Jenae Cohn published a book chapter, "Talking Back to Texts: An Introduction to Putting the 'Social' in 'Social Annotation'" (download available to users logged into Stanford Canvas only) as part of the edited collection Marginalia in Modern Learning Contexts (IGI Global, 2019, ed. Alan J. Reid).
This quarter, Zandra Jordan facilitated a workshop at the International Writing Center Association Conference called, "Interruptions and Reimaginings: An Afrofuturistic Call and Response on the Citizen Center." On campus, as part of "Soul Power: A Tribute to the Life, Music and Legacy of Aretha Franklin," she delivered an oration: "The Eulogy Aretha Deserves." Also on campus, on the eve of midterm elections, she participated in the roundtable, "Facing Hate in America." Finally, Zandra led a discussion at All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto on "Talking Across Difference: A Faithful Response."
Emily Polk and PWR fellow alumnus Lauren E. Oakes published an essay in LitHub, "The Scientists' Writing Group: Finding Community in a Burning World" on their experience of contributing to the scientists' writing group at Stanford.
With the help of a PWR Research Award, Becky Richardson presented at the Wordsworth Summer Conference this summer and then visited five archives for research related to nineteenth-century ambition, writing, and ideas about embodied "brain work" -- across the Jerwood Center, the Armitt Library, the Cadbury Research Library in Birmingham, the London School of Economics Women's Library, and the British Library. Additionally, her article on Mary Shelley and the "environmental uncanny" has been accepted for publication at ISLE (Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment).
Kathleen Tarr has been extremely busy this fall.
- She was awarded an artsCatalyst award for Autumn 2018.
- In October, she served as a Juror at the first annual Black Laurel Film Festival "Visualusionaries."
- She published the video "IRAC - Introduction to Law and Policy Writing." What The … Productions, Novel Approach, LLC, 2018. Film. Web. https://youtu.be/qhtEbyzWcqs
- She delivered several presentations: “Brave Spaces: The Courage to Speak, the Courage to Hear, the Courage to Act.” Moderator Carmen Moran (artEquity). Theatre Bay Area Town Hall. Google Community Space, San Francisco, CA. Panelist/Activist (October 2018). “White Supremacy in Constitutional Law: An Interactive Workshop.” Rights and Wrongs: A Constitution and Citizenship Day Conference at SF State. Chair Mali Kigasari, co-presenter Judge Trina Thompson. J. Paul Leonard Library 121, San Francisco State University. San Francisco, CA. Presenter (September 2018).
- Kathleen also attended several conferences: 5 Minutes of History and 55 Minutes of Action: Building Engagement for American Indian Theater. Moderator Myrton Running Wolf. Nitery Theater, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (November 2018). SIEPR Policy Forum: What's Next for California. Koret-Taube Conference Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (November 2018). 100 Women Change Hollywood: Partners in Parity. See Jane Do and The Women in Film Revolution. The Riveter, Los Angeles, CA (October 2018). NAACP Election Protection Webinar. NAACP. Presenter Khyla Craine. Webinar (Zoom Webinar ID 519 212 579) (October 2018). The Past, Present and Future of Civil Rights in the United States. Bar Association of San Francisco. Duane Morris, San Francisco, CA (October 2018).
- Her October 2016 law review article "Bias and the Business of Show: Employment Discrimination in the 'Entertainment' Industry" was cited in an AARP/AFL-CIO amici brief to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- Despite her busy schedule, Kathleen also remains an active and accomplished athlete. She participated as a swimmer in the Swim A Mile event through the Women's Cancer Resource Center in October. In addition, she was a nominee for the USRowing Medal of Honor, the Jack Kelly Award (USRowing), the Anita DeFrantz Award for Advancing Diversity in Rowing; Isabel Bohn Award for Achievement in Adaptive Rowing; Ernestine Bayer Award (formerly USRowing Woman of the Year).
Ann Watters is a selected artist for the juried Gallery of Hearts auction at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
Irena Yamboliev won an artsCatalyst grant from the Vice President for the Arts to use to support her winter PWR 1 class, "The Art and Science of Gender and its Bending." She writes, "the grant allowed me to buy tickets for my students to see the play Metamorphoses (dir. Mary Zimmerman) at Berkeley Repertory Theater. Seeing this play will dovetail with the course theme and the emphasis on putting texts in conversation and considering the affordances and constraints of different genres and modalities: The play stages some of the myths about ambiguous genders -- the myth about Hermaphroditus, who starts out as a boy and becomes intersex, and the myth of Iphis and Ianthe, two young women who fall in love with each other and are unable to marry until a goddess transforms one of them into a man -- which will complement our readings of Ovid and of more contemporary updates of the Hermaphroditus myth in the context of the intersex rights movement. And, in addition to the examples of creative non-fiction, scientific articles directed toward the public, and videos we'll consider in class, the play will offer an opportunity to talk about what the different form of drama allows that text and video doesn't. Seeing the play will also be a perfect opportunity to experience the vibrant arts community beyond Stanford."
