University of Wisconsin–Madison

2019 Conference Agenda

Fourth Annual
4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being
and
42nd Wisconsin Women and Gender Studies Conference

April 11-13, 2019
Pyle Center, Madison, WI

Transformative Education: Then. When? Now!

PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE AGENDA

Thursday, April 11, 2019

4:00 *Soffa Lecture (Pyle Alumni Lounge) Brigitte Baptiste

Friday, April 12, 2019

8:00-4:00Conference Registration
9:00-10:15Session 1 (concurrent sessions)
10:30-12:00 *Keynote (Memorial Union) Rosalyn LaPier and Abaki Beck, Joint with OPID Conference
12:00-1:30Lunch and awards (Lowell Hall Dining Room)
1:30-2:30Session 2 (concurrent sessions)
2:45-3:45Session 3 (Pyle Lee Lounge) Poster Session & New Author Reception
Refreshments (Pyle AT&T Lounge)
4:00-5:30 *Plenary I ((Pyle Alumni Lounge) 4W Keynote: Janet Shibley Hyde

Saturday, April 13, 2019

8:00-4:00Conference Registration
9:00-10:15 *Plenary II (Pyle Alumni Lounge) African American Women’s Health Network
10:30-11:30Session 4 (concurrent sessions)
11:45-12:30Session 5 (concurrent sessions)
12:45-1:30Lunch (Lowell Hall Dining Room)
1:45-3:00 *Plenary III (Pyle Alumni Lounge) Social Transformations to End Exploitation and Trafficking for Sex (STREETS)
3:00-3:15Refreshments (Pyle AT&T Lounge)
3:15-4:15Session 6 (concurrent sessions)
4:30-5:30Session 7 (concurrent sessions)
  • Also 4W art exhibition.  For more information go here.

(All events in Pyle Center unless otherwise indicated)
* Indicates Free and Open to the Public. Please Register.

Conference Co-chairs:

Lori DiPrete Brown, Director, UW-Madison 4W Initiative
Stephanie Rytilahti, Director, UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium

Special Thanks to the Summit Planning Committee

Summit Contacts:

Stephanie Rytilahti, Director
UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium
Email: srrytilahti@wisc.edu, Phone:  608-262-3056

Dace Zeps, Program Administrator
Center for Research on Gender and Women, UW-Madison
dazeps@wisc.edu, Phone: 608-263-2053

The 4W Summit co-convenors and sponsors are honored to be holding this conference under the auspices of the UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing, and a Culture of Peace as part of a global United Nations Platform on education, science, and culture.