IAMAS: (Re-)Producing Mothering, Motherwork, and Motherhood: Full Schedule

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Transnational Perspectives: Supporting International and Immigrant Motherscholar

Thursday June 19, 2025 8:45am - 10:00am EDT

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Jessica Leveto (online)
Prathiba Ravishankar
Jesmin Akter

Moderators

Jesmin Akter

Thursday June 19, 2025 8:45am - 10:00am EDT
224 725 Commonwealth Ave

roundtable, hybrid

8:45am EDT

Lived Motherhood Beyond the Hegemonic Script

Thursday June 19, 2025 8:45am - 10:00am EDT

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Ana Bravo-Moreno, “Biotechnologies and Reproductive Agency: An Ethnography of Solo Motherhood in Spain and the United Kingdom”
Kristine Crane, “Motherhood and Relocation” (online)
Amanda Tetrault, “‘Smiling through the Pain’: A Digital Arts-based Exploration of Mothering with Chronic Pain”

Moderators

Maki Motapanyane

Theresa White

Speakers

Ana Bravo-Moreno

Kristine Crane

Amanda Tetrault

Thursday June 19, 2025 8:45am - 10:00am EDT
213 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

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Mothers of Color Address White Supremacy

Thursday June 19, 2025 8:45am - 10:00am EDT

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Maaya Modha-Patel, “‘I just need a minute’: Exploring the Effects of a 5-week Online Mindfulness Course on the Perinatal Mental Health Outcomes of a Group of Black Pregnant Women” (online),
Meghan L. Green and Crystasany R. Turner, “‘One Day My Soul Just Opened Up’: Reconceptualizing the Radical Future of Black Motherscholarship”
Kara Roop Miheretu, “Multicultural Mothering Amid White Supremacy” Sarah Knor, “Interrogating Maternal Rhetorics (online)

Moderators

Crystal Davis

Speakers

Maaya Modha-Patel

Meghan L. Green

Crystasany R. Turner

Kara Roop Miheretu

Thursday June 19, 2025 8:45am - 10:00am EDT
203 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

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Parenting and Caregiving in Neoliberal Contexts

Thursday June 19, 2025 8:45am - 10:00am EDT

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C. Ren Morton, “An Interdisciplinary Study of Mothers, Witch-hunting, and Welfare”
Amy Mackin, “Parenting a Child with a Disability: Navigating Economics, Policy, and Motherhood in a Neoliberal Landscape”
Lisa Ludden and Diana Arambur, “What is Your NICU?: Redefining the NICU Experience from a Maternal Perspective”

Moderators

Jennifer Bacon

Maria Martin

Speakers

C. Ren Morton

Amy Mackin

Lisa Ludden

Diana Arambur

Thursday June 19, 2025 8:45am - 10:00am EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

10:15am EDT

Mentoring Motherhood Scholars

Thursday June 19, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT

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Join the IAMAS taskforce on University Life for a discussion of how to receive the mentoring you need, whether or not you are in an academic position that has formal mentoring built in. This session will allow you to consider the types of mentoring you most need and we will also share tools around career goal setting.

Moderators

Christa Baiada

Associate Professor of English, BMCC, City University of New York

Robin Silbergleid

Nicole Willey

Thursday June 19, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT
213 725 Commonwealth Ave

roundtable, hybrid

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Mothering in a Time of Dystopia

Thursday June 19, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT

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Astrid N. Sambolín Morales, “Corrientes de esperanza: Displaced Latine Mothers’ Aspirational Capital in Troubled Times” (online)
Cristina Dominguez, “Aftermother?: Abolishing Motherhood and Practicing Kith for New World-Endings” (online)
Sara Sadek, Author Reading

Moderators

Becky Becker

Rocio Palomeque

Speakers

Astrid N. Sambolín Morales

C Dominguez

Sara Sadek

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uGOj4v4_EayEQHpWLJTzrJz1k27obDmtshvtXmmcgQ4/edit?invite=CJ_p9uoL&tab=t.0

Thursday June 19, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT
224 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

10:15am EDT

Mothering in New Lands

Thursday June 19, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT

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Ame Khin May-Kyawt, “Reproducing Motherhood, Mother Work, and Mothering in New Land: The Integration of Child-centred and Mother-centred Maternal Practices for Healthy Family Dynamics”
Olga Sanmiguel-Valderrama, “Immigrant Motherhood: Mothering Between Two Worlds”
Claudia Méndez Wright, “Should Motherhood Be Defined Through Tears? Reflexive Motherhood Practice and Narratives of Location” (online)

Moderators

Heather K Olson Beal

Michelle Hughes Miller

Speakers

Ame Khin May-Kyawt

Olga Sanmiguel-Valderrama

Claudia Méndez Wright

Thursday June 19, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

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The Power of Mothers in the Academy

Thursday June 19, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT

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Leah Fulton, “Ebony Moms in the Ivory Tower: A Historical Examination of Black Mothers in Academia”
Prilly Bicknell-Hersco “Millennial Mothering: A Black Mother Scholars Auto-Ethnographic Exploration in Academia”
Maria Collier de Mendonça and Camila Infanger “Engaging with Matricentric Feminism, Motherhood Studies, and Mothering in Brazilian Academia”

Moderators

McKenna Middleton

Speakers

Leah Fulton

Prilly Bicknell-Hersco

Maria Collier de Mendonça

Professor, Federal University of Pernambuco

I am a professor at the Department of Communication and at the Graduate Program in Communication of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), in Recife, a city in the Northeast of Brazil.I am the leader of the Mothering, Media and Childhood Extension Project (@mmi.ufpe).In my PhD... Read More →

Camila Infanger

Thursday June 19, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT
203 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

11:45am EDT

Celebrating Black Motherhood

Thursday June 19, 2025 11:45am - 1:00pm EDT

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Maki Motapanyane, “Maternalism in Action: Public Disrobing and Cultural Cosmology in African Women’s Protests”
Myrah Brown Green, “Maternal Power and Inheritance: The Role of African Material Culture in Sustaining Generational Mother Wisdom”

Moderators

Ginger Bihn-Coss

Weronika Zielińska

Speakers

Maki Motapanyane

Myrah Brown Green

Thursday June 19, 2025 11:45am - 1:00pm EDT
213 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

11:45am EDT

Maternal Mental Health

Thursday June 19, 2025 11:45am - 1:00pm EDT

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Barb Buckner Suárez, “What's So Bad About ‘Mommy Brain?’ The Negative Implications of Ignoring the Upside”
Jesmin Akter, “How Does the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health Issues Affect Help-seeking Behaviors, Such as Counseling, Among Parenting International Graduate Students?”
Fiona Woollard, “What Makes me a Mother: Can Maternal Identities Be Emancipatory Without Losing All Meaning?” (online)

Moderators

Jennifer Bacon

Ariel Rich

Speakers

Fiona Woollard

Barb Buckner Suárez

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tFIcMh8hiAfcB4ijowSo7V-2WeN5SwrwgYsi1IRvgjo/edit?usp=sharing

Jesmin Akter

Thursday June 19, 2025 11:45am - 1:00pm EDT
203 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

11:45am EDT

Pedagogy Potluck: Motherhood Pedagogies for Precarious Times

Thursday June 19, 2025 11:45am - 1:00pm EDT

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Current shifts in higher education coupled with political and economic uncertainties pose additional challenges for those teaching motherhood studies. In the spirit of a potluck, we invite attendees to bring a syllabus, assignment, approach, piece of wisdom, practice, pedagogical philosophy, or other resource to share with the group during this interactive session. While we welcome contributions of any kind, this year, we especially encourage attendees to consider sharing pedagogical strategies for surviving and thriving in precarious times

Moderators

Summer Cunningham

Associate Professor of Commmunication, State University of New York

Summer R. Cunningham, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Communication and Chair of the Women's and Gender Studies department at SUNYOneonta. She is interested in social justice and transformation, relationality, and human connection. The politics of motherhood is a central focus... Read More →

Denise Handlarski

Thursday June 19, 2025 11:45am - 1:00pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

workshop, hybrid

1:15pm EDT

Fireside Chat with Critical Whiteness Mother Scholar Cheryl Matias

Thursday June 19, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT

213

Moderators

Sara H. Salazar

Speakers

Cheryl Matias

Cindy Phu

Thursday June 19, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
213 725 Commonwealth Ave

roundtable, hybrid

1:15pm EDT

Creating Maternal Spaces

Thursday June 19, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT

216

Abby Palko, “‘With Infinite Maternity’: A Contemporary Rebirth of Modernist Motherhood”
Ahmad Khoshniat, “Mythological Destabilization of Masculine Hegemony in Lucrecia Martel’s Salta Trilogy” (online)
Justyna Wierzchowska, “From Production and Reproduction to Creativity: The Queer Art of Lived Motherhood”

Moderators

Favour Esinam Normeshie

Galit Romanelli

Speakers

Abby Palko

Director, Residential Commons program, Colgate University

I just concluded my first year as the inaugural Director of the Residential Commons Program at Colgate University. My research looks at representations of mothering practices, especially "monstrous mothering" (with those quotes deliberately used). I love to talk about the ethics of... Read More →

Ahmad Khoshniat

Justyna Wierzchowska

Thursday June 19, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

1:15pm EDT

The Moms Aren't Alright: The Impact of Beliefs about ‘Good Mothering," Womanhood and Strength on Maternal Wellness

Thursday June 19, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT

203

Moderators

Ameeta Jaga

 Sushree Routray

Speakers

Katie Frazier

Alix Barry

Jacquelyn Raftery-Helmer

Tamara Nelson

Thursday June 19, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
203 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

1:15pm EDT

Young Mothers

Thursday June 19, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT

224

Sherri Dutton, “(Un)Learning Motherhood within Public Health: Lessons from Intentionally Pregnant Young Mothers” (online)
Busisiwe Mhlongo Somo, “Teenage Mothers and Financial Mathematics in South Africa” (online)
Erin Kuri, “How Young Moms Make Meaning of the Concept of Support: A Critical Feminist Arts-Based Study” (online)

Moderators

Carrie Schultz

Speakers

Sherri Dutton

Busisiwe Mhlongo Somo

Erin Kuri

Thursday June 19, 2025 1:15pm - 2:30pm EDT
224 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

2:30pm EDT

Juneteenth Events in Boston

Thursday June 19, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm EDT

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The museum will host a free Juneteenth celebration with performances, art-making, and a talk. https://www.mfa.org/event/open-house/juneteenth
Embrace Ideas Festival: This multi-day festival will take place June 18–20, 2025. The theme is "Inspiring the Resistance: Building a Culture of Repair for the Origins of our Discontent.” https://www.embraceboston.org/embrace-ideas-festival
Museum of African American History: The museum will host a Juneteenth Community Day Celebration. https://www.meetboston.com/events/holidays/juneteenth
https://www.bu.edu/articles/2024/how-to-celebrate-juneteenth-this-year/

Thursday June 19, 2025 2:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
203 725 Commonwealth Ave

Juneteenth, in person only

2:45pm EDT

Reading Group: Reproductive Justice (epilogue)

Thursday June 19, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT

203

Reproductive Justice: An Introduction. Epilogue only, pdf available. Email kbgarner@iamas.com

Moderators

Katie Bodendorfer Garner

Thursday June 19, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT
203 725 Commonwealth Ave

roundtable, hybrid

2:45pm EDT

Poster Presentations

Thursday June 19, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT

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“Birth of the Magic Baby: An Exploration of Motherhood and Anti-Abortion Sentiments in Young Adult Fiction”
Kylee Schwartz

“Postpartum Flourishing”
Jacqueline Pelletier

“What are the Experiences of Parenting Graduate Students?”
Theresa White

“What Good is Parental Gratitude?”
Stef Tousignant

“Literature Review of the Multifaceted Experiences of Latina Mothers in Higher Education”
Nancy Muro-Rodriguez

Moderators

3:45pm EDT

IAMAS M(o)ther Space: Crafting a Way Forward

Thursday June 19, 2025 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

203

Learn to knit, crochet and/or do needlework while we talk about all things (m)other.

Moderators

Hazel Larkin

Thursday June 19, 2025 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
203 725 Commonwealth Ave

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