The UTC Department of Women\u2019s Studies continues its 2012 Spring Lecture Series with the presentation, \u201cInconvenient Women: Gender Inequality in the Justice System\u201d on Wednesday, February 22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the University\u2019s Holt Hall, Room 209. This lecture is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
A panel of educators and experts will discuss the numerous injustices women face with the criminal justice system. Topics of interest will include intimate partner abuse, drugs, sexual assault, rape, homelessness, sexual harassment and what women face as justice professionals.<\/p>\n
The panel includes:
\n\u2022 Dr. Sharon Redhawk Love and Dr. Helen Eigenberg from the UTC Department of Criminal Justice
\n\u2022 Dr. Tammy Garland and Karen McGuffee from UTC Department of Legal Studies
\n\u2022 Sara Peters from the UTC Women\u2019s Center<\/p>\n
The last two lectures of the series are as follows:<\/p>\n
Dr. Carrie Baker
\nStudy of Women and Gender, Smith College
\n\u201cSocial Change from the Grassroots: The Women’s Movement against Sexual Harassment\u201d
\nWednesday, March 21st at 2 p.m.
\nUTC University Center, Chattanooga Room<\/p>\n
Dr. Marcia Noe and Emily Hurst
\nUTC Department of English and Women\u2019s Studies
\n\u201cOne Girl Reporter, a Rope, a Canary, a One Act Play, and the Stanford Law Review\u201d
\nWednesday, April 4th at 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
\nUTC University Center, Lookout Room<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The UTC Department of Women\u2019s Studies continues its 2012 Spring Lecture Series with the presentation, \u201cInconvenient Women: Gender Inequality in the Justice System\u201d on Wednesday, February 22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the University\u2019s Holt Hall, Room 209. This lecture is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n