Health and Body Image Conference
Live as You Are:
Health and Body Image Conference 2008
The newly re-named “Live As You Are: 2008 Health and Body Image Conference” will expand the scope of the 2007 Eating Disorder’s Conference. This year’s conference will again incorporate an academic “call for papers” and presenters on various issues concerning health and body image such as eating disorders, exercise and sexual addictions, and male and female body image stereotypes. Additionally, the conference will promote and emphasize student resources and programs available at The University of Notre Dame. A major goal of our conference is to create an outstanding networking and educational opportunity for professionals who impact the heath and body image issues facing an astounding percentage of college students. For more information, please contact Patrick Tighe or Brenna Doyle.
Conference Schedule
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Tuesday March 11th
| 4:45 – 5:45pm | Registration and Conference Opening |
| 5:00 – 6:00pm | Ann Simonton: “Sex, Power and the Media” |
| 6:15 – 7:45pm | Dinner with Ann Simonton |
| 8:00 – 9:00pm | Ann Simonton Workshop |
Wednesday March 12th
| 9:30 – 10:30am | Kyla Buckingham - “The Modern Supermodel and Professional Anorexia” |
| 10:45 – 11:45 am | Ann Thomas: “Pro-eating disorder websites: Adding fuel to the fire” |
| 12:00 – 1:00pm | Office of Disabilities: Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion |
| 1:00 – 2:30pm | Lunch Break |
| 2:45 – 5:15pm | Jennifer E. Waite Wollenburg and Sara Gherke: “Art therapy and recreation therapy” |
| 5:15 – 6:15 pm | Dr. Mary Rodts: Physiological affects of eating disorders |
| 6:30 - 8:00 pm | Dinner Break |
| 8:00 – 10:00pm | Movie: Thin |
Thursday March 13th
| 9:30 – 10:30am | Christian Kraatz: “Anorexia and Involuntary Hospitalization, What if the cure is worse than the illness?” |
| 10:45 – 11:45pm | Dr. Theodore E. Weltzin: “The impact of co-morbid anxiety and depression on eating disorder treatment and body image” |
| 11:45 – 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00pm | Valerie Staples and Melinda Wallpe: NOTRE DAME IMAGE: What’s the Real Story on Campus and How Can Students, Faculty and Staff Impact Positive Changes |
| 2:15 – 3:30pm | Interdisciplinary Symposium (Patrick Brugh): “In Search of an Ideal Male Aesthetic?” |
| 3:30 – 4:00pm | Conference Closing |
Sponsors
Student Government, Office of the President, Gender Relations Center, College of Science, Gender Studies Honor Society/Gender Studies Department, English Department, UBWell (Health Center and Counseling Center), The Department of Physical Education and Wellness Instruction, Marketing Department, The Graduate School