Queercon 2016 Conference Schedule
SCHEDULE
8:30-9: Check In TUC 403 Map of TUC 4th Floor
8:30 AM-5:30 PM: Quiet Room in TUC 423
9-10 AM: Session 1
Civil War History and Social Justice
Room: TUC 415
"The Erasure of Sexual Violence in the American Civil War: The Invention of Tradition and the Creation of Nationalism"
Carrie Coisman; she, her, hers; Otterbein University
"Whitman's Soldier Boys and the Use of Queer History as a Source of Political Liberation"
David Hall; he, him, his
Representation of Reality in Film/TV
Room: TUC 400 C
"Portraying Reality: A Feminist Perspective of Abortion in Film"
Kimberely Mason; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati
"Isis King, Tyra Banks, and the Pathologizing of the Transgender Female on Talk TV"
Michelle Magnero; she, her, hers; University of South Carolina
Dangerous Institutions: Inequalities and Violence in Education and Health Systems
Room: TUC 415
"What do you do when the University is the Perpetrator?: An Examination of Everyday Violence Committed by Universities"
Kathleen Ratajczak; she, her, hers; University of Kentucky
"Denial of Identity and Experience: An Analysis of Epistemic Injustices Towards Trans Persons in Healthcare"
Heather Stewart; she, her, hers; University of Louisville
"Women, Location, and Moralization: Causes, Policy, and Attitudes Surrounding Women Who Drop Out of High School"
Julia Miller; she, her, hers; University of Kentucky
10:15-11:15: Session 2
Ableism in the Academy
Room: TUC 400 A
Maria Merrill; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati
Querying the Usage of Trigger Warnings in the University Classroom
Room: TUC 400 C
Amy Lind; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati
Kathleen Ratajczak; she, her, hers; University of Kentucky
The Good and the Bad Queer: A Comparative Approach to Self-Fictions by Fernando Vallejo and Reinaldo Arenas
Room: TUC 415
Camilo Galeano; he, him, his; University of Cincinnati
**11:30-12:30: Lunch**
12:45-1:45: Session 3
Gaytheism 101
Room: 400 C
Callie Wright; she, her, hers; The Gaytheist Manifesto
Identities Panel
Room: TUC 415
"(A)Sexual Diversity"
Jo Teut; ze, zem, zir; University of Cincinnati
"Transgender People Only: Transgender Only Groups as Safe Spaces, Sites of Visibility, and Kinship Formation"
Samuel Barrons; he, him, his; University of Cincinnati
**2-3 PM: Keynote**
Room: TUC 400 B
"'Clinic of the Soul': The Place of Literature in the Public Library"
Valentino Zullo; he, him, his; Western Reserve University
3:15-4:15: Session 4
Queer Research in WGSS
Room: TUC 400 C
"The Limits of Political Homophobia"
Ashley Currier; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati
"Queer Research: Aesthetics and Politics"
Therese Migraine-George; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati
"Re-Seeing 19th Century Literature through a Trans Lens"
Deb Meem; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati
Queering the Species Binary: Trainer-Killing Whales and Exploited Breasts
Room: TUC 415
"'Solidarity with All Trainer Killers': Anarchism, queer Theory, and Species"
Michael Loadenthal; he, him, his; University of Cincinnati
"Queering the Boundary of Motherhood"
Jennifer Grubbs; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati
4:30-5:30: Session 5
Invisible Identities: Exploring Validation and Neglect in the LGBTQ Community
Room: TUC 400 C
Meg Groat; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati
Kryin Knopp; he, him, his/they, them, their; Indiana University
Superheroes and Social Justice
Room: TUC 415
"The Not-Always-Feminine Mystique: Reading Raven Darkholme as Trans*"
David Hall; he, him, his
"'Let's Start with a Smile': Using Inhumans to Tell a Human Story in Marvel's Jessica Jones"
Morgan Clapp; she, her, hers; University of Cincinnati