Location: Torp Theater at Davidson Hall
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
11:45 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Screen excerpts of “Barbie”. This will be running as attendees file into the auditorium
12 p.m.
Welcome attendees and participants of the symposium (Karen A. Ritzenhoff)
12:05 p.m.
Greetings from Dr. Kate McGrath, Dean’s Office
12:10 p.m.
Music video of Ken’s song “I’m Just Ken”
12:15 to 12:45 p.m.
Opening Panel: Carolyn Jacobs (Communication) and Anna Young (Communication) discuss the intersections of Barbie/Oppenheimer/Barbenheimer
12:45 to 1:15 p.m.
KEYNOTE: Shizuko Tomoda (Faculty Emerita)
What is the symbolic meaning of Mushroom Cloud? Triumph or Tragedy?
1:15 to 1:30 p.m.
Students Comm 255 Visual Communication present “riffs” on social media
1:30 to 2:15 p.m.
Student Panel on Identity in Barbie (Comm 435 Images of Gender; Comm 255 Visual Communication; Comm 215 Interpersonal Communication and Comm 253 Organizational Communication)
2:15 to 2:30 p.m.
Screen America Ferrara’s TED X Talk
2:30 to 3:15 p.m.
Faculty Panel about Gender Roles
Moderator: Karen A. Ritzenhoff (Communication/WGSS)
Jessica Greenebaum (Sociology)
Natalie Catasus (English)
Dusty Rader (Interim Coordinator LGTBQ+ Center)
Susan Gilmore (English)
Julie Kim (Communication)
Anna Young (Communication)
3:15 to 4 p.m.
Student Panel on Barbie
4:00 to 4:15 p.m.
Student work by Graphic Design (Jean Criscola, Art and Graphic Design)
4:15 to 5 p.m.
Faculty Panel: Performance and Design
Moderator: Carolyn Jacobs (Communication)
Christie Maturo (Theater)
Ryan Raven Ong (Theater)
Julia Blau (Psychological Science)
Suzanne Colton (Communication)
5:00
Wrapping Up: Carolyn Jacobs and Anna Young conclude the Symposium