C1: Panel - Regulating Bodies, Resisting States: Law, Rights, and the Politics of Personal Freedom
2025-06-26 , Mezzanine B

Chair: Cynthia Ross, East Texas A&M University

“The Legal Battles of Muhammad Ali: Navigating Censorship and Religious Freedom in the American Courtroom”
Sarah Eltabib, Adelphi University

“Wedding Bells and ‘Marriage Rings’: An Examination of a Controversial 1918 El Paso Matrimonial Bureau”
Hannah Shepherd, East Texas A&M University

"Beyond the Bars: Reintegration as Protest and Systemic Resistance"
Joy Ferdinand, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

“Anbara Salam Khalidi and Halide Edib Adivar: Political Feminism, Opposing Nationalisms, and the End of the Ottoman Era”
Richard Garlitz, University of Tennessee-Martin