Co-Sponsored Events
The Frances McClelland Institute is proud to be hosting several visiting scholars this fall. These scholars will be sharing their diverse knowledge and research interests by holding various workshops and events in partnership with the Instutite, other UA departments, and local youth-service agencies and community organizations.
December 3-6, 2009 (times will vary)
Places Will Vary, Click Link Above for Full Schedule and Details of Each Offered Event
Co-sponsors: UA-Mexican American and Raza Studies, Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, UA-MEChA, Raza Studies-TUSD, NASA, El Rio Neighborhood Center, Red Ink, AROMAS, Los Universitarios, AROMA
The Movimiento Ollin Movement is partnering with the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families to present a weekend of discussion, dance, and traditional storytelling.
Mary Pilat, Ph.D., Associate Professor from Purdue University
December 9, 2009 at 9:00am - 3:00pm
Tucson YWCA, 525 N. Bonita Ave., Tucson, AZ 85745
Co-sponsors: Tucson YWCA and Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families
Elizabeth Thompson, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Scholar at the Frances McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families
April 14, 2010 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Gender & Women's Studies Building Room 100, 925 N. Tyndall Ave
Previous Events
Children who care for their parents: The impact of disability on young lives
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
3pm-4pm MCPRK 402
Kenneth Pakenham
Associate Professor, Hons Coordinator
School of Psychology
University of Queensland, Australia
Writing for Publication in Scholarly Social Science Journals
Joyce Arditti, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar from Virginia Tech University
October 8, 2009 from 3:30 - 4:30pm
MCPRK 402
Workshop aimed at helping graduate students target their academic writing to the needs and expectations of scholarly social science journals. Dr. Arditti is a visiting scholar from Virgina Tech University and also the Editor-in-Chief of the scholarly journal, Family Relations. In addition to Family Relations, she also has served on the editorial boards for several other prominent social science journals including: Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, Marriage and Family Review, The Open Law Journal, International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, and Sex Roles.
(Debra Chasnoff, 2009)
October 9, 2009 at 7:30pm
UA's Gallagher Theater
Co-sponsors: McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, Center for Student Involvement in Leadership, College of Education, Gender & Sexuality Studies.
From girls confronting popular messages about culture and body image to boys who are sexually active just to prove they aren't gay, the students in Straightlaced illustrate the toll that deeply held stereotypes and rigid gender policing have on all of our lives.
UA Now - September 29, 2009
(Jamie A. Lee, 2009)
October 13, 2009 from 3 - 4:30pm
McClelland Park Building, Room 105
Co-sponsors: McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, Institute for LGBT Studies, Oral History Cluster, Southwest Center, Mexican American and Raza Studies, Gender & Women's Studies, and the English Department.
Jamie A. Lee, award-winning documentary filmmaker, presents the launch of this groundbreaking Arizona Archive. The purpose of the Arizona LGBT Storytelling Project: Community Histories is to record and commemorate the voices, images, memories, and life stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people living in the state of Arizona. Our goal is to develop the historical record of the diverse LGBT individuals and communities here in Arizona, capure memories of historical moments and movements; reveal our struggles, triumphs, and beliefs; as well as share our experiences and knowledges with future generations.
A Conversation about Women's Studies
Elisabeth Morgan Thompson, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Fellow
October 28, 2009 at 12:00-2:00pm
UA Women's Studies Department
Co-sponsors: McClelland Institute for Children, Youth, and Families, Women's Studies Department
