Women's Studies Program Lecture On Sexual Abuse, Feb. 18

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University Park, Pa. -- One out of every four women were sexually abused as children. Suzanne Stutman was one out of the four. At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18, Stutman will relay her own experiences to an audience of students, faculty and administrators in 101 Kern Building.

Her talk, co-sponsored by the Women's Studies Program, the Center for Women Students, and the Women's Resource Center, will include a brief poetry reading as well as a discussion about recovering memory and the impact it has on life. She also plans to address what is meant to be a victim, what it means to be a survivor, and what it means to be an activist.

A professor of English, American studies and women's studies at Penn State Abington, Stutman has written and lectured extensively on channeling children's anger. She is the author of five books and two dozen articles and is currently working on a sixth text titled "I Can Hear the Children Crying: Child Abuse in American Literature."

In her book, "Broken Feather, A Journey to Healing," Stutman uses poetry and prose to describe her experience as a victim of child abuse and chronicles her healing. She hopes her writing can affect the lives of child abuse victims by demonstrating the struggles she has had to overcome.

For more information, contact Danielle Chiara or Julie Evak at the Women's Studies Program, (814) 863-4025.

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