1. 9:30 - 10:20 am. Murder-Suicide Warning: Women Watch Out
Presenter(s): Dr.Wendy Eckenrod-Green, School of Teacher Education and Leadership
Murder-suicide is a disturbingly compounding and “dramatic, violent event” with close to 10 incidences occurring each week with approximately 1,200 Americans dying on an annual basis. Murder-suicide is not a “hindsight is 2020” issue. The warning signs and red flags are present including intimate partner violence. This presentation will review statistics related to domestic murder-suicide and common features including perpetrators, victims, lethal means, and location of occurrence. Risk factors and motivations such as negative factors, feelings of obligation, and sense of mercy will be discussed. The aftermath and trauma of a murder-suicide is far reaching and ripples across to family, friends, co-workers, and community, sometimes leaving children parentless.
Location: Andrew W. Ross Student Art Gallery
2. 10:45 - 11:45 am. Making Work: Gender and Creativity in Contemporary Art
Presenter(s): Dr. Carlee Bradbury, Department of Art; Graduate MFA Students: Brandy Bembry, Christopher Bradbury, Ashleigh Hillen, Taylen Gearhart, Zach Blevins-Goad, Amanda Kelly, Mariah Nolan, Toni Pitts, and Logan Singo.
In this collective graduate student showcase, emerging artists will present their work as it relates to gender and its various iterations and interpretations. Including a variety of media, (from sculpture to photography and all points in between) this panel is an opportunity for the Radford campus community to see creative inquiry in action.
Location: Andrew W. Ross Student Art Gallery
3. 12:00 - 1:00 pm.Crafting the Spinster: Research Presentation and Demonstration
Presenter(s): Dr. Carlee Bradbury,Department of Art; Lou O'Neil (undergraduate student); Sara Thompson (undergraduate student)
Our research project deals with how spinning and spinsters have been represented in art. From old crones to young mothers to witches - what does the spinster signify? Come for a research talk and try your hand at spinning on a drop spindle.
Location: Andrew W. Ross Student Art Gallery
4. 2:00 - 3:00 pm.Sexism in Search Engines & AI
Presenter(s):Alyssa Archer and Lisa Dinkle (Library Faculty)
Are Google results sexist? What about Chat GPT? The answer may not surprise you. Learn how algorithms and AI both reflect and perpetuate misogyny and racism in our culture, as faculty from McConnell Library share research by Dr. Safiya Noble and lead attendees through exercises to test out the theories.
Location:McConnell Library Information Literacy Center B (ILC B) (3rd floor, Room 380)
