Event: Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop Virtual Keynote Speaker Workshops
Dates: Monday, June 12 at 2:00 pm EST (Ms. Jenny Korn) & Thursday, June 15 (Dr. Erin Frost) at 2:00 pm EST
Event Page: Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop
Twitter: #FSDW17
The 2017 Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop (FSDW) is proud to host two keynote speakers, Dr. Erin Frost, Assistant Professor in the Department of English at East Carolina University, and Ms. Jenny Ungbha Korn, scholar of Identity & Media at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Keynote workshops are sponsored by HASTAC and James Madison University’s School of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication.
Each virtual workshop is free, open to the public, and will be hosted in the online meeting platform, WebEx. You do not need to register for the Feminist Scholars Digital Workshop or have a WebEx account to attend. Additional information on how to join each workshop is below.
If you have questions, email FSDW’s Director, Dr. Lori Beth De Hertogh, at feministscholarsworkshop@gmail.com.
Ms. Korn’s workshop, Intersectional Feminist Solidarity in Networked Practices: Shared Online Experiences and Strategies Involving Feminist Identity and the Digital, will offer participants the opportunity to examine how digital practices influence intersectional feminist work.
Ms. Korn’s workshop takes place Monday, June 12 from 2:00-3:00 pm EST. To join, log onto the WebEx Meeting Room: https://jmu.webex.com/jmu/j.php?MTID=m9cfd0ab1294c02e502534e7028685e88
Information for audio/call-in connections:
+1-855-282-6330 US TOLL FREE
+1-415-655-0003 US TOLL
Access code: 319 782 410
Important Note: When you click the above link to join the workshop, WebEx will prompt you to install a browser extension. The installation process takes approximately 5 minutes. To speed up the installation process, and to help WebEx run more smoothly, we recommend closing all other applications prior to joining the workshop. You can join up to 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop.
Once you have joined the meeting, you’ll want to: 1) go to the “QuickStart” tab at top left, 2) select “More Options” under the audio button, 3) click “Call using Computer.” For more information on how to join the workshop, check out this resource.
Dr. Erin Frost’s workshop, Feminist Credibility: Negotiating Subjectivity in Public Spaces, will examine the ways women’s experiences are often treated as less credible than other perspectives in supposedly “objective” and “neutral” spaces, from research to politics.
Dr. Frost’s workshop takes place Thursday, June 15 from 2:00-3:00 pm EST. To join, log onto the WebEx Meeting Room: https://jmu.webex.com/jmu/j.php?MTID=m515c9b2d37cb7a2ea03fd2d8be598e12
Information for audio/call-in connections:
+1-855-282-6330 US TOLL FREE
+1-415-655-0003 US TOLL
Access code: 316 050 340
Important Note: When you click the above link to join the workshop, WebEx will prompt you to install a browser extension. The installation process takes approximately 5 minutes. To speed up the installation process, and to help WebEx run more smoothly, we recommend closing all other applications prior to joining the workshop. You can join up to 15 minutes prior to the start of the workshop.
Once you have joined the meeting, you’ll want to: 1) go to the “QuickStart” tab at top left, 2) select “More Options” under the audio button, 3) click “Call using Computer.” For more information on how to join the workshop, check out this resource.