Events


2nd Annual NYC Luncheon: Young Women and Violence

Date: November 10, 2009
Presenters: Linda Fairstein, Jean Kilbourne, Joyce M. Roché, Nan Stein; remarks by Linda Wertheimer
Location: The Yale Club, NY, NY


Adolescent Notions of Success: Identity Exploration in a Girls' Media Program

Date: March 12, 2010
Presenter: Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.
Location: Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA


Advancing the Equal Rights for Women and Girls: The Status of CEDAW Legislative Compliance

Date: December 10, 2009 Rangita de Silva-de Alwis
Location: Online Webinar


Cambodia at the Crossroads: Giving Voice to Women

Date: March 29, 2010
Presenter: Mu Sochua and Rangita de Silva-de Alwis, S.J.D.
Location: Wellesley College Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center


CANCELED: Lunchtime Seminar: Framing the Future: The Impact of Attachment...

Date: April 23, 2009 This seminar has been canceled.
Presenter: Deborah Schechter, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College

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CANCELLED: A Seminal Panel Discussion of the Deng Yujiao Case in China

Date: September 24, 2009 CANCELED
Presenters: Leading women's rights & human rights advocates from China
Location: Wellesley College Library, Wellesley College


Collective and Individual Identity Formation in Urban High School Science Labs

Date: March 12, 2010
Presenters: Corinne McKamey, Ed.D. and Michelle Porche, Ed.D.
Location: Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA


Fall (Level I) Intensive Training Institute 2009: How Connections Heal: Founding Concepts/Recent Dev

Dates:  October 23 - 25, 2009
Location:  Wellesley, MA


FREE Test Webinar: I Feel Your Pain – The impact of social rejection on pain pathways

Dates:  August 25, 2009 -- REGISTRATION IS FULL FOR THE AUGUST 25th WEBINAR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Wellesley, MA


How Teachers' Spirituality and Religion Influence Their Work As Educators

Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010; 4pm - 6pm
Presenter: Joan Blanusa
Location: Wellesley College Wang Center


JBMTI 2010 Spring Workshop: New Developments in Relational Mindfulness

Date:  March 27, 2010
Presenter: Jean Baker Miller Training Institute.
Location:  Wellesley, MA

JBMTI Summer Training Institute - Save The Date

Date :  June 24th-27th
Host: Jean Baker Miller Training Institute.
Location:  Wellesley, MA

Lunchtime Seminar: Expanding Options for Female Offenders: A Project to Identify Resources in Mass.

Date: March 25, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenter: Erika Kates, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Findings from a Qualitative Case Study of a Middle School Boys’ Empowerment Group

Date: April 8, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenters: Georgia Hall, Ph.D. and Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Lies about My Family: A Memoir (a reading from work in progress)

Date: October 29, 2009
Presenter: Amy Hoffman, M.F.A.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Mining the Intersections: Advancing the Rights of Women and Children with Disabil

Date: November 5, 2009
Presenter: Rangita de Silva-de Alwis, LL.M., S.J.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Older Women as Mentors

Date: November 12 – The Grace K. Baruch Memorial Lecture
Presenter: Ruth Harriet Jacobs, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Pedagogy of Inclusion: Talking & Teaching about Sexual Orientation and Homophobia

Date: April 15, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenter: Toni Lester, J.D., Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Sexual Harassment in K-12 Schools as the Precursors to Teen Dating Violence: Pers

Date: November 19 • 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Tyne Daly-35th Anniversary Lecture
Presenter: Nan Stein, Ed.D. and Katja Gillander Gådin
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Teen Voices: Identity Development in a Community-Based Media Internship

The Tyne Daly-35th Anniversary Lecture
Date: March 18, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenter: Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: The Heart of Change: What Really Moves Us

The Grace K. Baruch Memorial Lecture

Date: March 11, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenter: Amy Banks, M.D.
Location: Cheever House,  Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: The Measurement and Use of “Social Class” in Published Research

Date: April 1, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30pm
Presenter: Alice Frye, M.P.H., Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Ticket Office Sexism: The Gender Gap in Pricing for NCAA Division I Basketball

Date: March 4, 2010 • 12:30 - 1:30
Presenters: Laura Pappano and Allison Tracy, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar: Urban High School Students Developing Identities in Science—In Their Own Words

Date: October 22, 2009
Presenter: Corinne McKamey, Ed.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Lunchtime Seminar:How the Conservative Right Distorts Social Science Research to Validate Its Causes

Date: April 30, 2009
Presenter: Jean Hardisty, Ph.D.
Location: Cheever House, Wellesley College


Meditation and Psychotherapy: Cultivating Compassion and Wisdom

Date: May 1-2, 2009
Presenter: Judith Jordan, Ph.D.
Location: Boston Park Plaza Hotel
Boston, MA


NIOST Summer Seminars 2009

Date: July 13 - 16, 2009
Presenter: Ellen Gannett, M.Ed.
Location: John Hancock Conference Center,
Boston MA


NIOST Summer Seminars 2010

Date:  July 12-15
Host: NIOST Summer Seminars
Location:  John Hancock Conference Center, Boston, MA

Past Events

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SEED 2010 New Leaders' Workshop

Dates:  July 8-15,2010
Location: San Domenico School, San Anselmo, California

SEED New Leaders Workshop

Date: July 9 - 16, 2009
Location: San Anselmo, California


Sex and Gender Research Forum

Date: March 4, 2010
Presenter: Nan Stein, Ed.D.
Location: Philadelphia, PA


U.N. Commission on the Status of Women

Date: March 4, 2010
Presenter: Rangita de Silva-de Alwis, Ph.D.
Location: New York, NY


Urban Middle School Youth's Perspectives on Relationships: A Visual and Textual Analysis

Date: March 13, 2010
Presenter: Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D.
Location: Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia, PA


Video Archive of WCW Events

Video Archive of WCW Presentations

Throughout  the year, the Wellesley Centers for Women (WCW) occasionally hosts special events thatallow WCW scholars and colleagues to share their expertise and perspectives on various topics pertaining to current events, policy work, and social science research. Recordings of some past events and seminars are available as video files via the links below. You may need to adjust the volume when playing a video file on your computer.

*Please note that data and background information cited in these presentations were current for the date ofthe presentation but should not necessarily be considered the most current research on the related issues today.

35th Anniversary Kickoff
WCW 35th Anniversary Kickoff Celebration Dinner Boston, MA
May 2, 2009


Read more about the event. View program by chapters:

Chapter 1 Susan Bailey's opening remarks and recognition of Tyne Daly
Chapter 2 Introduction/honoring of, and remarks by, Judge Nancy Gertner
Chapter 3 Questions & answers and closing remarks by Janet Wu

 

Achieving Equity for Women: Policy Alternatives for the New Administration: A Policy Research Conference
conference.jpg Washington, DC
April 2, 2009


Read more about the conference, panel descriptions and speaker bios. View program by chapters:

Chapter 1 Opening Remarks and panel on Women in the Economic Recovery
Chapter 2 Panel on Retirement, Social Security, and Aging
Chapter 3 Panel on Expanding Quality Early Care and Education
Chapter 4 Women and Health Care Reform: Quality, Affordability, and Access plus the Closing Remarks by Tina Tchen, Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States and Executive Director, White House Council on Women and Girls
Keynote Address Hilda Solis, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor

Post-Election: What's Next for Women and the Media
Post-Election  

University Club, New York City, NY
November 20, 2008

View the full program featuring Lynn Sherr, moderator, Michelle Bernard, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, and Diane Sawyer as panelists, with welcoming remarks by Ellen Levine and Susan McGee Bailey. Read more about the program.


 
 
Spacewalk 2008:
Pam Melroy Annual Leadership Dinner
May 1, 2008

View full program featuring Pamela Ann Melroy (Colonel, USAF, RET.), NASA Astronaut, by chapters: 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5


 

 
Equity in Education:
Panelists Greater Boston Event Series
March 20, 2008

View highlights of presentations by our speakers:  

Susan Bailey, Ph.D.Anita Hill, J.D. Nan Stein, Ed. D.Janet Wu

View full program by chapters:  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

View clip of discussion of standardized testing

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Violence-Free Teens: Building Healthy Relationships Conference

Date: October 1, 2009
Presenter: Nan Stein, Ed.D
Location:  Los Angeles, CA  


Webinar: I can read you like a book – how mirror neurons help us connect

Dates:  November 18, 2009
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Wellesley, MA


Webinar: It is never too late to change – Neuroplasticity and the hope of change

Dates:  January 20, 2010
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Online

Webinar: The “Smart Vagus” – the social wisdom of our 10th cranial nerve.

Dates:  December 16, 2009
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Wellesley, MA


Webinar: Are you my mother? – Developing the capacity to connect in early childhood relationships.
Webinar: Are you my mother? – Developing the capacity to connect in early childhood relationships.
Date (SUBJECT TO CHANGE):  March 17, 2010
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Online

Webinar: I Feel Your Pain – The impact of social rejection on pain pathways

Dates:  September 30, 2009 (NEW DATE)
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Wellesley, MA


Webinar: If it feels good, do it...right? - The dopamine reward system as friend and foe.
Webinar: If it feels good, do it...right? - The dopamine reward system as friend and foe.
Date (SUBJECT TO CHANGE):  June 16, 2010
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Online

Webinar: What do our children need? Exploring the way American culture shapes our children's brains
Webinar: What do our children need? Exploring the way American culture shapes our children's brains
Date (SUBJECT TO CHANGE):  April 14, 2010
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Online

Webinar: When love goes wrong: Understanding the devastating impact of interpersonal violence.
Webinar: When love goes wrong: Understanding the devastating impact of interpersonal violence.
Date (NEW DATE!):  May 19, 2010
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Online

Webinar: Your Head is connected to your… Body!

Dates:  October 21, 2009
Presenter: Amy Banks M.D.
Location:  Wellesley, MA


Wounded by School: A Conversation with Kirsten Olson

Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010; 4pm - 6pm
Presenter: Kirsten Olson
Location: Wellesley College Wang Center