Kashmiri: Gender, Sexuality, and the Effects of Colonization
Tessa Flores: Catcalling: Violating Gender Norms
Tyler Collette: The Effects of Sex and Cultural Orientation on Impression Formation
2:15 Panel 2: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Samantha Drummond, Cassandra Garcia, Jaime Jimenez, and Diane Montez:
The Roles of Women
Bert Arevalo , Meah Castaneda, Jamarkus Horace, and Christina Lopez: Travel and Journeys
Evelina Gonzalez, Alex Vasquez and Diana Vasquez: Aspects of Feminism
Jesse Anyanwu, Migdalia Garcia, Brenda Leal-Flores, Jessie Ochoa, and Diksha Sharma:
The Intersection of Class and Race with Gender
3:15 Panel 3: Diverse Female Students: Past and Present
Laura Treviño: African American Women in Kingsville during the Depression
Susan Bessemayuk Taka: Latina Students in Higher Education:
Texas A&M University- Kingsville: 1926-1940
Crystal King and Elizabeth Vasquez: An Examination of Equity for Female Students within the
Engineering Disciplines
4:15 Love, Turmoil, and Hope: Three Vocal Solos with Texts by Women Writers
Flor Saldivar: I wrote his name along the beach
Irma I. Reyes: Across the twilight’s violet
Carissa Reyes: Hold On
4:45 Introduction of Keynote Speaker, Cynthia A. Olvera
Cynthia A. Olvera, Assistant Director of Student Activities at Texas A&M University
Keynote speech by Cynthia A. Olvera
5:30 Close of Program by Dr. Susan Roberson
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