WGSS by Nicole Jacobsen

| Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Center for Women,

Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) | Newsletter 2012

Message from the Interim Director Welcome to the 2012 (WGSS) Newsletter that highlights the accomplishments of faculty and students in the past year. The Center had a very productive and successful year and we are grateful for the dedication and support of the faculty, students, staff, friends and the Advisory Council members who contributed to the success of Women’s Equality Day, the

Center’s colloquia, the FAU Third Annual Women’s Leadership Forum, the Florida Consortium for Women’s Studies, the Refuge screening as well as two student-organized events: the Feminist Forum on Sexual Abuse and the activities related to Domestic Violence month. During Women’s History month, the Center organized and sponsored many activities. Among these, we hosted a lecture by poet and human rights activist Alicia Partnoy on March 16, and the Graduate Student Association held their Annual Conference on March 30, 2012. – Nora Erro-Peralta

women’s equality day 2011 On August 26, 1971, one year after the Women’s Strike for Equality, Congress established Women’s Equality Day — per a request from Congresswoman Bella Abzug. Image : (left)“Women’s Voices and Voting” panel members from left to right: Dr. Jane Caputi, Supervisor Susan Bucher, Representative Lori Berman, Dr. Nora Erro-Peralta, moderator Rhonda Swan, and The Honorable Annie Betancourt.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of women’s suffrage, Betty Friedan led the Women’s Strike for Equality in New York City on August 26, 1970. Joined by numerous feminist leaders, including Gloria Steinem and Congresswoman Bella Abzug, the strike became a national event as women joined together to celebrate the 19th Amendment and to advocate for women’s equality. On August 26, 1971, one year after the Women’s Strike for Equality, Congress established Women’s Equality Day—per a request from Congresswoman Abzug. This year, the CWGSS celebrated the 40th anniversary of Women’s Equality Day. On August 26, 2011, more than 100 supporters gathered on campus in Boca Raton, joined by elected officials, professors, and community organizations. We heard great questions during the panel discussion “Women’s Voices and Voting,” moderated by Rhonda Swan, a reporter and columnist for the Palm Beach Post. Special thanks for their thought-provoking answers to our panel members: Florida State Representative Lori Berman; Susan Bucher, Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections; The Honorable Annie Betancourt, former Florida State

Representative; and professors Dr. Jane Caputi and Dr. Nora Erro-Peralta from the FAU Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program. Finally, thanks to the elected officials and legislative staff in attendance.

Co-sponsoring organizations included Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast, the Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County, Junior League of the Palm Beaches, National Council of Jewish Women Palm Beach Section, League of Women Voters of Palm Beach County, Feminist Scholarship Fund, Palm Beach County National Organization for Women, Palm Beach County Young Democrats, Tara Laxer Consulting, Jewish Women’s Foundation of South Palm Beach County, National Women’s Political Caucus of Florida, and Compass, the Gay and Lesbian Community Center. By Judith Selzer, Advisory Council Member and WGSS Alumna

Screened Image: Congresswoman Bella Abzug announcing she will oppose Rep. William Ryan in NYC Democratic primary, New York, NY, US, 1972, photo by Leonard Mccombe. The CWGSS would like to thank Judith Selzer for her excellent work organizing Women’s Equality Day.

T center events FAU Third Annual Women’s Leadership Forum: The Third Annual Women’s Leadership Forum centered on the theme “Women, Business, and Power” on March 18, 2011. Alex Sink, former CFO for the State of Florida, President of Florida Operations of Bank of America, and 2010 Florida gubernatorial candidate representing the Democratic Party, spoke on the topic: “Women in Business: Do Values Matter?” Celebrating Our Cycles: The Women’s Studies Graduate Student Association (WSGSA) sponsored two workshops on March 22, 2011 –“The Mystery of the Menses,” which provided an in-depth look at menstruation and alternatives to traditional menstrual products, and the “Fertility Awareness Method Workshop” (FAM), on the practice of using one’s own natural signs and symptoms to determine fertile and infertile periods during the menstrual cycle. Florida Consortium for Women’s Studies: Scholars from around the state and beyond convened at FAU Boca Raton to share their work and address the conference theme, “Gendered and Racialized Technologies of Change: Moving Discredited Knowledge from the Margins to the Center” on April 1-2, 2011. Keynote speakers included Dr. Gail Dines, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies at Wheelock College, and Marlene Bastien, Director of Haitian Women of Miami. Dr. Heather Coltman, Professor of Music and current Interim Dean of the Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, gave a piano recital, while the FAU Repertory Dance Theatre Ensemble under the direction of Clarence Brooks, M.F.A., Associate Professor and Director of Dance, also performed for attendees.

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: October 2011. The WSGSA coordinated an awareness campaign on domestic/partner violence. Posters were hung around campus, and there was coordination with Owl Radio to create PSAs and do a radio show dedicated to domestic violence awareness. Scheduled activities included a screening of Telling Amy’s Story, a documentary that presents an emotional account related to America’s pervasive and largely unreported pandemic of intimate partner violence, a workshop entitled, “Have the Sex You Want (and Not the Sex You Don’t), and a spokenword event ,” Speak Now!,” co-sponsored by Owl Radio.

Ms. Georgas gave a presentation in Dr. Chris Scodari’s “Gender and Television” class about her roles in the film and the TV show Prime Suspect (NBC), and about opportunities for women in Hollywood, especially as they age. Feminist Forum on Sexual Abuse: November 21, 2011. In response to the Herman Cain sexual harassment allegations and the child sexual abuse charges against a coach at Penn State University, Dr. Jane Caputi (WGSS), Dr. Sika Dagbovie (English), Ms. Megan Tomei (WGSS M.A. Student), and Ms. Lauren Walleser (LGBTQ Specialist) gave brief presentations and led a discussion.

Refuge Screening and Activities: November 3, 2011. A screening and discussion of the film Refuge, directed by Mark Medoff, about a spirit-renewing romance between an older woman and a younger man, was held at FAU in support of WGSS student scholarships. Dr. Jane Caputi (WGSS), Margarita Alarcon (Legal Consultant), and one of the film’s stars, Lena Georgas, led the discussion. Earlier that day,

WGSS 2010-2011 Graduation: April 22, 2011. The 24th Annual Graduation Ceremony of the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies featured a keynote address by Ms. Yvonne Boice, President, The Shoppes of Village Pointe, Boca Raton. Undergraduatecertificate recipient Renata R. Bozzetto was presented with the Laura Sylvia Myers Memorial Award, while honorary awards were given to Lora “Skeets” Friedkin and Lisa Armbrust of the Advisory Council. Graduate Student Activism Awards were presented to Megan Halena and Megan Tomei, and Alumnae Judith Selzer and Arlene Sword, and Student Volunteers Peter Cava and Lauren Walleser, received Volunteer Awards. 2011 M.A. Graduates Megan Halena and Lauren Walleser were recognized along with two graduate certificate and 62 undergraduate certificate honorees.

faculty news Dr. Josephine Beoku-Betts, Professor and Director in the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, received a Fulbright Scholars Award to teach and engage in research at the University of Sierra Leone during the 2011-12 academic year. She will study women’s peace movements and postwar reconstruction in Sierra Leone. _____________________ Dr. Jane Caputi, Professor in the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, received the 2010 President’s Award in recognition of outstanding scholarship and service to the Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. She also published “Re-Creating Patriarchy: Connecting Religion and Pornography, in the Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy (Volume 1-2, 2011), and “Feeding Green Fire,” in the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (Volume 5-4, 2011). _____________________ Dr. Sika Dagbovie, Associate Professor in the Department of English, published “‘I’m Real’ (Black) When I Wanna Be: Examining J. Lo’s Racial ASSets” (with Zine Magubane) in the anthology Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities (Hampton Press, 2010). _____________________ Dr. Maria Fadiman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geosciences, published “Cultural Connect with Local Megafauna: Maori and the Kauri” in The Florida Geographer (Volume 42, 2010), and “How Cultural Awareness and Ingenuity Benefits Forest Stewardship Council Certification in the Developing World: Case Study in Zimbabwe, Africa,” in the Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences (Volume 33, 2010).

Dr. Yolanda Gamboa, Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature, is on sabbatical for the 2011-2012 academic year. She has published a book chapter entitled, “Maria de Zayas or Memory Chains and the Education of a Learned Woman,” in Women’s Literacy in Spain and the New World, edited by Anne Cruz and Rosilie Hernandez (Ashgate, 2011). _____________________ Dr. Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilin, Professor in the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature, published “Del Rojo de su Sombra de Mayra Montero: Cruzando Fronteras” in Letras Hispanas: Revista de Literatura y Cultura (Volume 7, 2010), “El Consumo del Cuerpo Travesti en Sirena Selena Vestida de Pena de Mayra Santos-Febres” in PALARA (Volume 14, 2010), and presented “Ex-centric Journeys: Simulacra and Consumption in Mayra Montero and Mayra Santos-Febres” at the 2011 Florida Consortium for Women’s Studies Conference. _____________________ Dr. Mirya Holman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, published an article entitled, “Sex, Stereotypes, and Security: An Experimental Study of the Effect of Crises on Assessments of Gender and Leadership” (with Jennifer Merolla and Elizabeth Zechmeister) in the Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy (Volume 32-3, 2011), and another entitled, “Judging Women” (with Stephen Choi, Mitu Gulati, and Eric Posner) in the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (Volume 8-3, 2011). _____________________

Dr. Elena Machado Sáez, Associate Professor in the Department of English, published the article, “Dictating Desire, Dictating Diaspora: Junot Díaz’s Oscar Wao as Foundational Romance” in Contemporary Literature (Volume 52-3, 2011). _____________________ Dr. Christine Scodari, Professor in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, published “‘Nyota Uhura is Not a White Girl’: Gender, Intersectionality, and Star Trek 2009’s Alternate Romantic Universes” in Feminist Media Studies (Volume 12-3, 2012; electronic version 2011), and presented “What’s Gender Got to do with it? Academic Culture, Technology, and the Gendering of Audience Scholarship in Media Studies,” at the 2011 Florida Consortium for Women’s Studies Conference. _____________________ Dr. Patricia Widener, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, published a book entitled, Oil Injustice: Resisting and Conceding a Pipeline in Ecuador (Rowman & Littlefield, 2011). _____________________ Dr. Wenying Xu, Professor, Department of English, and Interim Associate Dean in The Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, published the article, “Reading Feminine Mysticism in Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s Queen of Dreams,” in the South Asian Review (Spring, 2011). _____________________

Dr. Marina Karides, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, was nominated in the past year to run for President of the organization Sociologists for Women in Society. _____________________ Dr. Caren Neile, Artist-in-Residence in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, taught Storytelling Studies as a Fulbright Scholar Specialist in Vienna, Austria for three weeks during the fall semester, 2011.

Dr. Jane Caputi with Students

Ne w C WGSS Gr ad uate St uden ts

graduate student news

Tulasi Acharya’s thesis for spring, 2012 graduation is entitled, “Women with Disabilities In the Global South and in Nepal: Jhamak Ghimire and Bishnu Kumari Waiwa, Two Disabled Nepali Women Writers, a Case Study.” He explains his particular perspective: “As a man, women’s studies was not only a new area of study for me, but also a challenging one because the program is stigmatized as only for women. However, slowly the program became a reawakening. I realized my duty and responsibility as a man in the formation of peaceful societies by having an overview of women’s socio-political conditions around the globe.” Sarah Abbott acquired her B.A. in English with a minor in Philosophy from FAU, and graduated magna cum laude. Diana Alvarez received her bachelor’s degree from Florida State University, where she majored in Sociology and Women’s Studies. During her program, she would like to investigate motherhood, menstruation, and masculinity. Jessica Barton obtained her bachelor’s degree from Grand Valley State University (Michigan) with a double major in Women and Gender Studies and Creative Writing. She is studying representations of girls and women in YA (young adult) literature. Renata R. Bozzetto was awarded a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and Studies with a double concentration in Art and Women’s Studies from the FAU Honors College. She focuses on intersections of race, ethnicity, and gender, and the interpretations of bodies—particularly the bodies of immigrant women. Images: (Above) Left to right front row: Renata Bozzetto, Sarah Abbott, Diana Alvarez; Left to right back row: Charlsye Lyle, Jessica Barton, Sarah Jenkins. (RIght): Sara Salman.

Sarah Tucker Jenkins is from Satellite Beach, Florida. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Women’s Studies. Sarah is interested in studying the intersections of gender, sexuality, and popular culture. Charlsye Lyle graduated from Florida State University, having studied Literature and Religion. She would like to study literature, gender, and sexuality. Sara Salman graduated from Indiana University, where she concentrated in Gender Studies via the Kinsey Institute as well as in English. Her goal is to work in sex therapy and relationship counseling.

Penny Darling received her bachelor’s degree from FAU with a B.A. in Political Science. She is situated to complete her M.A. in fall 2012 and has focused her activities on ending patriarchal violence against women and raising community awareness. She received Provost and Feminist Scholarship Fund Fellowships in spring 2011 and worked in the fall with the Women’s Studies Graduate Student Association to coordinate an awareness campaign for Domestic Violence Awareness Month (DVAM) on campus, and with the vice mayor of Lake Worth to plan and execute activities for DVAM for the city. Viridiana Lieberman is on target to graduate in spring 2012 and is drawing from her filmmaking experience for her thesis: “One Yard Shy of Empowerment: Cinematic Portrayals of Female Athletes.” She observes: “Women’s Studies were never marked on the calendar of my life but now they may be the driving force in what and how I want to accomplish my art.” (cont’d. )

graduate student news

Alumnae Profil e s Michele Canning (’09), received her master of arts degree from the FAU Women’s Studies Center. While pursuing her degree, she taught women’s studies courses and served on the Women’s Leadership Forum Committee. After having gained experience as an Assistant Coach for the FAU women’s soccer team, she went on to become an assistant coach at Seton Hall and then at St. John’s University, where she was an instrumental force behind its team’s first national ranking. In July of 2011, she was appointed head coach for women’s soccer at New York University, where in her first season she led the team to a 14-6 record and a championship in the Eastern College Athletic Conference.

Megan Tomei is looking toward graduation in spring 2012 and completing a thesis entitled, “Doing it for Themselves: Sexual Agency and Subjectivity in Cinematic Depictions of Female Masturbation.” In addition, she received the 2011 Outstanding Thesis Award for her thesis in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, “She Just Snapped: Reality Television, Murder, and the Myth of Feminine Evil.” The award was granted by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Gender and Language. Dr. David Williams was her thesis advisor. In other news, Sarah Reinhard is on track to complete her degree in 2012, and Sarah Tucker Jenkins and Renata R. Bozzetto were awarded Provost Fellowships for fall 2011. Many 2011 WGSS-associated graduate students gave presentations at the Florida Consortium for Women’s Studies Conference held at FAU. These included Michaela Ten Cate, Sarah Reinhard, Viridiana Lieberman, Lauren Walleser, Megan Tomei, Peter Cava, Renata Bozzetto, Megan Halena, and Tulasi Acharya.

fall 2011 colloquia Dr. Mark Harvey, Department of Sociology, organized a return of the Center’s colloquia, which included the following illuminating presentations:

Heather Boyer Samuels (‘06, ‘08), holds a bachelor of arts degree in Women’s Studies and Political Science from the Honors College and a master of arts degree in Women’s Studies from the Women’s Studies Center. She is also a member of Florida Atlantic University’s Parliament of Owls. In May 2011, Heather graduated from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center with a Juris Doctor, cum laude, in the top 20% of her class. She passed the July 2011 bar exam and was sworn in as a member of the Florida Bar on September 20. Heather works as an Associate Attorney at The Amlong Firm in Fort Lauderdale, specializing in Plaintiff’s Labor and Employment Law and Matrimonial Law, with 100% of her practice devoted to litigation.

September 29 – Dr. Mark Harvey, Department of Sociology: “Welfare Reform and Household Survival: The Interaction of Structure and Network Strength in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas.” Looks at the impacts of 1996 welfare reform on the survival strategies of singlefemale headed families in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

November 3 – Dr. Wendy Wolters Hinshaw, Department of English: “Making Ourselves Vulnerable: A Feminist Pedagogy of Listening.” Presents a feminist pedagogy of listening designed to open up wider possibilities for interpreting student resistance to feminist ideology in order to consider the multiple contexts that shape interactions with our students. November 17 – Dr. Mirya Holman, Department of Political Science: “Gender and Power in American Cities: Investigations of the Effect of Mayoral Gender on Deliberation, Representation, and Policymaking in U.S. Cities.” Investigates the effect of mayoral gender on the discussion of issues of importance to female constituents, the nature of deliberation in city councils, and the engagement of the public in policymaking.

associate faculty members join executive committee

Dr. Andrew Furman, Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of English, and Dr. Mark Harvey, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, are two WGSS Associate Faculty who were welcomed as members of the WGSS Executive Committee during the fall semester 2011.

Dr . Andrew Furman Dr. Furman received his Ph.D. in English from Penn State University in 1995. Since coming to FAU, he has served as Chair and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English and as Director of the Literatures, Literacies, and Linguistics track of the Ph.D. program in Comparative Studies. He specializes in 19th and 20th American literature and, especially, multi-ethnic American literature, including that of Jewish, Asian, Latino/a and African-American writers. He has published a memoir, My Los Angeles in Black and (Almost) White (Syracuse University Press, 2010), and a novel, Alligators May Be Present: A Novel (University of Wisconsin Press, 2005). He has also published two books of literary criticism, Contemporary JewishAmerican Writers and the Multicultural Dilemma (Syracuse University Press, 2000) and Israel Through the Jewish-American Imagination (SUNY Press, 1997), as well as numerous shorter works.

Dr . Mark Harvey Dr. Harvey attended the University of Wisconsin, where he was awarded a Ph.D. in Sociology in 2005. His work focuses on race, gender, class, community development, the welfare state, immigrant labor, and family. His teaching repertoire includes “Gender and Society,”“Race in Global Context,” and “Immigration.” His impressive list of publications features a 2006 book with Kathleen Pickering, Gene F. Summers, and David Mushinski entitled, Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty: Dreams, Disenchantments, and Diversity (Penn State University Press), and several recent articles, including “Welfare Reform and Household Survival: The Interaction of Structure and Network Strength in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas,” found in the Journal of Poverty (Volume 15, 2011), and “Color-Blind Welfare Reform or New Cultural Racism? Evidence from Rural Mexican- and Native-American Communities,” co-authored with Kathleen Pickering, from International Perspectives on Rural Welfare, edited by Paul Milbourne (Emerald, 2010). Dr. Harvey has also been highly effective in securing research supporting grants.

WGSS Donors 2011 The CWGSS encourages critical thinking about the ways that gender interacts with politics, culture, ideologies, social structures and economics, historically and globally, to shape the lives of women and men. Our courses explore gender- and sexuality-based oppressions through experiences and standpoints rooted in a diversity of intersecting factors, including class, race, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, ability, religion and age, along with responses through activism and advocacy. For more information, call 561-297-3865 or visit www.fau.edu/womensstudies

Partner($1,000 and above) Feminist Scholarship Fund The Janke Charitable Foundation Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Edythe C. Harrison Johnnie Stover

Patron ($500–$ 999) Lora Skeets Friedkin Presidential Women’s Center, Inc. (Mona Reis) Josephine Beoku-Betts Jane Caputi

Sponsor ($250– $499) Susan L. Brown Ruth Block Nora Erro Peralta Ruth Sandler Judith Selzer

($100–$249 dollars) Heather Coltman Julie Pavlon Elsy Margarita Alarcon Jennifer L. O’Flannery Anderson Sandra A. Corn Lalita A. Janke Sue Banks Mary Beth Albritton Lisa Armbrust Constance J. Scott Nily Falic Penelope Ashwanden Gail Veros Regina Goodfriend Lisa M. Macci Jan L. Savarick

Friend ($20–$99) Merry C. Morris Bridget Roderman Victoria L. Thur ADW Consultants, LLC Martin L. Armbrust Jody Harrison Grass

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Claudia Kirk Barto Roger Messenger Debra Bernhardt Brenda Blatt Leona Brauser Jennifer A. Nagy Tara L. Laxer Bruria Angel Joyce Croft Jason Dubler Lisa Friedkin Yolanda Gamboa Suzy Garfinkle Linda Geller-Schwartz Elayne Goodman Cyndi Katz Dava Lipsky Carson Kerry A. Lobello Jill Morris Ro Robozzi Susan Schaefer Gloria Singer Myrna Skurnik Audra H. Vaz Evelyn M. Morris

Contributions are Welcome

Newsletter Committee

Contributions provide funding for such important activities as student scholarships and academic prizes, community outreach, conferences, workshops, and symposia. Checks can be made payable to the Florida Atlantic University Foundation, with Women’s Studies in the memo line. Mail to: Advocate Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431.

Dr. Chris Scodari, Editor (cscodari@fau.edu), Dr. Sika Dagbovie, and Jessica Barton. Special thanks to Nicole Jacobsen, Judith Selzer, Audra Vaz, Penny Darling, and Donna Bryan for their invaluable help compiling the newsletter.

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Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) advisory council The following have served on the Council for all or part of 2011:

Ms. Lora “Skeets” Friedkin, Co-Chair, Activist Ms. Lisa Armbrust, Co-Chair, Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Ms. Camille E. Coley, Executive Assistant Vice President for Research, FAU Ms. Sue Banks, Management Services, Sue A. Banks & Associates Ms. Lalita Janke, Business Owner Ms. Brooke Bailey, Political Director, Presidential Women’s Center Ms. Mona Reis, Presidential Women’s Center Senator Nan H. Rich, State Senator, 34th District Senator Maria Sachs, State Senator, 30th District Dr. Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Former President & CEO of United Way of Broward County; FAU Vice President for Community Engagement & Executive Director of the FAU Foundation, Inc. Ms. Claudia Kirk Barto, President, Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches Ms. Nicole Rothenberg, Senior Vice President and Branch Manager, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Dr. Judith Robinson, Medical Doctor

Ms. Tara Laxer, Friends of Women’s Studies Ms. Judith Selzer, Planned Parenthood VP for Public Policy & Communications Ms. Julie Pavlon, Former Assistant Director of Women’s Studies, Friends of Women’s Studies Ms. Lisa Marie Macci, Family and Divorce Lawyer Ms. Alyssa Rakovich Beaulieu, Vice President and Branch Manager, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Bank Dr. Michelle Larocque, Associate Professor, Dept. of Exceptional Children’s Education, FAU Ms. Margarita Alarcon, Retired Attorney Ms. Suzy Garfinkle Ms. Merry Carol Guiver-Morris, Women’s Advocate/ Philanthropist Hon. Edythe Harrison, Women’s Advocate/Philanthropist

how to reach us Dr. Nora Erro-Peralta, Acting Director (2011-2012 Academic Year) peralta@fau.edu, 561-297-2724; 561-297-2057 Dr. Josephine Beoku-Betts, Director (2012-2013 Academic Year) beokubet@fau.edu, 561-297-2057 Donna Bryan, Office Administrator dbryan@fau.edu, 561-297-3865 WGSS Center Office: SO 383