Dates: April 2-4, 2008
Call for Papers Deadline: February 20, 2008
Location: South Texas College, McAllen, TX 
Website: www.southtexascollege.edu/womens_studies/

Following the success of our 2007 conference on Human Trafficking, the Women’s Studies committee of South Texas College is organizing our second annual conference, on the topic of Human Trafficking.     

Our keynote and featured speakers are, Mimi Chakarova a photojournalist from U.C. Berkeley.  Victor Malarek, Canadian TV and author of  The Natashas.  Robert Jensen, University of Texas, Austin and author of  Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity, Melissa Farley, Clinical Psychologist, and Director of Prostitution Research and Education and Norma Hotaling, Executive Director of SAGE Project and founder of the first “John School.” 

We invite researchers, faculty, graduate students, journalists and practitioners to present findings and observations on a wide range of issues related to sex trafficking focusing on demand.  Topics may include: nature and causes behind the growing demand for services performed by persons who are trafficked, the causes and effects of sex and labor trafficking, organized sex tourism,  enslaved prostitution, and strategies for reducing the global practice of sex and labor trafficking.    

The conference will include presentations by guest speakers, and art exhibits on both sides of the Texas/Mexico border.  Proposals for papers, panels and roundtables will be accepted through February 20, 2008, and may be sent via e-mail to Jenny B. Clark, Chair of the Women’s Studies Committee at: jclark@southtexascollege.edu or Mark Burton at amburton@southtexascollege.edu  Please include the term “Sex Trafficking Conference” in the subject line.