NWSAction Spring 2008 Now Online
Enjoy, interact, and tell us what you think. Click here to go to the NWSAction site
2008 Annual Conference
Our speaker this year is Patricia Hill Collins.
The Conference provides
an opportunity for teachers, students, scholars, activists, and community
and cultural workers to share research findings, strategies, and programmatic
concerns, for effecting social change.
Click here to visit the conference site.
NWSA 2008 Election Results
Please visit our elections page to see the results of the recent election process. A big thank you to all who ran. We appreciate your willingness to serve.
Graduate Guide Update
The National Women's Studies Association has begun to update its most-requested
publication, the Guide to Graduate Work in Women’s Studies. This
valuable tool offers prospective students detailed information about
programs’ faculty, courses, and specializations along with an
introductory essay on how to choose a graduate program. It is
the most comprehensive listing of graduate Women’s Studies programs
available in a convenient format.
Click here for more information on how you can be included
(deadline May 31, 2008)
NWSA Elections
Ballots are being mailed to current NWSA members. Candidate Position Statements can be viewed at:
http://www.nwsa.org/govern/ballot.php
Student Interns Wanted
Various organizations and businesses are seeking student interns.
Click here for details or click here to post an internship
QUESTIONS FOR A NEW CENTURY:WOMEN’S STUDIES AND INTEGRATIVE LEARNING
Amy K. Levin, Director of Women’s Studies at Northern Illinois University was awarded the inaugural National Women's Studies Association Distinguished Fellowship, and Questions for a New Century: Women’s Studies and Integrative Learning is the first report to come out of this new program.
Click here to read the full report
2008 NWSA Speakers Bureau
Our successful speakers bureau, now in its third year, is now offering speakers for 2008. These speakers address a wide range of topics of critical importance to Women's Studies and would make a valuable contribution to your institution's programming.
The speakers have volunteered to give at least one lecture in the 2008-2009 academic year on behalf of NWSA, pending their availability.Speakers donate their time to NWSA, and host institutions pay a $1,000 speaker's fee directly to the National Women's Studies Association, in addition to the speaker's travel and lodging expenses. Speakers' fees will support new and existing projects at NWSA.
If you would like to arrange a lecture or need further information, please click here to see the speakers offered and to fill out a request form.
Mapping Women’s and Gender Studies Data Collection
The National Women's Studies Association established its Mapping Women’s and Gender Studies project to collect data that could provide a comprehensive portrait of these programs and how they manifest themselves in different U.S. institutions of higher education.
With generous support from The Ford Foundation, NWSA partnered with the National Opinion Research Center to conduct its national survey.
Click here to see some key results from the data and to download the report.
Community Discussion Boards
NWSA has launched a discussion board with a forum for each of the Caucus, Task Force and Interest Group constituencies.
The forums are intended to replace the current listservs, and will help to facilitate greater participation in constituency group interests, research projects, discussions and concerns.
A general discussion forum is also available. Discussions and comments are welcome from all NWSA members. Click here to visit the forums
Books by Members
NWSA is promoting and offer links to purchase member books through our website. We feature books by members on our book sales pages.
If you would like to be featured click here to enter some information in our online form.
Videos by Members
See members' videos on our site! Click here to view.
If you would like to be featured Click here to access the form.
