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

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9:15am EDT

Mothering in International Contexts

Friday June 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:30am EDT

Shabeera Kolakkaden, “Conceptualizing Postpartum: Agency, Care and Sexuality among the Mappila Muslim Mothers of Malabar”
Suvarna More, “Resisting Dual Burdens: Dalit Women’s Challenges to Patriarchy and Caste Oppression”
Lorina Alfred, “The Invisibilization of Peasant Women in Haitian State Health Policies”

Moderators

Prathana D.

Madhurima Guha

Speakers

Shabeera Kolakkaden

Suvarna More

Lorina Alfred

Friday June 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
224 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

10:45am EDT

Mothers, Mothering, and Climate Change

Friday June 20, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT

224

Alyssa Perez
Thea Jones (online)
Erynne M. Gilpin
Carolina Toscano (online)

Moderators

Becky Becker

Ruth Mathys

Speakers

Alyssa Perez

Thea Jones

Erynne M. Gilpin

Carolina Toscano

Friday June 20, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
224 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

1:30pm EDT

Matrescence and Mental Health

Friday June 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT

224

Giverny Lewis, “Mother(Fucker): Exploring Women's Experiences of Sexual Subjectivity in Matrescence”
Rainbow Goddess, “Overdue Interconnections: Linking the Transpersonal with Matrescence” (online)
Katie Flemming, “Motherhood and Mental Health: A Crisis”
Claudia Zucca, “Unstable Mothering: the Effects of Mental Illness on Mothers and Daughters”

Moderators

Ann Duncan

Allison Smith

Speakers

Giverny Lewis

Rainbow Goddess

Claudia Zucca

Friday June 20, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm EDT
224 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

3:00pm EDT

Birthing Justice Beneath the Baobab Tree: Nurturing the Beloved Community for Joyful

Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

224

Racquel Washington, Crystal Davis

Moderators

Sarah Knor

Speakers

Racquel Washington and Crystal Davis

Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:15pm EDT
224 725 Commonwealth Ave

roundtable, hybrid

4:30pm EDT

All-Member Conference Close

Friday June 20, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT

224

Speakers

Katie B. Garner

Exec. Director, IAMAS

Katie Bodendorfer Garner, PhD focuses on motherhood, childcare, and labor equality via her PhD in English and is the executive director of IAMAS. Katie is currently writing The Illusion of Choice, which incorporates interviews with 100 U.S. mothers. She has recently published two... Read More →

Friday June 20, 2025 4:30pm - 5:45pm EDT
224 725 Commonwealth Ave

all-member meeting, hybrid

9:15am EDT

10:45am EDT

1:30pm EDT

3:00pm EDT

4:30pm EDT

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