Talking about Title IX in Syracuse

October 18, 2022
Author events Book news Title IX

I’ll be talking about Title IX in Syracuse on Monday, October 24 at 5 p.m. Eastern Time in Grewen Auditorium of Le Moyne College. The event is free and open to the public. Also that day, look for me on Bridge Street TV in an interview with 9WSYR.

If you’re near Erie, Penn. come chat with me during a book signing at Werner Books the next day, Tuesday, October 25 at 12 noon Eastern. And on Friday, October 28 we’ll kick off a two-day conference on Title IX hosted by Northwestern University with our 9 a.m. (Central Time) panel on Title IX history and more. See conference details at “Title IX at 50: Past. Present. Future?”

Elsewhere

Two university-affiliated hospitals in New York City will pay $165 million to 147 women who said they were sexually abused by a gynecologist. Two students sued the University of California, Los Angeles for allowing sexual assaults and hazing of student employees at a camp for alumni.

A class-action lawsuit against the biggest public high school in Hawaii is going to trial and could have wide repercussions in the state.

A national analysis found no basis for claims that letting transgender girls play sports would drive cisgender students out of athletics — in fact, their numbers are growing. For a good summary of how state laws against abortion and LGBTQ people are burdening schools, see this USA Today article. A planned second public forum to discuss transgender students rights at Randolph (Vt.) Union High School had to be canceled because of the ongoing barrage of hate messages and threats. University of Arizona students and others on campuses across the nation walked out of classes to show solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community. Elsewhere, campus rallies objected to easy religious exemptions that allow schools to ignore Title IX and discriminate against LGBTQ students, faculty, and staff.

A volleyball coach sued the Portland (Ore.) Public Schools for inequities in athletics and pay discrimination. A Title IX investigation of Lake Oswego (Ore.) School District found no Title IX violations in athletics, a school official said.

If you want a summary of the back-and-forth between Michigan State University trustees and the school’s president, faculty, and students, here’s a good summary.

On the up side

The University of Colorado, Boulder adopted lactation policies that go beyond local, state, and federal requirements.

Where you’ll find me

Monday, October 24, 5 p.m. — Just a reminder: I’ll be a guest speaker at Le Moyne College in Grewen Auditorium. If you’re near Syracuse, come on down! Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, October 25, 12 p.m. — Join my discussion and book signing at Werner Books in Erie, Penn.

Friday, October 28, 9 a.m. CT — I’m a panelist at Northwestern University’s two-day conference, “Title IX at 50: Past. Present. Future?” Swing by if you’re in the Chicago area.

Thursday, November 3, 7 p.m. CT — St. Louis, come on down! Join me at Left Bank Books for a conversation and book signing.

Friday, November 11, 7 p.m. — Come hear my conversation with University of Minnesota Professor Emerita Mary Jo Kane at SubText Books in St. Paul, Minn.

Saturday, November 12 — I’m looking forward to three appearances at the National Women’s Studies Association conference in Minneapolis. Join me first at a 9:30 a.m. panel on “Women’s Politics: Finding a Way Out of No Way,” and then at a Feminist Author Showcase at 1:15 p.m. Central Time. At 3 p.m. I’ll be signing books in the Exhibit Hall at the Feminist Book Club booth.

Tuesday, November 15, 12:30 p.m. — Join me at Georgia Institute of Technology for a public conversation with Dr. Angel Cabrera about Title IX and equity in higher education. Details to come.

Friday, November 18, 12 noon — Get your signed copy of 37 Words straight from my pen when I stop to sign books at Gathering Volumes in Perrysburg, Ohio, near Toledo.

Friday, November 18, 7:00-8:30 p.m. — Yo, Clevelanders! Meet me for a public conversation and book signing at Walls of Books, 7783 W. Ridgewood Dr., Parma, Ohio. Plus, we’ll be raffling off a copy of 37 Words to celebrate the end of my month-long book tour.

Tuesday, February 7, 2023 — I’m honored to be invited by Iowa State University’s Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics in Ames, Iowa to lecture about Title IX as the Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics. I’ll speak in the Durham Great Hall of the Memorial Union and sign books in the South Ballroom of the Memorial Union. Both events are free and open to the public.

*** Would you like to set up an in-person or Zoom session with me for your organization or book club? Reach me through my Contact page.***

My interview with the New Books in Women’s History podcast has launched and can be heard online. The Nation magazine published an excerpt from my chapter 5, which introduces Title IX’s application in the movement against sexual violence. I published an article in the Washington Post’s Made by History section, this one on “The true mother of Title IX. And why it matters now more than ever.” The Christian Science Monitor included 37 Words in two articles — a cover storyon “Title IX at 50” and a sidebar examining the racial gap among women athletes in colleges. Read about the Supreme Court’s history of curtailing Title IX and other civil rights laws in my article in The Washington Post Made by History section. The Washington Monthly gave 37 Words a fine review — check it out. The Wall Street Journal published a review of my book and I wrote a Letter to the Editor correcting some misinformation in that review. See other previous appearances and media coverage of 37 Words listed here.