International Coalition Against Sexual Harassment
Annual Conference
August 3, 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
Working Together in Dealing with Sexual Harassment: Researchers, Advocates, Therapists and Attorneys
7:00-8:00 Registration
8:00 Welcome
Session I: Sexual Harassment: Legal and Historical Perspectives in Academia and the Workplace
8:15 Invited Presentation: Making Social Change from the Grassroots:
The Women’s Movement Against Sexual Harassment
Carrie Baker
8:45 From “Grope and Hope” to Cheeky Gags by “Snags” 20 Years of
Sexual Harassment Legislation-Have We Really Come Very Far?
Leanne Faraday-Brash
9:15 Invited Presentation: A Decade for Sexual Harassment Legislation in Israel: Training Educational Staff Toward Prevention Programs Among Young Children.
Ayelet Giladi
9:45 Invited Presentation: Recent Developments in Sexual Harassment
Case Law
Howard Kallem
10:15 Break
Session II: Roundtable Presentations
10:30-11:30
Table 1 Sexual Harassment of Adolescents
Adolescent Sexual Harassment of Peers: A Predictor of Perpetration of Sexual Assault?
Paula Ross-Durow
Race, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment: The Impact of Health and Academic Outcomes of Adolescents
James Gruber and Susan Fineran
Table 2 Impact of Workplace Sexual Harassment
The Effects of Racial and Sexual Harassment on Work and the Psychological Well-Being of African American Women
NiCole T. Buchanan and Louise F. Fitzgerald
Gender Harassment by Physicians to Registered Nurses in the Operating Room
Susan Strauss
Table 3 Sexual Harassment on College Campuses
Implementing Reasonable Care on College Campuses
Michele Paludi, Moderator
Dianne Bouvier
Deanndra Dodd
Diana Mililo
William Schweinle
Janet Sigal
Table 4 Sexual Harassment Prevalence Rates
Frequency Rates and Consequences of Peer Sexual
Harassment: Comparing U.S. and International Students
Eros R. DeSouza and Joy Chien
Sexual Harassment in Israel: Prevalence and Gender-Based Perception Gaps
Avigail Moor
Session III Keynote Address
11:30 What a Difference a Word Makes? Sexual Harassment or Bullying—According to the Feds, Researchers and the Public
Nan Stein
12:15 Lunch
Session IV Invited Presentation
1: 30 When Sexual Harassment Turns Violent
Billie Wright Dziech and Morgan Denney
Session V: Sexual Harassment Policies, Investigatory Procedures and Training
Programs
2:15 What Sexual Harassment Policies Work in the Dutch Police
Force?
Greetje Timmerman
2:45 Red Light, Green Light: More Effective Approaches to Anti-
Harassment Education and Responses
Michael Kaufman
3:15 Invited Presentation: Understanding and Preventing Gendered Violence-A Campus Perspective
Howard Kallem and Connie Kirkland
3:45 Break
Session VI: Roundtable Presentations
4:00-4:30
Table 1 Out of the Closet: The Harassment of Sexual Minorities
Eros DeSouza
Table 2 Issues in Sexual Harassment Training
Sharon Butler
Amy Ramson
Carrie Turco
Table 3 Sexual Harassment: Implications in the New Economy
Laura A. Brunner
Session VII: Keynote Address
4:30 Beyond Sexual Harassment: A Bold Proposal for Transforming Our Workplaces
Linda Gordon Howard
5:15 Closing Plenary