Race, Gender & Class 2013 Conference 
in New Orleans March 7-9, 2013

Co-sponsored by Race, Gender & Class journal (Jean Ait Belkhir & Christiane Charlemaine), Center for African and African American Studies (SUNO), & Sociological Association Race, Gender & Class Section

The conference is being held at the University of New Orleans at the Homer Hitt Alumni and Visitor Center Ball Room, Lakefront Campus, Building 27.

Lodging would be avalaible on the UNO Campus at Ponchartrain Hall, Building 29a and 29b (http://www.uno.edu/housing/).

Room reservation: email to Christiane Charlemaine at ccharlemaine@earthlink.net
Rooms can be seen at http://www.uno.edu/housing/ on the left side go to Housing options and click on 'four bedroom bath,' (no double bed).
One single bed rate: $40 no tax / night
A buffet Cafeteria is open every day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the campus in the University Center, Buiding 32.
Free parking avalaible.

Make Checks Payable to Race, Gender & Class Conference Lodging.

Mail to

Jean Ait Belkhir
University of New Orleans
Sociology Department
Milneburg Hall Room 170
2000 Lakeshore Drive
New Orleans, LA 70148

For those non interested by the UNO campus lodging  you can contact ON YOUR OWN for example the three following hotels among others located in the French Quarter at three miles from the UNO campus:

The Richelieu Hotel 1234 Chartres Street French Quarter (504) 529-2492
Chateau Hotel 1001 Chartres Street (504) 524 9636
Chateau Bourbon Wyndham Hotel 800 Iberville Street (504) 586-0800

Conference Registration Fees

Early Bird Registration by January 18, 2013
Students $70; Non-Students $180                                                                                    

Late Registration                                                                                                                                           Students $95; Non-students $205

All presenters have to register by February 8th, 2013 in order to be in the program. No exception!

All attendees and presenters are expected to register

Make Checks Payable to Race, Gender & Class Conference.

Mail to

Jean Ait Belkhir
University of New Orleans
Sociology Department
Milneburg Hall Room 170
2000 Lakeshore Drive
New Orleans, LA 70148

Call for papers and organizers

PLEASE SUBMIT PROPOSAL / ABSTRACT BY DECEMBER 1ST

Race, Gender & Class and the 2012 Elections 
Do progressives have an alternative for America?

Abstracts (250-300 words) should be sent only electronically by December 1st, 2012 to Jean Ait Belkhir at rgcso@uno.edu. Presentations at the 2013 RGC Conference would be selected for publication in the Race, Gender & Class journal.

To volunteer to serve as an RGC conference organizer, please contact Dr. Jean Ait Belkhir
rgcso@uno.edu, Ph.: (504) 280 1209, Fax: (504) 280 6302

We hope to see you at the RGC 2013 Conference in New Orleans!

Please forward this page to colleagues you think may be interested:

http://rgc.uno.edu/conference.cfm

Final Program

Thursday 7th (Ball Room, 210)
8:00 am – 8:00 pm Registration and Table Display

8:30 – 10:00 am Session 1
Gender

Moderator: Phillip J. Ardoin, Appalachian State University

The Twitter Revolution:  Will Girls Be Allowed?
Phillip J. Ardoin, Appalachian State University

The Top Two:  Their Tweets and How They Focused on Women in the 2012 Presidential Election
Sandra L. Combs, Mary Jackson Pitts, Arkansas State University

GAME On!:  Empowering Girls to Challenge Stereotypes and Resist Educational Neglect
Lisa Holland-Davis, Anastasia Tosouni, Clayton State University

The Intersections of Ethnicity, Gender, & Power in Two Urban American Indian Communities
Michelle R. Jacobs, State University of New York at Plattsburgh

10:00 – 11:15 am Session 2
Dream or Delusion:  Race, Sport and Physical Activity

Moderators:  Louis Harrison, Jr., Langston D. Clark, Martin Smith, The University of Texas at Austin

Paul Roberson:  The Quintessential Scholar Athlete
Martin Smith, The University of Texas at Austin

Athletic versus Academic Identity
Louis Harrison, Jr., The University of Texas at Austin

The Contradiction of the Black Body
Langston D. Clark, The University of Texas, Austin

11:15 am - 12:00 pm Session 3
Book Reading and Discussion

Reading Classes:  On Culture and Classism in America, Cornell University Press
Barbara Ann Jensen, Class Action

12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
New Book Signing

1:00 – 3:00 pm Session 4
Race Matters

Moderator: George J. Sefa Dei, OISE University of Toronto

Race in the Mortgage Market:  An Empirical Investigation Using HMDA Data
Madhavi Cherian, New York University

Talking Race Online:  Explaining the Racialized Wealth Gap in a Public/Private Space
Francisca Oyogoa, Bard College at Simon’s Rock

Seductive Solidarity:  Resisting the Silence of Race and Racism in Coalition Building
Rick Sin, Oise University of Toronto

Fanon, Decolonizing Pedagogy and ‘space’ on University Campus
Safia Gahayr, OISE University of Toronto

An Exploration of Factors that Impact the Satisfaction and Success of Low Socioeconomic Status Community College Students
Damon A. Bell, Ed.D., California State University, Fullerton

Expulsion Programs as Racialized Carceral Spaces of Exception
Camisha Sibblis, York University, Toronto

3:00 - 4:00 pm Session 5
Django Unchained:  Separating Fact from Fiction
Kathe Hambrick Jackson, Director, River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville, Louisiana

4:00 - 4:15 pm Break

4:15 – 6:30 pm Session 6
Theorizing the Dynamics of Race, Gender and Class Three Settings
Moderators:  A. Kathryn Stout, Manhattan College, Elaine R. Cleeton, SUNY Geneseo

Re-uniting RGC Inequalities with Social Change:  In Search of a Better Paradigm
Ricardo A. Dello Buono, Manhattan College

Gentrification and Race:  Looking At the Relationship between Race and Capital
Daniela Robles, Manhattan College

Social Movements and Non-Governmental Organizations and the State:  Post-Katrina and Post-Sandy Relief Efforts
A. Kathryn Stout, Manhattan College

Probation and Parole -- Foundation of a Police State
Roland E. Angle, Families for the Ethical Psychiatric Treatment of Patients and Prisoners (FEPTOPP)

Impressions, Perceptions, and Judgments:  A Crosscultural Comparison of Chinese and American Students Beliefs about their Counterparts
Elaine R. Cleeton, SUNY Geneseo

Racial disparities in children with behavior problems in school:  Causes and solutions
Diane Bordenave, Southern University at New Orleans

Friday 8th (Ball Room, 210)
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration and Table Display

8:00 – 8:30 am Welcoming
Jean Ait Belkhir & Christiane Charlemaine, RGC conference
Romanus Ejiaga, Center for African American Studies, Southern University at New Orleans
Nikki Jones, American Sociological Association (ASA) RGC Section Chair 2012
Peter J. Fos, University of New Orleans President
David S. Adegboye, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Southern University at New Orleans

8:30- 8:45 am Break

8:45 – 9:30 am Plenary Session 1
The Moment: Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, and the Firestorm at Trinity United Church of Christ
Carl A. Grant, University of Wisconsin

9:30-11:00 am Session 7
Education
Moderator:  Carl A. Grant, University of Wisconsin

Social Justice and Progressives in Urban Spaces: Schools as the City's Gate
Carl A. Grant, University of Wisconsin

Student Learning Outcomes / How Are Online Students Doing and Do Gender and Race Demographics Matter
Lisa Montagne, California State University

A Program Evaluation:  A High School to Community College Transition Program for African American and Latino Males
Joi Lin Blake, Skyline Community College, San Bruno CA, David Delgado Ulate, Skyline Community College

Global Education from an 'Indigenist, Anti-Racist and Anti-Colonial' Perspective
George J. Sefa Dei, OISE University of Toronto

11:00 – 11:45 am Plenary Sessions 2
Theft of a Nation: Why the Biggest Financial Crime in History was not Criminally Prosecuted by the United States
Gregg Barak, Eastern Michigan University

11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch
New Book Signing
Music - Performance by Voices of Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO)

12:45 – 2:15 pm Session 8
The Progressive Response to the Criminal Justice System

Moderator:  Demetrius Semien, University of Cincinnati

Framing Social Issues: The War on Poor Black Men
Nicholas Wemerling & Demetrius Semien, University of Cincinnati

Build a Mass Movement to Abolish the Parole System
Roland E. Angle, Families for the Ethical Psychiatric Treatment of Patients and Prisoners (FEPTOPP)

The Louisiana Crime against Nature Statute
John Penny, Southern University at New Orleans; Ashraf M. Esmail; Lisa A. Eargle, Francis Marion University

Bullying, Gender Equity...Harassment...Drop-Out Anticipation and Solution.  What You Would Do?Brucetta McClue-Tate & Ashraf M. Esmail

2:15 - 2:30 pm Break

2:30 - 3:00 pm Plenary Session 3
Suppressed Race, Gender, and Class Issues in the Election of 2012
John C. Berg, Suffolk University

3:00 – 6:30 Session 9
Progressive Alternative

Moderators:  Michael D. Forster, The University of Southern Mississippi, Gregg Barak, Eastern Michigan University

How did President Obama Win his Second Term?
Komanduri S. Murty, Fort Valley State University, Jimmy D. McCamey, Jr., Fort Valley State University

Invisible Voters:  Voter Suppression of People of Color in the 2012 Election
Meta Mendel-Reyes, Berea College

Let Freedom Ring: Ending Human Trafficking in Northeast Ohio
Denise Ann Narcisse, Youngstown State University

The Continuing Conflict over Gender:  The 2012 “Year of Woman” and the Republican War on Women
Christiane Olivo, University of Northern Colorado

Aging, Austerity, and Political Activism
Michael D. Forster, The University of Southern Mississippi

Protection of Underserved Communities from Adverse Effects of Air Pollution: Is the Present Federal Regulatory System Effective?
Martha E. Richmond, Suffolk University

Environmental Justice, Asthma and Public Policies in the Twenty-first Century
Lolita D. Gray, Clark Atlanta University, Glenn S. Johnson, Texas Southern University

Black Women’s Involvement in the Environmental Justice Movement:  An Analysis of Three Communities in Atlanta, Georgia
Antoinette M. Gomez, Project PAVE, Fatemeh Shafiei, Spelman College, Glenn S. Johnson, Texas Southern University

Saturday 9th (Ball Room, 210)
8:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration and Table Display
 
8:30 am– 12:15 pm Session 10
Race, Gender and Class

Moderators:  Marek D. Steedman, University of Southern Mississippi, Richard P. Talbot, Anna Maria College, Joan Marshall-Wesley, Jackson State University

Okie from Muskogee, and a President from Yorba Linda
David Scott, University of Kansas

“Get your Fokkin' Tentacle out of my Face!”:  A Rhetorical Analysis of the Racialization of the Alien with the Film, District 9 (2009)
Kristeen McKee, Huntington University

Social Stratification and Ethnic Mobilization:  U.S. Military Deaths in Southeast Asia
Richard P. Talbot, Anna Maria College

Hate Speech on a College Campus:  Legally What Practices can a Public University Perform to Protect the Rights of all Students?
Vincent T. Harris, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

Café au Lait Politics: Class and Racial Coalitions in New Orleans
Marek D. Steedman, Allan McBride, University of Southern Mississippi

Globalization and the Cultural Transmission of Racially Biased Imagery
Lori Hale, Michigan State University

The Racialization of Disease:  A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research
Francine Allisa Small, Jean-Philippe Warren, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

Life in Duality:  Biracial Identity Development
Rhea M. Perkins, Louisiana State University

The Political, Social, and Economic Dynamics of Environmental Justice:  The Whitehead Model
LaToria Whitehead, Clark Atlanta University

12:15 – 1:15 pm Lunch
Book Signing

1:15 – 2:45 pm Session 11
Education

Moderator:  Joi Lin Blake, Skyline Community College

Though a Lens of Critical Race Theory:  Inclusive Advising Narrative Experience of Graduate Multiracial Students in Higher Education
Grizelda L. MacDonald, Kansas State University

A Theory on Hip-Hop Based Education
Michael B. Dando, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Oppositional Culture, Black Habitus and Education:  A New Perspective on Racial Differences in Student Attitudes and Beliefs
David M. Merolla, Wayne State University

To a Higher Degree:  Addressing Disparities in College Access with Concurrent Enrollment
Joi Lin Blake, Skyline Community College, San Bruno CA, David Delgado Ulate, Skyline Community College

2:45 - 3:00 Break

3:00 – 5:00 pm Session 12
Race and Gender

Moderator: Joan Marshall-Wesley, Jackson State University

Reliability Generalization of the Attitudes Toward Women (AWS) Scale
Chelsi King, Colleen E. Phillips, Katie D. Walker, Siobhan K. O'Toole, Alliant International University - Fresno

How Houston-based Rappers Interpret and Narrate a Regional "Brand" of Blackness in Rap Music to Explore these Regional Differences in Black Masculinity
Myeshia C. Babers, Texas A&M University

Ain’t I a Black Woman (?):  Unsettled Settler-hoods
Loren Ola Delaney, OISE University of Toronto

Bratz:  Post-Feminism and the Relationship between Production, Reception, and (Re)Production in the Films, Music, Reviews and FanFiction
Danielle Thomas, Sarah Becker, Louisiana State University

The Intersection of Disability, Gender and Ethnicity within a Sporting Setting
Lena Krone, University of Education at Ludwigsburg, Germany

Progressive Alternatives in Re-Establishing Family Bonds:  An Inside Look at Helping Girls with Incarcerated Mothers Beyond the Bars
Suzanne Mayo-Theus, Southern University at New Orleans

List of Presenters and Attendees

Roland E. Angle, Families for the Ethical Psychiatric Treatment of Patients and Prisoners (FEPTOPP), roleangle@gmail.com
Phillip J. Ardoin, Appalachian State University, ardoinpj@appstate.edu
Myeshia C. Babers, student, Texas A&M University, chanelle2g@neo.tamu.edu
Sherry Dale Bachus, Southern University at New Orleans, SBachus@suno.edu
Gregg Barak, Eastern Michigan University, gbarak@emich.edu
Damon A. Bell, California State University, Fullerton, alildabadou@yahoo.com
John C. Berg, Suffolk University, johncberg@verizon.net
Joi Lin Blake, Ed.D., Skyline Community College, San Bruno CA, blakej@smccd.edu
Diane Bordenave, Southern University at New Orleans, DBordenave@suno.edu
Madhavi Cherian, New York University, mcherian@nyu.edu
Karen Celestan, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, Tulane University, kcelestan@tulane.eduDeb Clare, Regina Catholic School Division, Regina, Canada, d.clare@rcsd.ca  
Langston D. Clark, Student, The University of Texas, Austin, clark.1719@gmail.com
Elaine R. Cleeton, SUNY Geneseo, cleeton@geneseo.edu
Sandra L. Combs, Arkansas University, dcombs@astate.edu
Michael B. Dando, University of Wisconsin-Madison, dando@wisc.edu
George J. Sefa Dei, OISE University of Toronto, gdei@oise.toronto.ca
Loren Ola Delaney, Student, Oise University of Toronto, loren.delaney@mail.utoronto.ca
Ricardo A. Dello Buono, Manhattan College, Ricardo.dellobuono@manhattan.edu
Lisa A. Eargle, Francis Marion University, leargle@fmarion.edu
Romanus Ejiaga, Southern University at New Orleans, rejiaga@suno.edu
Ashraf M. Esmail, ashesmail@aol.com
Michael D. Forster, The University of Southern Mississippi, Michael.forster@usm.edu
Safia Gahayr, Student, OISE University of Toronto, safia.gahayr@utoronto.ca
Antoinette M. Gomez, Project PAVE, agomez242002@yahoo.com
Carl A. Grant, University of Wisconsin, grant@education.wisc.edu
Lolita D. Gray, Clark Atlanta University, lgray@cau.edu, lolitgrav@yahoo.com
Lori Hale, Student, Michigan State University, lh55@zips.uakron.edu
Kathe Hambrick Jackson, Director, River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Vincent T. Harris, Student, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, vharri9@tigers.lsu.edu
Louis Harrison, Jr., The University of Texas at Austin, l.harrison@mail.utexas.edu
Lisa Holland-Davis, Clayton State University, lisaholland-davis@clayton.edu
Beryl Faith Hunter, Student, Southern University at New Orleans, blessedberyl@gmail.com
Michelle R. Jacobs, State University of New York at Plattsburgh, mjaco004@plattsburgh.edu
Barbara Ann Jensen, Class Action, bjensen@umn.edu
Anita M. Johns, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCCC), anita.johns@mgccc.cc.ms.us
Glenn S. Johnson, Texas Southern University, johnson@tsu.edu
Chelsi King, Student, Alliant International University - Fresno, cking2@alliant.edu
Lena Krone, University of Education at Ludwigsburg, Germany, krone@ph-ludwisburg.de
Grizelda L. MacDonald, Student, Kansas State University, grizmac1@k-state.edu
Joan Marshall-Wesley, Jackson State University, jmw311@aol.com
Suzanne Mayo-Theus, Southern University at New Orleans, stheus@suno.edu
Allan McBride, University of Southern Mississippi, Allan.McBride@usm.edu
Jimmy D. McCamey, Jr., Fort Valley State University, mccameyj@FVSU.EDU
Brucetta McClue-Tate, brucettamcclue@att.net
Jillian McKay, Nunez Community College, gmckay@nunez.edu
Kristeen McKee, Huntington University, ky_mckee@huntingtonu.ca
Meta Mendel-Reyes, Berea College, Meta_Mendel-Reyes@berea.edu
David M. Merolla, Wayne State University, dmerolla@wayne.edu
Lisa Montagne, California State University, Fullerton, and Long Beach City College, lmontagne@csu.fullerton.edu
Komanduri S. Murty, Fort Valley State University, murtyk@FVSU.EDU
Denise A. Narcisse, Youngstown State University, danarcisse@ysu.edu
Christiane Olivo, University of Northern Colorado, christiane.olivo@unco.edu 
Francisca Oyogoa, Bard College at Simon's Rock, foyogoa@simons-rock.edu
John Penny, Southern University at New Orleans, jpenny@suno.edu
Rhea M. Perkins, Student, Louisiana State University, rperkins@lsu.edu
Colleen E. Phillips, Student, Alliant International University - Fresno, cphillips@alliant.edu
Martha E. Richmond, Suffolk University, Boston, mrichmond@suffolk.edu 
Daniela Robles, Student, Manhattan College, drobles01.student@manhattan.edu
David Scott, Student, University of Kansas, dmscott@gmail.com
Demetrius Semien, University of Cincinnati, demetriussemien@yahoo.com
Camisha Sibblis, Student, York University, Toronto, camisha@ymail.com
Rick Sin, OISE University of Toronto, sinrick@gmail.com
Francine Allisa Small, Student, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, f_small@live.concordia.ca
Martin Smith, Student, The University of Texas at Austin, mpsmith20@gmail.com
Marek D. Steedman, University of Southern Mississippi, Marek.Steedman@usm.edu
A. Kathryn Stout, Manhattan College, akathryn.stout@manhattan.edu
Richard P. Talbot, Anna Maria College, rtalbot@annamaria.edu
Danielle Thomas, Student, Louisiana State University, dthom68@tigers.lsu.edu
Anastasia Tosouni, Clayton State University, AnastasiaTosuni@mail.clayton.edu
David Delgado Ulate, Skyline Community College, San Bruno CA, ulated@smccd.edu
Katie D. Walker, Student, Alliant International University - Fresno, kwalker2@alliant.edu
Nicholas Wemerling, Student, University of Cincinnati, wermelns@mail.uc.edu
LaToria Whitehead, Clark Atlanta University, Lwhitehead1@cdc.gov