Conference

The Women's & Gender Studies and the Conference Program Committee at Texas Tech University was proud to host the 25th Annual All-University Conference on the Advancement of Women in Higher Education, "Innovation, Migration and Transference: Voices, Gender and Expression in the Changing World", which was held on the campus of Texas Tech University, April 2 - 3, 2009.

Opening Presentation

Reception sponsored by the Women's Studies Community Connection, a Lubbock-based advocacy group that has supported the Women's & Gender Studies for more than 15 years.

Conference Program

April 3, 2009 Papers/Posters Sessions
TTU Student Union Building (Second Floor)
8:00 am - 2:30 pm | Academic Poster Sessions

Student | Faculty | Community Participation & Attendance

2009 Discussion Sessions included:

Special Thank You to the following supporters

• Dr. Guy Bailey, President
• Grace Hernandez, Chief of Staff, Office of the President
• Dr. Jane Winer, Interim Provost
• Dr. Robert Stewart, Interim Vice President, Provost Office
• Dr. Matt Baker, Dean, College of Outreach and Distance Education
• Dr. John Burns, Dean, College of Agricultural Science & Natural Resources
• Dr. Lawrence Schovanec, Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
• Dr. Carol Edwards, Dean, College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Dr. Pamela A. Eibeck, P.E., Dean, Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering
• Dr. Kitty Harris-Wilkes, Director of the Center for the Study of Addiction & Recovery
• Dr. Linda Hoover, Dean, College of Human Sciences
• Gen. Walter B. Huffman, USA (ret.), Dean, School of Law
• Dr. Juan Munoz, Vice President, Office on Institutional Diversity & Community Engagement
• Dr. Michael D. Shonrock, Vice President for Student Affairs

Special Thank You to the Conference Program Committee:

• Christina Ashby-Martin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History
• Laura Calkins, Ph.D., Director, Women's Studies
• Tricia Earl, MFA, Coordinator, Women's Studies
• Lynne Fallwell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History
• Carol Fitzgerald Flueckiger, MFA, Associate Professor, Art
• Jennifer Snead, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, English
• Richard B. Verronne, Ph.D., Undergraduate Research Coordinator, Academic Advisor, Instrutor Honors College

What did the Community say about the 2009 Women's Studies Conference activities & events:

Additional media coverage from the Avalanche Journal

Conference Awards

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Press Links

• Link to 2010 Conference
• Link to 2009 Conference
• Link to 2008 Conference