National Undergraduate Conference on Body Image

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October 1, 2020 - NOW IN ONLINE FORMAT

Registration is still available but space is limited!

Cabrini University's School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of English, and Gender and Body Studies Program invites students and faculty to join us for this free online conference as we continue our exploration of the interdisciplinary field of body studies.

Body Image Conference 2020: Diversity and the Body

Preconference webinar (Asynchronous - available now): Black Bodies in Peril: The Conversation Continues, Dr. Carol Henderson, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, Adviser to the President at Emory University, and Dr. Michelle Filling-Brown, Cabrini University

Please note all times are Eastern Standard Time
9:45am-10am – Welcoming Remarks, Dr. Michelle Filling-Brown, Cabrini University

10am-10:30am – Plenary Address, Dr. Mark DeStephano, St. Peter’s University

10:30-10:55 – Presentation and Q&A – Embodied Leadership: Skills for the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Dr. Celia Szelwach, PMP, Cabrini University

10:55-11:05 – Break

11:05am-12:15pm – Panel Presentation

Self-images related activity on Instagram and young Italian women’s Social Physique Anxiety: The mediating role of Instagram appearance-related comparison, Cristian Di Gesto and Giulia Rosa Policardo, University of Florence (Italy), Department of Health Sciences
Colonized Bodies and Minds: Madness in Film Adaptations of Wide Sargasso Sea, Hediye Özkan, Aksaray University (Turkey), Western Languages and Literatures
I love you, but… Verbal commentary on physical appearance and its relationship with couple satisfaction, physical appearance comparison and body evaluation. Giulia Rosa Policardo and Cristian Di Gesto, University of Florence (Italy), Department of Health Sciences

12:15pm-1pm – Lunch Break

1pm- 1:45 – Featured Speaker: Ashley Franklin, author of the children’s book Not Quite Snow White

1:45-2pm – Break

2pm-3:15pm – Panel Presentation

The Evolution of BDSM Practices and Stigmatizations Within Modern America
Julia Smith, Cabrini University
BLACK FAT WOMEN ARE ART
Ceonna Morris-Hayes, Cabrini University
Coming Out, but Into What?
Brittany Romano, Cabrini University

3:15-3:30- Break

3:30-4:30 – Body Poetry Slam – All are invited to share spoken word and creative writing during this time of community.

4:30-7pm – Dinner break

7pm-8pm - Keynote Speaker: Amber Hikes, Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, ACLU

National Undergraduate Conference on Body Image

Registration is still available but space is limited!

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