Monday, December 20, 2010

Last October, Laura Rattner (Ph.D. candidate at Penn State University
and local Seattle resident) presented doctoral work from her time spent with
ReelGrrls (2005) at the The Reimagining Girlhood: Communities, Identities, Self-Portrayals. This conference at State University of New York College atCortland, New York featured papers from over 150 interdisciplinary GirlsStudies scholars from over 14 countries. Additionally, A Participatory Media Workshop for girls was led by Mary Celeste Kearney, Associate Professor of Radio-Television-Film at University of Texas at Austin.
 Mary is a leading Girls’ Studies scholar and author of Girls Make Media (Routledge, 2006), and several other books and articles. She also is the founding director of
Cinemakids, a program for aspiring young media producers in Austin.


October 22-24, 2010; State University of New York College at Cortland

Cortland, New York USA

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