1/26/98

CONTACT: Diane Manuel, News Service (650) 725-1945;
e-mail dmanuel@leland.stanford.edu

Institute for Research on Women and Gender sponsors seminar

The Institute for Research on Women and Gender will sponsor its annual Associates Day seminar on Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, 725 Welch Road.

The seminar begins at 8:15 a.m. with a continental breakfast and will conclude with a luncheon at the California Cafe at the Stanford Shopping Center. The cost is $45 per person, including lunch, or $25 without lunch. For reservations, call the institute at 723-1994.

Speakers at the seminar include Ian H. Gotlib, professor of psychology, who will speak on "The Epidemic of Depression"; Deborah L. Rhode, the Ernest McFarland Professor of Law and former director of the institute, who will speak on "Speaking of Sex: The Denial of Gender Inequality"; and Witney Chadwick, professor of art at San Francisco State University and a visiting scholar at the institute, who will speak on "Mirror Images: Women Artists Representing Themselves."

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By Diane Manuel