Ninth Annual Conference
International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment
August 10-11, 2000
Washington, D.C.

Preliminary Conference Program

AUGUST 10: Legal, Political, and Interpersonal Issues

8:00- 8:30am Registration and Coffee

8:30 - 8:45 Welcome

8:45- 9:30 Opening Plenary:

Speaker (TBA)
Human Rights Watch

9:45 -10:45 Panel: "Sexual Harassment: The Evolution of An Issue"

B. Dzeich University of Cincinnati .

M. Hawkins Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

B. Sandler National Association for Women in Education

M. Paludi Paludi & Associates

11:00-12:30 Papers: Legal Issues and Sexual Harassment

C. Curtis "Sexual Harassment as Sex Discrimination: Three Interpretations"

K. Lempen "Employer’s Liability In Case Of Sexual Harassment: A Cross-National Study
Between Switzerland and the USA"

J. McCorkel "Divorcing Theory in Practice: Interpretive Struggles and Backlash Politics in the Application of Sexual Harassment Guidelines"

N. Snow "Patriarchy and Same Sex Harassment"

12:30–2:00 LUNCH

2:00 - 3:00 Panel: Sexual Harassment and Relationships

B. Dzeich University of Cincinnati

A. Lane University of Virginia

D. Patai University of Massachusetts

3:15-5:00 Workshop:, "Workplace Sexual Harassment: Legal, Management, and
Psychological Approaches to Prevention"

M. Paludi and C. Paludi, Paludi Associates, Schenectady, NY

AUGUST 11: Sexual Harassment in Schools and Colleges

8:00-8:30 Registration and Coffee

8:30- 9:15AM Plenary Session:

Verna Williams, Esq.
National Women’s Law Center, Washington, D.C.
Ms. Williams argued as plaintiff’s attorney before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1999 in Aurelia Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education.

 9:30-11:00 Papers: Sexual Harassment in Grades K-12

A. Gilaldi, "Sexual Violence in Kindergarten and Pre-Schools in Israel: From Demonstrating
Power to Sexual Harassment"

N. Stein "Sexual Harassment Meets Zero Tolerance: Life in K-12 Schools Since the Davis
Decision"

E. Witkowska "Sexual Harassment in Swedish Schools. An Analysis of School BasedIntervention and Prevention Efforts"

9:30-11:00 Workshop: "Creating Healthy Relationships: A School-Based Prevention Program"

L. Parameswaran Fort Bend County Women's Center, Texas

11:15-12:45 Workshop: "Being Harassed and Exploited is NOT a Part of the Curriculum"

S. Bisbing Tacoma Park, MD

12:45-2:15 LUNCH

2:15-3:45 Papers: Sexual Harassment in a Global Context

J. Gruber "Sexual Harassment in a Cross-Cultural Context: Results from College

E. DeSouza Students in Four Countries"

P. Brown "Campus Survey of Sexual Harassment"

H. Kanegae "Sexual Harassment in Japanese Universities: A Survey Analysis of Female Students at a Particular University"

2:15-3:45 Workshop: "Sexual Harassment in Secondary Schools: An Ecological Approach to Prevention"

M. Paludi and C. Paludi. Paludi Associates, Schenectady, NY

4:00-5:30 Papers: Violence Against Women

D. Wilborne "Sexual Assault, Coercion, and Harassment: Implications for Subjective Well-
Being and Relationship Satisfaction"

A. Belskaya "The relationship between "public" and "private" violence"

L. Besarab "Violence in society and in a family under conditions of transition economy"

T. Edwards "Brzonkala v. Virginia Polytechnic Institute"


4:00-5:30 Workshop: "Professor-Student Sex: Exploitation in the Ivory Tower or Normal Relations Between Consenting Adults?"

S. Bisbing Tacoma Park, MD

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