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Jo Ann Garbarini

Fremont Unified Schoo lDistrict
teacher
fremont,CA
education
Saturday, July 2
 

10:00am PDT

The Art of Dress WashingtonHeather Burgess • Chad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Jess Knight • Joy Knight-Richards • Johanna Mead • Wolfcat International Space Flight – A New Cold War HawthorneAri Goldstein • Dan Dubrick • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley Empathetic Diversity Chat Ross IslandAmber Clark • Sarah Gulde • Abbie Normal • Cat Rambo • Roget Ratchford

11:00am PDT

Nikola Tesla and the Tesla Coil 3 SistersDon Anderson

1:00pm PDT

Grimm Discussion Ross IslandJohn Shirley • John Lovett • Micky Shirley • Alan Winston

2:00pm PDT

Disasters, Crises, and Resultant Industrial Progress HawthorneGordon E Frye • Ari Goldstein • Hugh S. Gregory • G. David Nordley Victorian Working Girls: History of Victorian Prostitution Jeff/AdamsHeidi Davisson

3:00pm PDT

Why the Goggles? Steampunk Technology and Life During the Industrial Revolution WashingtonChad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Guy Letourneau LGBT in Fandom Ross IslandGene Armstrong • Amber Clark • Gibbitt Rhys-Jones

4:00pm PDT

Intro to Fandom Quilting WashingtonContessa Paxton Timmerman • Emily Brier • A.M. Brosius Drones - Who Decides Who and When They Kill? Ross IslandAndrew Nisbet • Dave Davis • William Hertling • Frog Jones • Ken Lizzi

5:00pm PDT

Victoria's Other Secret Jeff/AdamsLaura Sinclair McShane

6:00pm PDT

Social Justice Warrior Ross IslandFrog Jones • Amber Clark • Jim Minz • Anthony Pryor • Sienna Saint-Cyr

7:00pm PDT

Spiritualism & the Victorian Occult WeidlerProfessor DR Schreiber

8:00pm PDT

How Much Math Is Really Necessary? HawthorneManny Frishberg • Sarah Gulde • Jordin Kare • Guy Letourneau • Roy Torley
 
Sunday, July 3
 

11:00am PDT

I Want to Make a Costume! SellwoodBetty Bigelow • Janet Borkowski • Gail Glass • Flori Lima-Steele • Kevin Roche

12:00pm PDT

Bead Embroidery Workshop SellwoodTheresa Halbert The Amish Approach to Changing Technology: The Error of Presumed Neutrality of Technology HawthorneAri Goldstein • Keith Henson • Guy Letourneau • Sara Stamey

1:00pm PDT

Neologism and Linguicide: How the Dominant Language Mutates and Assimilates Other Languages Ross IslandJason V Brock • Amber Clark • Angela Hardy • John Lovett

2:00pm PDT

Gender Roles in Steampunk Fiction and Victorian Moral Climates WashingtonPaige Mackmer • Anina Bennett • Raven Bond • Chad Budrow • Sheri Budrow • Ellen Klowden • Jess Knight • Rhiannon Louve

4:00pm PDT

Harry Potter Fandom Celebration: Accio Sequels and Prequels! WashingtonNora • Katie Klecker • Ellen Klowden • Jess Knight • Chantal Rochette • Ayla Jade Spillman • Katrina Spillman • Tristian Spillman Doctor Who for Steampunks WeidlerJohnn Fultz • Danielle Nicole Arthun • Dr. Jamie Hardy

5:00pm PDT

Essential Tips for Fitting Yourself SellwoodWolfcat • Theresa Halbert • Sandra King • Flori Lima-Steele • Richard Stephens
 
Monday, July 4
 

10:00am PDT

Baron Munchausen HamiltonNat Saenz

11:00am PDT

Australian Aboriginals as First Astronomers HawthorneJames Glass

1:00pm PDT

The Ukrainian Bandura: How Stalin's Henchmen Tried to Destroy a Bardic Tradition OregonJoan Gaustad • Roy Torley Sherlock Holmes on Steampunk WeidlerDanielle Nicole Arthun • Flori Lima-Steele • John Lovett • Mac McGowan Geeks and Feminism Ross IslandLiz Argall • Amber Clark • Ari Goldstein • Langley Hyde

3:00pm PDT

Kitten Kaboodle: Portrayals of Cats and Their People in Popular Culture WashingtonEllen Klowden • Katie Klecker • Flori Lima-Steele • Contessa Paxton Timmerman