Spring Virtual Workshops
Spring Virtual Workshops
2021 Spring Events
February
Creating a LinkedIn Profile
Date and Time: Thursday, February 11, 2021, at 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Webex virtual event
This WebEx virtual workshop is for all students, staff and alumni.
Finding an Internship in Today's World
Date and Time: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, at 2pm - 3pm
Webex virtual event
This WebEx virtual workshop is for all students and alumni.
2020 FALL EVENTS
December
Developing Skills for Today's New World
Date and Time: Monday, December 7, 2020 at 10am - 11am Webex virtual event
This WebEx virtual workshops is for all students and alumni.
#CHSSConnect - Desiree Berenguer Carton
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 3:30-4:30pm Webex virtual event
This is a Question and Answer discussion event based on students' questions for the guest. Guest bio's will be available to students ahead of time on the Center for Professional Success' website (https://chss.rowan.edu/centers/cps/index.html). Examples of questions could include but are not limited to the guest's industry, career path, applying to jobs, and general tips for success in their field. Additionally, a facilitator will help guide questions and discussion.
Desiree Berenguer Carton is Director of Communications at the American Cancer Society. She is also the host of Society Talk - an internal and interactive TV program and the ideal platform to inspire, motivate and educate Society staff and volunteers across the country.
As a health communications leader and trained media spokesperson, she works with various regional and national media outlets reaching multicultural audiences in Spanish and English telling the American Cancer Society story and focusing on the mission. Desiree uses her creative talent to produce digital content that moves people to action. She has a gift for storytelling and sharing emotionally compelling stories through social media.
Desiree was selected to receive PRWeek's Best Community Initiative Award for her work with the lifesaving public awareness screening campaign, “Amate a Ti Misma/Love Yourself in Latinx communities with partnerships with media outlets. The award pays tribute to those who succeed in promoting ethnic diversity within the public relations industry. PRWeek is the leading trade magazine on public relations in the United States.
Desiree was also recognized globally by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).
Winning the Gold Quill Award for Society Talk which recognizes excellence in communication, and honors the dedication, innovation, and passion of communicators on a global scale.
Prior to coming to the American Cancer Society Desiree was an award-winning television and radio news reporter for 15 years with various NBC affiliates and cable news outlets throughout the country. Desiree was also a contributing author for Broadcast Voice Specialist, Dr. Ann Utterback’s book “Broadcasting through a Crisis”. Desiree graduated from Jacksonville University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Broadcast Journalism and Spanish.
On and off camera, Desiree has a passion for equality. She is driven to reduce health disparities and ensure access to health care for all people.
Her commitment to the American Cancer Society was evident even before she became a staff person, she was a volunteer for more than 20 years. Desiree always says her biggest accomplishment is her family; her kids and husband are her pride and joy.
Professionalism in an Online Environment
Date and Time: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 at 2:00-3:00pm
Place: Webex virtual event
OCA virtual workshop for students and Alumni
November
Networking Techniques
Date and Time: Monday, November 30, 2020 at 11:00am-12:00pm
Place: Webex virtual event
OCA virtual workshop for students and Alumni
Virtual Interviewing
Date and Time: Monday, November 23, 2020 at 2:00-3:00pm
Place: Webex virtual event
OCA virtual workshop for students and Alumni
Converting Your Resume for Today's Environment
Date and Time: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 10:00-11:00am
Place: Webex virtual event
OCA virtual workshop for students and Alumni
Finding an Internship in Today's World
Date and Time: Thursday, November 12, 2020 at 12:30-1:30pm
Place: Webex virtual event
OCA virtual workshop for students and Alumni
Training workshop to learn more about finding internships.
#CHSSConnect - Audrey Croley Little
Date and Time: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 3:30-4:30pm Webex virtual event
The event will be a Question and Answer discussion based on students' questions for the guest. Guest bio's will be available to students ahead of time on the Center for Professional Success' website (https://chss.rowan.edu/centers/cps/index.html). Examples of questions could include but are not limited to the guest's industry, career path, applying to jobs, and general tips for success in their field. Additionally, a facilitator will help guide questions and discussion.
Audrey has extensive leadership and consulting experience in all components of Human Resources Management, including compensation, rewards, performance management, talent management processes, HR compliance, people analytics, HR technology, and training, with a specialty in Total Compensation and Performance Management. She draws on over 20 years’ experience in several industries, including Fortune 50 organizations. Her Human Resources principle is to design and develop programs in alignment with organization goals and strategy, with a performance based foundation. She believes in customized solutions for individual clients and does not employ “canned” models.
As a consultant and leader, she has worked very closely with the “C Suite” and Board of Directors. Audrey is a strong advocate in the strategic value of people and aligning people processes tailored to the needs and requirements of the organization. She has been a speaker at the SHRM National Conference, as well as at Human Resources and Compensation organizations across the country. She has been a speaker at the PenJerdel Employee Benefits and Compensation Association (PEBA) Annual Forum in Philadelphia multiple times.
Audrey was previously Chair, Compensation Thought Leadership, Philly SHRM; a member of the SHRM Metrics Task Force; and, the SHRM Compensation and Benefits Committee. She earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Memphis.
Managing Expectations in this Changing World Economy
Date and Time: Monday, November 9, 2020 at 11:00am-12:00pm
Place: Webex virtual event
OCA virtual workshop for students and Alumni.
Virtual Federal Government and Non-Profit Job Fair
Date and Time: Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 12:00-3:00pm
Place: Virtual online event
Online Location Instructions:
Students will log in through ProfsJobs
October
RCHGHR/Hollybush Institute Book Series
Date/Time: October 29, 2020 / 3:30-4:45
Place:
Francine Hirsch from UW-Madison discusses her recent book about the Nuremberg trials with a focus on the idea of “crimes against peace.”
Developing Skills for Today's New World
Date and Time: Monday, October 26 2020 at 2:30-3:30pm
Place: Webex virtual event
OCA virtual workshops for students and alumni.
RCHGHR Paul B. Winkler Annual CHSS Lecture
Date/Time: October 13, 2020 / 12:30-1:45
Register: gauthier@rowan.edu
Anne Applebaum, Atlantic Monthly and her recent book, The Twilight of Democracy. This is part of the annual Winkler Lecture
To register email Theresa Gauthier at gauthier@rowan.edu
Rowan Center for the Study of Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights (RCHGHR)
Lecture Series with Joshua Gedacht
American Colonial Massacre - Bud Dajo, Philippines.
Date/Time: October 8, 2020 / 12:30-1:30
Place:
This event is free for all participants to attend.
September
Rowan Center for the study of Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights
Date/Time: Various dates and times
Place: Various places
Africana Studies Welcome Back Reception
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 29; 12:30pm
Place: Zoom meeting, contact Dr. Chanelle Rose at rosec@rowan.edu to sign up.
10th Annual Africana Studies Welcome Back Reception - WHY AFRICANA STUDIES MATTERS!!!!! Come Listen to AS Majors and Minors talk about the global black experience social justice racial literacy black and brown movements in the U.S.
Cosponsored by CINDS, SJICR and the Political Science Department
Constitution Day Event
Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the 20th & 21st Century
Date/Time: Thursday, September 17; 3:30pm
Place: Webex
View event here
The Department of History presents Gender, Race and voting Rights in the 20th and 21st Century to celebrate Constitution Day. Moderator Dr. Emily Blanck will host 4 panelists; Dr. Danielle Gougon and Dr. Katherine Javian from Political Science, Dr. Chanelle Rose from History and Ariele Gedeon, SGA President for a one-time grand event speaking on this amazing topic.
Cosponsored by the department of Law and Justice, the department of Political Science and Economics, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the Rowan Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship, the Office of Social Justice, Inclusion and Conflict Resolution, and Women’s and Gender Studies.
Sign up now to save your spot!
#CHSSConnect- Thomas Pratz
Date/Time: Wednesday, September 16; 3:30pm
Place: Webex meeting
Did you know that 70% of jobs are found through networking? Increase your chances of finding internships and full-time positions by expanding your network!
#CHSSConnect is event series that will help students to connect with professionals in their desired fields, as well as network and learn from the experiences of current professionals.
The event will be a Question and Answer discussion based on students' questions for the guest. Guest bio's will be available to students ahead of time on the Center for Professional Success' website (https://chss.rowan.edu/centers/cps/index.html). Examples of questions could include but are not limited to the guest's industry, career path, applying to jobs, and general tips for success in their field. Additionally, a facilitator will help guide questions and discussion.
Thomas Pratz is a high school Spanish teacher in Voorhees, New Jersey. He started his educational career in 2013 at Rowan University and studied Spanish, P-12 Education, and linguistics. He studied abroad for an entire academic year in Salamanca, Spain and graduated from Rowan in 2017. In 2018, he returned to Salamanca to begin his Master's Degree in Spanish Language & Cultures and graduated the following year. He has worked in various school districts teaching middle and high school Spanish. Thomas is currently enrolled in Rowan University's Doctoral program in Educational Leadership to pursue a career in public school administration.
2020 Spring Events
May
CHSS Commencement
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 12, 4pm
Place: Bunce Green
Lunch to be held at the Market Place, Student Center at 1pm.
Speaker: TBA
April
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Cambodian Genocide Survivor Chanty Jong
Date/Time: April 15, 6:30pm-8pm
Place: Eynon Ballroom, Student Center

What the Chinese Communist Party is Doing in Xinjiang, and Why They are Doing it
Special speaker Dr. James Millward, Professor of History, Georgetown University
Date/Time: April 8, 5pm
Place: Student Center, 129
Light refreshments will be served
Sponsored by International Studies, Asian Studies, and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
March
World Languages Spring Open House
Saturday, March 28
11:30am-2:30pm
Chamberlain Student Center, room 144
- Learn about all of our programs
- Meet our professors, students, and staff
- Learn about our student organizations
- Available student-guided campus tours
RSVP to Professor Lorena Santos, santos-quinones@rowan.edu
Interested in a Career in International Law?
Come to a panel featuring three New York-based legal professionals
Date/Time: March 26, 12:30
Place: Enterprise, 409
Chris Greene has spent his career working as a litigator for corporate firms including Kaplan, Hecker & Fink LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. He focuses on white collar crimes and recently investigated alleged bribery in Uzbekistan.
Alexandra Rizio works in public interest law and is currently a Managing Attorney at the Safe Passage Project. She has worked on the representation of children forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and leads the organization's ongoing litigation strategy in relation to the separation policy.
Noah Solowiejczyk has worked as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York since 2014. He specializes in investigating and prosecuting white collar offenses and recently prosecuted an international stock manipulation scheme that was orchestrated by individuals located in Switzerland and Monaco.
Light refreshments will be served
Co-sponsored by:
Rowan in the World
Policing the Mass Protests in Hong Kong
Special Speaker Dr. Allan Jiao, Rowan Law and Justice Studies Department
Date/Time: March 12, 5pm
Place: James Hall, 3091A
A talk and discussion on the ongoing Hong Kong crisis by the first scholar to publish a definitive study on its police force.
Sponsored by the International Studies Program and CHSS.
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Campus Sexual Violence Information Session Sponsored by the Law and Justice Department. |
President’s Lecture Series
Gail Collins, On American Women’s History
Date/Time: Thurs. Mar. 5, 6pm
Place: Eynon Ballroom, Student Center
Gail Collins joined The New york Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board and later became an Op-Ed columnist. In 2001, she was appointed editorial page editor—the first woman to hold that post at the paper. Since 2013, Ms. Collins has been a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board.
The program is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow.
Sponsored by the Office of the President, the Department of History, the women's & Gender Studies Program, and the College of Humanities & Social Sciences.
More info: Call 856-256-4818
BOOK SIGNING - Ballet Class: An American History
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 11, 11am AND Tuesday, March 31, 7pm
Place: Rowan Barnes and Noble
Dr. Melissa R. Klapper (Professor of History, Rowan University) will discuss her new book, which explores the history of ballet class in the United States from the early twentieth century to the present. After her talk, she will be available to sign copies of the book, which can be purchased on site.
Corhann Okorodudu Inaugural Lecture Series
Brown At 65: The Troubling Relationship Between Court-Ordered Desegregation, Urban Education, and Special Education
Date/Time: March 30, 5pm
Place: Business Hall, 104
Dr. Blanchett’s teaching, research and service focuses on issues of educational inequity including urban teacher preparation, issues of race, class, culture, and gender, disproportionate representation of students of color in special education, severe disabilities, transition planning and issues of sexuality for students with disabilities.
Sponsored by Africana Studies, co-sponsored by the Psychology Department, Women’s and Gender Studies, History Department, and Center for Interdisciplinary Studies.
For more info contact Dr. Chanelle Rose, rosec@rowan.edu
Light refreshments served
February
The 1619 Project
Date/Time: Feb. 3, 6:30pm
Place: Student Center Ballroom
Join The 1619 Project @ Rowan for “Conversations and Food,” for a discussion about the critical role of African-descended people in the development of democracy in America. Foods of the African Diaspora will be served. This event is open to the Rowan community.
More info - https://tinyurl.com/tawmhhf
Check out all of this month's Rowan Center for the Study of Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights events here.
For more information email rchgs@rowan.edu
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Raising our Banners: How Women of Color Shaped the Suffrage Movement Dr. Cathleen Cahill, Penn State University, will present a lecture to commemorate 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote Sponsored by RowanCenter for Holocaust and Genocide Studies |
Africana Studies Spring Kick-Off
Date/Time: Monday, February 10, 12:30pm
Place: Business Hall, rm 104
Meet faculty who teach about Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America
Learn more about Black and Latinx student organizations
Sample delicious dishes from Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America
Bob Marley is Sinking: Topics in Island Development and Challenges to the Diaspora
Women and Gender in Africa and the African Diaspora
For more info contact Dr. Chanelle Rose, Coordinator, Africana Studies, rosec@rowan.edu
Co-sponsored by: Multicultural & Inclusion Programs, Achieving Success through Collaboration, Engagement, And Determination (ASCEND) and the Center of Interdisciplinary Studies
Immigration Rights
Speaker: Cathy Miller-Wilson
Date/Time: Feb. 25, 12:30
Place: Student Center, 221
More info: dworkin@rowan.edu
Economics Career Forum
Date/Time: Feb. 26, 5pm
Place: Student Center, 129
The three guest alumni: Katie Laird, Taylor Lee, and Joseph Dafcik Organized with the assistance of Office of Career Advancement.
- Meet Economics Faculty
- Learn about the various career paths in Economics
- 10 Reasons you should major in Economics
- What’s the difference between a degree in Economics vs.v Business?
More info: binghamj@rowan.edu
Rosa Parks Luncheon
Speaker: LaTosha Brown
Feb. 26, 11am
Student Center Ballroom
Ms. Brown has over 20 years of experience working in the nonprofit and philanthropy sectors on a wide variety of issues related to social justice, economic development, leadership development, wealth creation and civil rights.
She is the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, a power building southern basic civic engagement organization that played an insturmental role in the 2017 Alabama U.S. Senate race.
She is the recipient of several national awards including the 2006 Redbook Magazine Spirit and Strength Award, 2007 Spirit of Democracy Award from the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, the Louis E. Burnham Award for Human Rights, the 2008 Emory Business School MLK Service Award, 2010 Audubon Award and 2011 White House Champion of Change Award to name a few. Ms. Brown currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
More info: williamsd@rowan.edu
January
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Living in the Shadows of Auschwitz: 75 Years Later The Liberation of Auschwitz at Queens Public Library at Kew Garden Hills for The Kupferberg Holocaust Center. For more information, visit http://khc.qcc.cuny.edu/ |
Fall 2019
December
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Historical Methods: Genocide Presenations Date/Time: December 4, 5:00- 6:15pm Place: Robinson 204 Sponsored by RowanCenter for Holocaust and Genocide Studies |
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Historical Methods: Genocide Presenations Date/Time: December 2, 5:00- 6:15pm Place: Robinson 204 |
November
Film Night: "Austerlitz" (2016) Director Sergei Loznitsa
Date/Time: November 8, 7:00- 9:00pm
Place: Bunce 106
Discussion led by Professor Jody Russell Manning
“Can care ethics be decolonized?” — Eva Boodman (Philosophy, Rowan University)
Date/Time: Wednesday November 20, 5 pm
Place: Westby 111
“This talk discusses how care should (or shouldn't) be theorized and practiced under settler colonial circumstances. I'll approach the question by taking a close look at how forms of benevolent institutional care in Canada that intend to respond to the harms of colonial dispossession in fact enforce participation in settler colonial processes. Given the interest of settler states in maintaining land dispossession and institutional control of indigenous people, what could transformative, "resurgent" care look like?”
Sponsored by:
Philosophy and World Religions Department
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Holocaust Rememberance Event with Survivors Selma Rossen and Edith Shapiro Date/Time: November 8, 6:00- 8:00pm Place: Owls Nest Co-sponsored with Hillel and RCHGS Student Association |
“The Political Life of Gossip” — Tamsin Kimoto, (Philosophy, Emory University).
Date/Time: Wednesday November 6, 5 pm
Place: Westby 111
“According to its detractors, gossip is frivolous and communicates nothing essential about the world. I argue instead that gossip is an essential tool for members of oppressed groups navigating the university, and political life generally, because of its usefulness as a medium for producing resistant archives and counternarratives. At the same time, gossip is often used as an unofficial tool for institutional discipline against these very same people. I consider two primary cases throughout this talk—sexual harassment and the “difficult” woman of color—to develop an account of gossip as a political and epistemic practice.”
Co-sponsored by:
Women’s and Gender Studies Program and the Department of Political Science and Economics
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Book Club: Lipstadt, "Antisemitism" with Rowal Chabad Date/Time: November 6, 12:30-1:30pm Place: James 1112 |
Equal Means Equal - Pre-Election Day film screening, discussion, and dinner
Date/Time: November 4, 3:30—6:30 pm
Place: Hawthorn 204
October
"Auschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away" Exhibition Bus Trip to NYC Jewish Heritage Museum - Registration: October 15, 2019
Date/Time: November 1
Place: NYC Jewish Heritage Museum
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"Mother Tongue" - Department of World Languages This extraordinary documentary chronicles Gabina's search for her indigenous roots through the story of Quechua - the Inca language. Gabina uses participatory visual ethnography to explore the state of Quechua worldwide as well as strategies for its revival and maintenance. Quechua is now being promoted in some of the greatest cities of the world, including Cusco, Paris, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. |
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Film Night: " They Shall Not Grow Old" (2018) Director Peter Jackson Date/Time: October 24, 7:00pm Place: Rowan Art Gallery Discussion will be led by Professor Stephen Hague. Co-sponsored with The Hollybush Institute |
"The Tethered of the Earth: Jordan Peele, Frantz Fanon, Jacques Derrida” — Ammon Allred (Philosophy, University of Toledo).
Date/Time: Wednesday October 23, 5 pm
Place: Westby 111
"This essay examines affinities between Jordan Peele’s Us and Franz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth. When Peele’s first film, Get Out was released, many critics noted the similarity of themes to Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks, but up to now less attention has been paid to the continuation of this arc in Us. The most immediately salient point of connection between Peele and Fanon is the role that violence plays in shocking and reorganizing the social imagination and revealing the fragmentary character of the world. However the complex relationship between the Tethered and surface dwellers, particularly between Red and Adelaide, complicates the possibility for envisioning this violence as playing a role in collective identity formation. I suggest that Derrida’s work on hospitality is helpful in thinking about the aporias in the relationship between the tethered and surface dwellers and in extending Fanon’s analysis to consider settler colonialism and genocide.”
Co-Sponsored by:
Department of Philosophy and World Religions and the English Department
Equal Means Equal - Film screening and discussion
Date/Time: October 22, 5:00-7:00pm
Place: Rowan Art Gallery
Film Screening and Discussion with Director Seth Kramer
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Date/Time: October 17, 6:00-8:00pm Place: Votta Hall - Rowan College at Burlington County, Mt. Laurel Campus The film screening will play, "Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel" (2018). |
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Annual CHSS Paul B. Winkler Lecture with Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire in Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide Date/Time: October 16, 7:00-8:30pm Place: Enyon Ballroom Co-sponsored with The Hollybush Institute, Chabad, and Africana Studies |
“The Elephant in the Room: Rational Perception and the Problem of Animals” — Nathan Bauer (Philosophy, Rowan University)
Date/Time: Wednesday October 9, 5 pm
Place: Westby 111
“According to a promising account of human knowledge, our immediate perception of the world must involve our rational capacities. That is, what we see must already be structured or shaped by our rationality. But this account faces a problem in accounting for the experiences of other animals. Many animals, after all, seem to share our perceptual abilities, but manage to get by in the world without rationality. We’ll explore the challenge animals pose to the account of rational perception—and then I’ll offer a proposal for resolving it.”
Sponsored by:
Department of Philosophy and World Religions
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Research Talk, Debbie Sharnak Date/Time: October 7,12:30-1:30pm Place: Robinson 202 |
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Book Club: Lipstadt, "Antisemitism" with Rowal Hillel Date/Time: October 2,12:30-1:30pm Place: James Hall 1112 |
September
“Grassroots Research: A Not-So Quiet Methodological Revolution”
Date/Time: Sept. 25, 2019 / 5:00pm
Place: Westby 111
“Grassroots Research: A Not-So Quiet Methodological Revolution” — Dustin Fife (Psychology, Rowan University), Matt Lund (Philosophy, Rowan University), Nadine Sullivan (Sociology, Rowan University), and Chelsie Young (Psychology, Rowan University)
Co-sponsored by:
Department of Philosophy and World Religions and Theorizing at Rowan
9th Annual Africana Studies Welcome Back Reception "A Taste of Africana Studies"
Date/Time: Sept. 25, 2019 / 12:30-2:00pm
Place: Student Center 221
Learn more about the Africana Studies Program Meet faculty who teach about Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America Learn more about Black and Latinx student organizations Free "I am Africana Studies" t-shirts for new AS majors/minors.
Co-sponsored by:
Multicultural & Inclusion Programs, Achieving Success through Collaboration, Engagement, And Determination (ASCEND) and the Center of Interdisciplinary Studies
Reflections on the Nineteenth Amendment
Panel discussion moderated by Melissa R. Klapper (History and Women’s & Gender Studies)
Date/Time:September 25, 2019, 11:00 am—12:15 pm
Place: Student Center Ballroom
Panel discussion moderated by Melissa R. Klapper (History and Women’s & Gender Studies) / William D. Carrigan (History) on the suffrage movement in New Jersey / Danielle Gougon (Political Science & Economics) on the impact of women’s suffrage / Julie Haynes (Communication Studies) on the rhetoric of the suffrage movement / Chanelle N. Rose (History) on African American women and racism in the suffrage movement
Sponsored by the Department of History, the Women’s & Gender Studies Program, the Department of Political Science & Economics, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the Rowan Institute for Public Policy & Citizenship


Date/Time: September 18, 2pm
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