WAYS WITH WORDS: EXPLORING LANGUAGE AND GENDER

PANEL 3: PUBLIC DISCOURSE This panel will examine language used in the public domain and how it both reflects and shapes cultural attitudes toward gender. The question of who defines and controls language, and the role gender plays, is an important part of political campaigns, entertainment, and business marketing efforts. Mary Mills (9:00), Worldwide Director of Strategic Intelligence, Saatchi & Saatchi Christine Matthews (33:16), President, Bellweather Research, and Cofounder, Burning Glass Consulting Liza Johnson, Director and Screenwriter (Presentation by director and screenwriter Liza Johnson is not available due to incorporation of unreleased footage) Moderator: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication; Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania Q&A (49:37)

PANEL 2: BIG DATA The Internet, social media, and data mining have changed language and our ability to analyze usage, and increased sensitivities to the power of the words we use. This panel will explore how these new forms of discourse and analysis expand our understanding of the interplay of gender, personal narrative, and language, as well as data scraping that enables a statistical study of language usage by demographics. Ben Hookway (7:43), Chief Executive Officer, Relative Insight Lyle Ungar (20:53), Professor and Graduate Group Chair, Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania Alice E. Marwick (36:19), Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies, and Director, McGannon Center for Communication Research, Fordham University Moderator: Rebecca Lemov, Associate Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University Q&A (52:02)

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION Janet Mock, Cultural Commentator, Advocate for Trans Women’s Rights, and New York Times Best-Selling Author Discussant: Moya Bailey, Dean’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Northeastern University Q&A (46:33)

WELCOMING REMARKS Lizabeth Cohen, Dean, Radcliffe Institute, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University OVERVIEW (8:37) John Huth, Codirector of the Science Program, Radcliffe Institute, and Donner Professor of Science, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University PANEL 1: BEYOND BINARIES (19:33) For adults and children, gender identification is often tethered to language shaped by culture. This panel will explore how the use of language—particularly pronouns in different circumstances—childhood development, and social and gender stereotyping all affect the use and perception of language. Rebecca Bigler (27:58), Professor of Psychology and Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Texas at Austin Wesley Thomas (42:49), Professor of Diné Cultural Studies, Chair of School of Diné Studies & Law Studies, and Dean of School of Graduate Studies & Research, Navajo Technical University Bear Bergman (1:01:20), Author, poet, play

PLAYS WITH WORDS An evening about language and gender in comedy WELCOMING REMARKS Lizabeth Cohen, Dean, Radcliffe Institute, and Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies, Department of History, Harvard University COMEDY, LANGUAGE, AND GENDER Aparna Nancherla (12:09), Comedian ImprovBoston (51:06), featuring Sara Burns, Rosena Cornet, Deana Criess, Mike Descoteaux, Gregory Scott Hernandez, and Kelly MacFarland Glenda Carpio (28:36 & 1:16:57), Professor of English and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University Moderator: Robin Young (28:36 & 1:16:57), Cohost, Here & Now, WBUR and National Public Radio Q&A (28:36 & 1:16:57)