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Proposals are now being accepted for the Gender & Technology Area of the
Southwest/Texas Popular & American Cultural Association 2008 Conference.

In addition to individual paper proposals, panel proposals are also
encouraged.

Listed below are some suggestions for possible presentations, but topics
exploring other interesting and varied relationships between gender and
technology are also welcome:

*gender and technology in learning environments

*gender in IT careers

*medical regulation, invention, and augmentation of gender

*gender and science theory (dealing with philosophical questions/aspects,
i.e. Keller, Longino, etc.)

*gender role-playing on the web

*gender-bias in web design

*historical analyses of gender & technology

*gender differences in human-computer interaction

*media portrayal of women and men interacting with technology

*feminine, masculine, and gender-neutral technology

Inquiries regarding this area and/or abstracts of 250 words or less may
be sent to the area chair, Brian Still (brian.still_at_ttu.edu
<mailto:brian.still_at_ttu.edu>), by November 15, 2007.

The 29th Annual Meeting of the SW/TX PCA/ACA (<http://www.h-
net.org/~swpca/index.html>)

February 13-16, 2008

Hyatt Regency Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico

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