WOMEN’S STUDIES PROGRAM | 2025 - 2026
Women's Studies Lecture Series
Join us for presentations given by faculty, staff, and students about their research and community engagement activities. Free and open to the public. Bring your lunch and meet Women’s Studies faculty and students.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ida B. Wells and Radical Advocacy
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2025 | 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. | STUDENT UNION, ROOM 308
Dr. Mary Triece, School of Communication and Director of the Women’s Studies Program
Akron Is Queer: Assembling the Akron LGBTQ+ Archive
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025 | 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. | STUDENT UNION, ROOM 308
Dr. Hillary Nunn, English Department
Tony Pankuch, Education and Outreach Coordinator, Cummings Center for the History of Psychology
Shaping Movement and Identity: The Evolution of Dress Code in Ballet Technique
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2026 | 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. | STUDENT UNION, ROOM 308
Dr. Colleen Barnes, Department of Dance, Theatre, and Arts Administration
The History of the Equal Rights Amendment
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2026 | 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. | STUDENT UNION, ROOM 308
Dr. Kara Kvaran, Women’s Studies Program
A Poetry Reading
TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 2026 | 12:15 – 1:15 P.M. | STUDENT UNION, ROOM 308
Dr. Mary Biddinger, English Department, and students from the NEOMFA
The views expressed in this speaker series are those of the individual presenters and not those of The University of Akron.