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WOMEN AND GENETICS IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
MUSKINGUM VALLEY CONFERENCE CENTER, ZANESVILLE, OHIO
May 16 - 19, 1996
DAY
BEGIN END EVENT THURS Charter buses leave Columbus Airport, approx.
3:45 & 5:15
MAY 16 4:00 6:00 Arrive and check-in
5:30 Session coordinators meeting
6:30 7:15 DINNER
7:15 8:30 Introductory Session; Orientation
Coordinator: Helen Bequaert Holmes
8:30 Panels meet separately
FRIDAY 7:30 8:30 BREAKFAST
MAY 17 8:30 10:30 Session 1 Background Theory: Feminist Ethics &
Bioethics; Feminist Science and Technology Studies
Coordinator: Mary Mahowald
[Adrienne Asch]
Anne Donchin Suzanne Morse
Betty B. Hoskins Susan Sherwin
Donna Hughes Laurie Anne Whitt
11:00 12:30 Session 2 Human Genome Project: Past Accomplishments,
Prospects for the Future
Coordinator: Cheryl Ney
Linda Ashworth Karen Klyczek
Francine Essien K.J. Prestwidge
Karen Frasier-Scott Dorothy Warburton
12:30 2:30 LUNCH & RELAXATION BREAK
2:30 4:00 Session 3 Cross-Cultural Perspectives
Coordinator: Annette Dula
Nancy Fisher Laurie Nsiah-Jefferson
Celia Orona Barbara Quinton
Laura Woliver
4:30 6:00 Session 4 People with Disabilities: Issues of Concern
Coordinators: Denise Karuth & Joy Kroeger-Mappes
Adrienne Asch J. Hoxi Jones-Carranza
Janet Bernault [Altheada Johnson]
6:15 7:15 DINNER
7:30 9:00 Mirror, Mirror: Images of Disabled People in Western
Art, presented by Jacki Clipsham
SAT 7:30 9:00 BREAKFAST
MAY 18 9:00 10:30 Session 5 Women's Voices in Genetic Testing
Coordinator: Elena Gates
Karen Grant [Regina Kenen]
Jalna Hanmer Ruth Ricker
Barbara Katz Rothman
11:00 12:00 Session 6 Genetic Counseling and Women
A. Goals and Processes of Genetic Counseling
Coordinator: Ann Walker
Becky Althaus
Ellen Clayton Mary Kay Pelias
Ann Marie Liakos Dorothy Wertz
12:00 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 2:00 Session 6 Genetic Counseling and Women
B. Synthesis of Counseling and Feminism
Coordinator: Luba Djurdjinovic
Marjorie Davis [Donna Hughes]
Beth Fine Wendy McGoodwin
Linda Janet Holmes [June Peters]
Olivia Masih White
2:00 6:00 LONG BREAK (expeditions, exercise, naps, discussions)
6:00 7:00 DINNER
7:15 9:15 Session 7 Cancer Genetics and Genetic Susceptibility
Testing
Coordinator: June Peters
Bonnie Baty Altheada Johnson
Paula Berry Piri Welcsh
Gail Geller
SUNDAY 7:30 8:30 BREAKFAST
MAY 19 8:45 10:15 Session 8 Behavior Genetics
Coordinator: Regina Kenen
[Luba Djurdjinovic] [Donna Hughes]
[Beth Fine] Julien Murphy
Gertrude Fraser Tabitha Powledge
10:15 11:30 Checkout
11:30 12:15 LUNCH
12:15 2:00 Session 9 Summary; Review of Policy Recommendations
Coordinator: Sue Rosser
Vans & buses leave for airport, approx. 1:00. 2:00 & 3:30
2:30 3:30 Staff Meeting
Personnel involved throughout Workshop:
Diane Baker, Process Consultant
Melissa Cefkin & Susann Wilkinson, Evaluation Team
[A bracketed name] means a secondary, not the main, assignment.
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