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NEW JERSEY PROJECT HONORS 10 ESSAY CONTEST WINNERS FOR EXCELLENCE IN FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP Ten students from colleges and universities throughout the state will be honored for their excellence in feminist scholarship by THE NEW JERSEY PROJECT on Tuesday, May 8, 2001. Katya Gibel Azoulay, the author and anthropologist, will be the featured speaker at the project's annual awards dinner, held in the Great Hall at Drew University in Madison beginning at 4:30 p.m. "The winning selections challenge us to meet at the crossroads, open our minds to multiple viewpoints, and take action for a better quality of life where everyone is deserving of respect and equality," says Margaret Roman, a professor of English and director of the honors program at The College of Saint Elizabeth, who chaired a statewide faculty committee that selected the honorees. Each essay winner will receive a $250 award. Gibel Azoulay is the author of "Black, Jewish and Interracial: It's Not the Color of Your Skin, but the Race of Your Kin, and Other Myths of Identity." The child of a Jewish mother and Jamaican father, Gibel Azoulay blends historical, theoretical, and personal perspectives to explore the possibilities and meanings that arise when Black and Jewish identities merge. An assistant professor of anthropology and chair of the Africana studies program at Grinnell College in Iowa, Gibel Azoulay has published her articles and essays in Cultural Studies, Research in African Literature, and The Jerusalem Post, among others. Gibel Azoulay earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in African studies from Hebrew University in Israel and a doctorate in cultural anthropology from Duke University. Students to be honored at the dinner for their prize-winning essays are: Ani Desilets of Roselle, William Paterson University, "Beyond the Identity Politic: White Feminists Working on Racism;" Sharon M. English of Little Egg Harbor Township, The College of New Jersey, "The Legacy of the Holocaust: Gender, Memory, and Identity The Relationship Between Survivor-Mothers and Their American Daughters from the 1950s Until Today;" Donna Keba of Hamburg, Sussex County Community College, "Finding Courage and Discovering Me;" Jan Oosting of Montclair, Douglass College of Rutgers University, "Ukugcinga Ubuntombi Nto Kwabezifazane (Guarding Our Girls' Treasure): Virginity Testing in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa;" and Christine M. Peluso of Cherry Hill, The College of New Jersey, "Living and Learning in the Red Zone." Also, Maria Gabriela Robinson of Roselle, Saint Peter's College, "Latin Lesbianism: Familial Acceptance and Rejection in Literary Spaces;" Patricia Shaffer of Forked River, The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, "Other Than the Days We Were Born;" Patricia Packard Smyla of Hardyston, Sussex County Community College, "Racism, Sexism, and Classism through the Lens of Social Welfare Policy;" Beth Wolk of Voorhees, The College of New Jersey, "The Impact of Colonialism on Antigua's Jamaica Kincaid as Portrayed through Her 'At the Bottom of the River,' 'Annie John,' 'Lucy,' 'A Small Place,' 'The Autobiography of My Mother,' and 'My Brother';" and Sara Zarbo of Rocky Hill, Connecticut, Drew University, "Fly Girls or Chicken Heads: Feminism in Hip Hop Culture." Headquartered at William Paterson University in Wayne, THE NEW JERSEY PROJECT is recognized around the country as a model for integrating women and issues of gender, race/ethnicity, class and sexuality into the curriculum of colleges and universities. In addition to annual awards to students whose work exemplifies inclusive feminist scholarship, the project publishes a journal, "Transformations," conducts conferences, workshops and regional network meetings and holds a residential summer institute designed to bring together the best scholars and teachers in the state and nation. Paula Rothenberg, a William Paterson professor of philosophy, is the project's director. For information on the dinner, call THE
NEW JERSEY PROJECT at 973-720-2296.
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