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The Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS) might be the new kid on the block, but it arrived at NIU with a rich Huskie history. “Before this, we were just a program, which didn’t have the same institutional clout or recognition as other diversity centers,” said Kristen Myers, Presidential Teaching Professor...
Book cover of “Bad Girls: Young Women, Sex, and Rebellion before the Sixties” by Amanda H. Littauer
In her new book, NIU professor Amanda Littauer tells the history of young women who stood at the center of major cultural change and helped transform a society bound by conservative sexual morality into one more open to individualism, plurality and pleasure in modern sexual life. Littauer will deliver a talk on the book –...
Join the NIU Women’s Studies Program as they investigate the effects of incarceration Tuesday, March 24, beginning at 7:15 p.m. in the Capitol Room of the Holmes Student Center. The discussion, “Caring for Incarcerated Persons and Their Families,” is free and open to the public. The event is also part of the NIU’s examination of...
Melissa Adams-Campbell
Melissa Adams-Campbell, an assistant professor of English at Northern Illinois University, has been named the inaugural recipient of the Schriber Scholar Award. The award, established by professor emeritus Mary Suzanne Schriber, advances studies in women’s literature and language taking gender into account. The award, which also provides funding for graduate students in addition to a...
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NIU students enrolled in the WOMS 436H Human Trafficking course are partnering with the University Honors Program to spread awareness of modern-day slavery. Proceeds from a bake sale planned from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, and Wednesday, March 4, will go toward creating an advertising campaign. The bake sale will take place...
March is Women’s History Month and Northern Illinois University will celebrate with a variety of events focused on incarceration issues. “The U.S. incarcerates more people per capita than any other nation in the world,” said Rebekah Kohli, coordinator of the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies program. “While the majority of prisoners are men of color (mostly African...
Kristen Myers
Kristen Myers, a professor of sociology and director of Women’s Studies at Northern Illinois University, will present a multimedia lecture titled, “Mean Girls, Manly Boys: Anti-feminist Messages in Kids T.V.” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, in Room 315 of Altgeld Hall. Myers, a 2014 Presidential Teaching Professor, focuses her research on privileges and disadvantages,...
Official poster of the International Conference on Viriginia Woolf. Poster art and design by Chicago artists Ginny Sykes and Ruby Barnes.
NIU has received a grant of $4,500 from the Illinois Humanities Council (IHC) to support cultural events affiliated with the 24th annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, co-sponsored by the NIU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Loyola University Chicago. The grant from the IHC will enable students, clients, and staff of northern Illinois...
Coming Out of the Shadows at NIU
Everyone has their own unique and complex story to tell. If you are breathing, chances are you have had one or two challenges in your life. Our stories are all powerful. However, for millions of people in the United States, some stories are harder to share in public. To be specific, millions of undocumented individuals have been...
Beginning Tuesday, March 4, NIU will celebrate Women’s History Month by hosting a series of events focused on civil rights. Rebekah Kohli, program coordinator for NIU’s Women’s Studies Program, said that this year is a good time to reflect on American society. “Since this year is the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act,...
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NIU Women’s Studies is partnering with Heartland Blood Centers to host a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the Douglas Hall C/D cafeteria. Walk-ins are welcome, and a photo ID is required. All blood donors will receive a backpack from Heartland Blood Centers. For more information or to schedule...
“Fragments: Haiti Four Years After the Earthquake,”a new exhibit at the NIU Anthropology Museum, invites visitors to explore the lives and living conditions of Haitian people living “under the tents” since the 2010 earthquake. Visitors can enter a tent provided for people displaced from their homes by the earthquake and view artifacts of tent life....
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