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UNI Speakers Bureau - Womens' Studies



Please call the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations at 319-273-2761 or email stacey.christensen@uni.edu, to request a speaker.

Speakers do not charge fees, unless otherwise noted.

Upon request, we will provide background information to introduce the speaker. When the topic or event warrants, the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations will send a news release to media serving your area.


WOMEN AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Presentation discusses speaker's co-authored textbook (2007) with same title. Book covers topics such as international victimization, women and restorative justice, substance abuse and addiction, pathways to crime, and feminist theory. Includes data rlevant to Latina vistims and offenders and data collected from surveys of women's prison wardens.
JAPANESE WOMEN TODAY: TRIUMPHS AND CHALLENGES.

The experiences of Japanese women including changes in women's status and challenges currently facing Japanese women.

THE FEMALE OFFENDER.
Discussion regarding a national survey of wardens of women's prisons and counseling female offenders and victims.

WOMEN AND THE IMPOSTOR SYNDROME.

Some women doubt their abilities despite objective evidence of their abilities. They feel like an impostor in their job or leadership position and fear being found out. The presentation will describe the syndrome, give reasons for its existence, and discuss strategies to overcome it.

WOMEN IN PRISON.
Mistreatment of women in prison, including sexual abuse by officers.


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