Previous Conferences Programs

The conference Feminisms and Rhetorics has served as an intimate gathering place for feminist scholars to exchange ideas and present their research. It is a dynamic, engaging, welcoming conference. We encourage you to submit proposals to the upcoming conference and to consider being a site host.

2009–Michigan State University

Theme: Enabling Complexities: Communities/Writing/Rhetorics
Featured Speakers: Gwendolyn D. Pough, Cecilia Rodriguez Milanes, Rochelle L. Harris, Resa Crane Bizzaro, Teresa Guinsatao Monberg, Dora Ramirez-Dhoore,
Co-chairs: Malea Powell, Nancy DeJoy, Rhea Lantham
2009 Michigan State Fem Rhet Conference Program Part 1
2009 Michigan State Fem Rhet Addendums Part 2
2009 Michigan State Fem Rhet Final Changes Part 3

2007–University of Arkansas–Little Rock

Theme: Civic Discourse
Keynotes Speakers: Krista Ratcliffe and Joycelyn Elders
Co-chairs: Barb L’Eplattenier and Marcia Smith
2007 UALR Fem and Rhet Conference Program

2005–Michigan Tech

Theme: Affirming Diversity
Featured Speakers: Min-Zhan Lu, Helena Viramontes, Andrea Abernathy Lunsford, Donna Haraway, Jacqueline Jones Royster
Chair: Elizbeth Flynn
2005 Michigan Tech Fem Rhet Conference Program

2003–The Ohio State University

Theme: Intersections: Critical Locations of Rhetorical Practice
Keynotes Speakers: Andrea Lunsford, Marcia Farr, Susan Jarratt and Victoria Smith
Co-chairs: Nan Johnson & Susan Delagrange
2003 Ohio State Fem Rhet Conference Program

2001–Millikin University

Theme:
Keynote Speakers:Krista Ratcliffe, Elizabeth Birmingham, Lisa Ede and Andrea A. Lunsford, Jacqueline Jones Royster and Anne Marie Mann Simpkins, Elizabeth Flynn, Joyce Irene Middleton, Nan Johnson, Susan Applegate Krouse, and Judy Natal.
Chair: Nancy DeJoy
2001 Millikin Fem Rhet Conference Program

1999–University of Minnesota

Theme:
Featured Speakers: Dorothy Allison, Judith Butler, Deborah Cameron, Lorraine Code, Lisa Ede, Janet Carey Eldred, Suzette Haden Elgin, Janet Emig, Elizabeth Flynn, Jane Gallop, Cheryl Glenn, Janice Gould, Judith Halberstam, Joy Harjo, Gail Hawisher, Florence Howe, Susan Jarratt, Nan Johnson, Evelyn Fox Keller, Gesa Kirsch, Robin Lakoff, Shirley Wilson Logan, Andrea Lunsford, Harriet Malinowitz, Joyce Irene Middleton, Susan Miller, Peter Mortensen, Beverly Moss, Julia Penelope, Louise Wetherbee Phelps, Krista Ratcliffe, Joy Ritchie, Kate Ronald,
Co-chairs: Lillian Bridwell-Bowles and Hildy Miller
1999 Univ of Minnesota Fem Rhet Conference Program Part 1
1999 Univ of Minnesota Fem Rhet Conference Program Part 2
1999 Univ of Minnesota Fem Rhet Conference Program Part 3
1999 Univ of Minnesota Fem Rhet Conference Program Part 4
1999 Univ of Minnesota Fem Rhet Conference Program Part 5

1997–Oregon State University

Theme: From Boundaries to Borderlands
Plenary Speakers: Jacqueline Jones Royster, Barbara Warnick, Joy Ritchie, Patricia Sullivan, Angeletta Gourdine, Susan Jarratt, Nancy Tuana, Andrea Lunsford, Susan Brown Carlton, Arabelle Lyon, Shirley Logan, Krista Ratcliffe,
Co-chairs: Lisa Ede and Cheryl Glenn
1997 Oregon State Fem Rhet Conference Program.pdf