Date: Friday, April 19th, 9 AM – 3 PM
Venue: AB 2107
9-9:15 AM: Keynote Speech by Professor Selina Lai Henderson
Session 1 – Challenges to Heteronormativity
9:15-10:15 AM Presentations and faculty discussions
10:15-10:45 Q&A
Heteronormativity in Korean Boys Love Comics: A Case Study of Chinese Queer Women’s Gender Discourse – Shuzhe Wang
Faculty discussant: Keping Wu (Zoom)
Masters tools: Oppression, Representation, Stereotype, and Heteronormativity – Sadey Dong
Faculty discussant: Hwa Yeong Wang
A Queer Metamorphosis: Animal Narratives and Lesbian Love in Contemporary Chinese Cultures – Ruohan Wang
Faculty discussant: Nathan Hauthaler
Session 2 – Gendered Economy and Environmental Challenges
10:50-11:50 AM: Presentations and faculty discussions
11:50-12:20 PM: Q&A
The ‘Invisible’ Female Riders in Food Delivery: Exploring the Impact of Platform Algorithms on Female Workers in the Gig Economy – Hanyang Zhou and Yixin Gu
Faculty discussant: Megan Rogers
Gender, Health, and Catastrophe: The Impact of Patriarchal Gender Dynamics on Tribal Women’s Health Outcomes amidst Pakistan’s 2022 ‘Superfloods’ – Arabela Iggesen Valenzuela
Faculty discussant: Hyun Jeong Ha
Gendered Dimensions of Climate Change: A Critical Analysis of Women’s Vulnerability and Representation in Global Environmental Governance – Manal Bidar
Faculty discussant: Jaehee Choi
12:20-13:30 PM: Lunch
Session 3 – Feminist Critiques to Culture and Society
1:30 – 2:30 PM: Presentations and faculty discussions
2:30 – 3 PM: Q&A
A Feminist Triumph or Flop?: Exploring Public Perceptions of Barbie- Yihan Chen, Ni Zheng, and Hsuan-kai Liao
Faculty discussant: Lindsay Mahon Rathnam
The Ornamental Personhood: A Reparative Reading of K-Pop Femininity – Vicky Yongkun Wu
Faculty discussant: Titas Chakraborty
Navigating Ideologies Rifts in the Digital Age: Understanding Relationship Dynamics Amidst Gender Discourse Polarization in China – Wenjing Xu
Faculty discussant: Qian Zhu
