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CIES Conference 2009 Gender Committee Events
During the 2009 CIES Conference held in Charleston, South Carolina, the Gender Committee organized a Gender and Education Symposium which included two panels, conducted a Gender Committee business meeting, hosted a memorial for our friend and colleague Jackie Kirk, and coordinated a Post-conference Workshop: Gender and Research Methodologies. We enjoyed four successful, well-attended events. The many contributions by presenters, discussants, and panel chairs created a vivid exploration into current topics of importance in gender focused educational research.The Gender Symposium’s first panel, Gender Mainstreaming: Current Issues and Practices included five panelists: Sandra Stacki (Hofstra University), Kristy Kelly (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Shirley Miske (Miske Witt & Associates Inc.), and N’Dri Assie-Lumumba (Cornell University). This panel’s focus on gender mainstreaming provided some historical perspective, and insights into the globalizing discourses on gender mainstreaming, practitioner perspectives, and a view from Africa. Gustavo Fischman (Arizona State University) concluded the panel as the discussant, challenging us to deepen the work in this area.
The first panel of the Gender Symposium was followed by a lunch break during which the Gender & Education Committee business meeting took place. We elected new officers, who will serve as chair-elect and secretary/treasurer-elect, before taking over the committee in earnest. Vilma Seeberg (Kent State University) and Regina Cortina (Teachers College) are the co-chairs-elect, and Angye Rincon (Teachers College) and Supriya Baily (George Mason University) are co-secretary/treasurers-elect. The business meeting also generated an enlivened discussion of future plans.
Following the break, the Gender Symposium’s second panel, Gender, Globalization and Education: Themes Inspired by the Work of Jackie Kirk included four panelists: Claudia Mitchell (McGill University), Frank Dall (International Education Consultant), Leslie Limage (Independent Education Consultant), and Rebecca Winthrop-Gonzalez (International Rescue Committee, and Teachers College). Each talk focused on issues that reflected Jackie’s commitments, and talked about how her work ahs influenced scholarship in such areas as girls education, women teachers, girl method, education in post-conflict and emergency situation. The panel was wrapped up by two discussants, Cathryn Magno (Southern Connecticut State University) and Marni Sommer (Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health), who added pertinent points related to Jackie’s collaborative spirit and work related to health and imagery research. It was clear that Jackie’s work lives on.
Immediately following the final panel of the Gender Symposium, the Gender Committee, on behalf of the CIES Board, hosted a memorial honoring Jackie Kirk, who was tragically killed in the line of professional service in Afghanistan in August 2008. The floor was open to anyone who wished to share personal stories, tributes and memories of Jackie and her work. People from across the globe spoke of Jackie’s unique ability to connect and participate in research and practice, as well as her strength in building networks and friendships wherever she landed. It was clear that in Jackie’s relatively short but extremely prolific career she had touched and inspired many lives and her work will surely live on through these people. Her husband, Andy Kirk, came for the memorial, as did her dissertation supervisor, Claudia Mitchell, both from McGill University in Montreal.
The last event coordinated by the Gender Committee, the Post-Conference Workshop: Gender and Methodologies, was held on Thursday afternoon from 1:30 to 8:00 pm, and boasted a packed schedule. With introductory remarks from Steven Klees (University of Maryland), the workshop hit the ground running, as he called on us to push the limits or research that is typically done. The sixty participants had the opportunity to hear from five leading researchers about five distinct methods of research and research design used in gender and educational research today. Each presenter discussed her selected method of research and used an actual study they conducted as an example. Rebecca Thornton (University of Michigan) presented on randomized experimental research, Amita Chudger (Michigan State University) on statistical analysis, Peggy Kong (University of Wisconsin-Madison) on mixed methods research, Frances Vavrus (University of Minnesota) on ethnography, and Christina Rawley (EQUATE 2003-2008) on participatory research. Six discussants then responded to the presentations: Christine Fox (University of Wollongong), Margaret Meagher (CARE International), Chistine Min Wotipka (Stanford University), Chloe O’Gara (Save the Children US), Joan DeJaeghere (University of Minnesota & MIDEC), and N’Dri Assie-Lumumba (Cornell University). Then the participants had the chance to break out into small discussion groups for more detailed discussions on relevant topics of gender and educational research, feminist methodologies, and particular studies.
During the working dinner, audience questions were fielded by the presenters and a large group discussion took place. To close, all the presenters made themselves available for small group discussions.We invite you to attend out 2010 gender committee events.
Karen Monkman (DePaul University) and Nancy Kendall (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Co-Chairs; and Raya Hegeman (University of Minnesota), Secretary-Treasurer.
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José Cossa
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E. Moore Quinn
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In Memoriam:
T. Neville Postlethwaite,
1933–2009
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