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

Hi, I am currently an Undergraduate Student attending SUNY Oneonta. I dual-major in Women Gender Studies & Sociology with a minor in History. Once I graduate, I hope to be able to continue my academic career further with a PhD. My research generally is invested in gender, class, and... Read More →

Speakers

Julie Glickman

Tuesday June 17, 2025 4:30pm - 5:05pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

workshop, hybrid

5:10pm EDT

Notes on the Potentialities and Perils of Anger in Motherhood and Daughterhood

Tuesday June 17, 2025 5:10pm - 5:45pm EDT

216

Moderators

Marie-Anne Casselot

Myriam Coté

Tuesday June 17, 2025 5:10pm - 5:45pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

workshop, hybrid

8:45am EDT

Balancing Books and Bluey: Using Reflexive Dialogue to Support Carers' Educational Journeys

Wednesday June 18, 2025 8:45am - 9:20am EDT

216

workshop

Moderators

Favour Esinam Normeshie

Speakers

Deborah Munro

Wednesday June 18, 2025 8:45am - 9:20am EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

workshop, hybrid

9:25am EDT

“Examining the Historical and Contemporary Context of Breastfeeding Challenges Among Black Mothers” (online)

Wednesday June 18, 2025 9:25am - 10:00am EDT

216

Moderators

Favour Esinam Normeshie

Speakers

Tiffiny Shockley

Saundra Penn

Wednesday June 18, 2025 9:25am - 10:00am EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

workshop, hybrid

10:15am EDT

Mothers’ Work: Creating Spaces of Support and Envisioning a Future

Wednesday June 18, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT

216

Argelia Lara Lomeli and Kara Lomeli, “Chicana/Latina Motherscholars in the Academy: A Critical Race Feminista Epistolary Approach Towards Healing and Belonging”
Amy DeLira, “UnMothered: A look at Post-Partum Depression, Addiction and Intergenerational Healing Through Creative Expression” (Video)

Moderators

Ruth Mathys

Sarah McCarthy

Speakers

Argelia Lara Lomeli

Kara Lomeli

Amy DeLira

Wednesday June 18, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

1:25pm EDT

Affinity Group: International Women

Wednesday June 18, 2025 1:25pm - 2:00pm EDT

216

Moderators

Hazel Larkin

Justyna Wierzchowska

Wednesday June 18, 2025 1:25pm - 2:00pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

breakout groups, hybrid

2:15pm EDT

The Mothership: Community Building through Spiritual Activism

Wednesday June 18, 2025 2:15pm - 2:50pm EDT

216

Moderators

Lindsey Abernathy

Dominique Rey

Speakers

Amy DeLira

Wednesday June 18, 2025 2:15pm - 2:50pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

workshop, hybrid

2:55pm EDT

Topography of Dwelling | Artist: Catherine Reinhart

Wednesday June 18, 2025 2:55pm - 3:30pm EDT

216

Moderators

Lindsey Abernathy

Dominique Rey

Speakers

Catherine Reinhart

Wednesday June 18, 2025 2:55pm - 3:30pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

workshop, hybrid

3:45pm EDT

Pulling Double Shifts: A Parallel Mixed Methods Exploration of Mothers in Doctoral Programs

Wednesday June 18, 2025 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

216

Keisha Lanier Brown,
Caroline Sutton Chubb,
Janie Copple

Moderators

Jennifer Case

Lynn Deboeck

Speakers

Keisha Lanier Brown

I'm a third-year doctoral student, a wife, a mother, and an Associate Professor of Mathematics at a two-year college. I'm learning and growing, and I'm trying to enjoy every day that I have. It's not easy, but it's worth it. :)

Caroline Sutton Chubb

Janie Copple

Wednesday June 18, 2025 3:45pm - 5:00pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

roundtable, hybrid

8:45am EDT

Parenting and Caregiving in Neoliberal Contexts

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

216

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

Mothering in New Lands

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

216

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

11:45am EDT

Pedagogy Potluck: Motherhood Pedagogies for Precarious Times

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

216

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

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

2:45pm EDT

Poster Presentations

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

216

“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

Fiona Woollard

Speakers

Kylee Schwartz

Jacqueline Pelletier

Theresa White

Stef Tousignant

Nancy Muro-Rodriguez

Thursday June 19, 2025 2:45pm - 4:00pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

9:15am EDT

Motherscholars and Radical Feminist Flexibility: A Framework for Redefining Academic Life

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

216

Kathryn Frazier,
Maggie Campbell Obaid,
Seonmi "Sun" Jin,
Jacquelyn Raftery-Helmer,
Jennifer Greene-Rook

Moderators

Myrah Brown

Juliet Hall

Speakers

Kathryn Frazier

Maggie Campbell Obaid

Seonmi "Sun" Jin

Jacquelyn Raftery-Helmer

Jennifer Greene-Rook

Friday June 20, 2025 9:15am - 10:30am EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

roundtable, hybrid

10:45am EDT

Taking Care of Mothers

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

216

Jessica Samples, “Beyond Self-Care: Relational Mindfulness Circles for Maternal Well-being”
Sarah McCarthy, “A ‘Meitheal’ for Mothers: Maternal Communal Singing as a Conduit to Social Connection and Empowerment” (online)
Heather K. Olson Beal, “Snapshots of (Un)Wellness: An Exploratory PhotoVoice Study on Barriers to Health and Wellbeing for Mother-Educators”

Moderators

Jennifer Eva

Leah Fulton

Speakers

Jessica Samples

Sarah McCarthy

Heather K Olson Beal

Friday June 20, 2025 10:45am - 12:00pm EDT
216 725 Commonwealth Ave

traditional, hybrid

1:30pm EDT

Narrating Maternal Ruptures

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

216

Anna Kennedy, “Mother and Work Identities – Complement or Conflict: How Identity Meanings Influence Action to Address Role Strain” (online)
Jennifer Heisler, “‘Can I still email you?’ Faculty Memories of Students’ Comments about their Pregnancy and Leave”
Grace Love, “Birthing Futures: Co-conspiring with the Great Cosmic Mother” (online)

Moderators

3:00pm EDT

Mapping the Maternal Body: Exploring Intergenerational Memory and Identity through Art

Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 3:35pm EDT

216

Sannii Crespina-Flores

Moderators

3:40pm EDT

Dealing with Disclosure

Friday June 20, 2025 3:40pm - 4:15pm EDT

216

Hazel Larkin

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