please share widely THINKING GENDER 2016 26th Annual Graduate Student Research Conference April 7 and 8, 2016 Grand Horizon Ballroom, UCLA Covel Commons Thinking Gender is a public conference highlighting graduate student research on women, sexuality and gender across all disciplines and historical periods. Keynote speaker: Aili Mari Tripp, "Unexpected Consequences: Women and Power in Postconflict Africa" <https://www.polisci.wisc.edu/people/person.aspx?id=1072> NEW! For the first time, Thinking Gender will feature a screening of film, video, and mixed-media shorts followed by a moderated discussion. WORKSHOPS: Intersection of Gender, Justice, and the Environment, featuring Martha Dina Argüello, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility - Los Angeles. At this workshop, participants will learn techniques to reduce their contact with harmful toxins and about issues of reproductive justice and environmental racism. Mindfulness...Self Care and Beyond, featuring Giselle Jones, MSW, ASW, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior. This workshop will explore the applications of mindfulness from stress reduction to increasing sensuality and relational awareness. REGISTER TODAY! General Registration (FREE) includes access to the keynote speech, paper and film panels, and poster session: https://uclacsw.submittable.com/submit/54090 Prime Registration ($20) provides access to conference workshops, networking lunch, and keynote cocktail reception. You will also receive a souvenir mug: https://uclacsw.submittable.com/submit/52114 INFO: http://www.csw.ucla.edu<http://www.csw.ucla.edu/> EMAIL: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ORGANIZED BY: UCLA Center for the Study of Women, 1500 Public Affairs Building, Box 957222 € Los Angeles, CA 90095-7222 COSPONSORED BY: UCLA International Institute, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA Center for Chinese Studies, UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA African Studies Center, and UCLA Department of Political Science __ PROGRAM Thursday, April 7, 2016 11:30 am to 1 pm Registration 1 to 1:30 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS 1:30 to 3 pm WELCOME by Rachel C. Lee, CSW Director SCREENINGS: For the first time, Thinking Gender will feature film, video, and mixed-media shorts followed by a moderated discussion. 3 to 3:30 pm POSTER PRESENTATIONS, continued 3:45 to 4:45 pm KEYNOTE: Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison 5 to 7 pm RECEPTION AND AWARDS PRESENTATION Friday, April 8, 2016 8 to 8:45 am Registration 9 am to 6 pm SESSIONS will take place from 9 am to 12:15 pm and from 2:45 to 6 pm 12:20 to 1:20 pm Networking lunch 1:30 to 2:30 pm WORKSHOPS [cid:77DC829A-2626-466E-9F72-ACFC37E31547]