Friday, April 2, 2021, 9am-2pm – Zoom Conference

Symposium Schedule (tentative)

Morning:

9-9:15am: Welcome

9:15-10am: Keynote address – Juliet A. Williams, Ph.D., Professor of Gender Studies, UCLA. Men in Dresses: Reflections on Androgyny from Sandra Bem to Harry Styles.

10-10:30am: Speaker – Yalda T. Uhls, Ph.D., Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCLA. TBD.

10:30-11:00am: Speaker – Justin Huft, LMFT, CCS, Lecturer in Sociology, California State University, Fullerton. Hybrid masculinities in music.

11:00-11:20am: Morning Q&A 

Data Blitz (11:45-12:45):

Sisi Peng, MPH, UCLA, Department of Communication, Mandemic? The role of masculinity in the age of COVID-19.

Peter Fisher, M.A., UCLA, Department of Psychology, Exploring the Impact of an Identity-Based Intervention on Beliefs about Masculinity and Gender Roles.

Amelia Hill, UCLA, Department of Sociology, Gendered Victimhood, Gendered Threat: How Gender Matters in Calls to the Police.

Jessica Huerta, M.A., UCLA, Department of Sociology, Instagram Representations of Dads Wearing Babies.

Jordan Levinson, M.A., UCLA, Department of Psychology, Balls are for Boys: Gender Stereotypes and Representation in Sports Advertising.

Afternoon:

1-1:30pm: Madeline Di Nonno, CEO, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

1:30-1:45pm: Afternoon Q&A 

1:45pm-2:00pm: Closing