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Click here to visit the PA&D webpages and resources

The Program Administration and Development Committee (PA&D) is a standing committee in NWSA specifically designed to represent the interests and needs of administrators of women's studies programs and departments to the Governing Council of NWSA and to assist NWSA in meeting the needs of women's administrators and their departments and programs.

The PA&D webpages offer a wealth of free downloadable resources for NWSA members.

These include:
Administrators Hand Book
The latest edition of the Administrators handbook

Defining Women's Scholarship
A Statement of the National Women's Studies Association Task Force on Faculty Roles and Rewards.

What Programs Need
Essential Resources for Women's Studies Programs.

Shared Development Documents including course development, climate issues and surveys, service learning guides and evaluations and much more.

Click here to visit the PA&D webpages and resources.

Click here to visit the Women's Center pages and resources.

Women's Centers have representation on the NWSA Governing Council as a standing committee. This is more than a symbolic recognition of the important role that women's centers play in feminist education.

The Center webpages offer a wealth of free downloadable resources for NWSA members.

Administration Resources
Annual Reports,
Strategic Planning and Surveys
Constitutions and Advisory Boards
Contact Logs and Evaluation Forms
Mission Statements
Position Descriptions
Program Proposals
Student Staff Procedures and Handbooks

And More...

Click here to visit the Women's Center pages and resources.

NWSA has many initiatives in development and ongoing.
Click here to see more

Current initiatives include:

NWSA Data Collection Project

NWSA is partnering with the National Organization for Research (NORC) at the University of Chicago to collect data on the field of women’s studies nationally.

Women of Color Leadership

The WoCLP is designed to increase the number of women of color students and faculty within the field of women’s studies and, consequently, to have an impact on the levels of participation and power by women of color in the PA&D, NWSA, and in the field of women’s studies as a whole.

Governance

This section includes reports, recommendations, constitution, bylaws, elections, policies and so forth.

NWSA LESBIAN CAUCUS
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GENERAL RESOURCES

THE TOOLKIT for LGBT and Ally College Students & Organizations

Twelve organizations from around the country have joined forces to create a comprehensive, web-based toolkit for LGBT and ally campus groups.

The Toolkit provides streamlined access to hundreds of resources that can be used to strengthen, develop, support, and expand college and university organizations.

Whether you are looking for information, publications, strategies, or resources, this is the one-stop source you have been waiting for.

http://www.getthetoolkit.com


Click here to access our resources

Queer People of Color Documentaries
( PDF download resource)
While not exhaustive, this list has several good listings of a diverse array of documentaries on queers and queer issues.

List of High Profile GLB people
( PDF download resource)

Tips for faculty to make their classrooms inclusive
( PDF download resource)

Domestic Partner Benefits:
An Overview with Resources
A free compilation of domestic partner benefit strategies and examples for establishing DP benefits on campuses
(downloadable PDF )


Latest News from The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force


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Lesbian
Caucus Chair:


Lisa R. Burke
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Office: 609-658-1614


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NWSA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
IN LESBIAN STUDIES $500

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2008 Lesbian Caucus Graduate Student Scholarship Award
sponsored and administered by
the Lesbian Caucus of the National Women’s Studies Association

Submission Deadline:  March 1, 2008 (postmark deadline; electronic submissions encouraged via NWSA website)

The purpose of the annual NWSA Lesbian Caucus Award is to provide a $500 research award in recognition of a Master’s Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation research project that resonates with the mission of NWSA and the goals of the Lesbian Caucus.

Graduate students embarking on this phase of their academic career are encouraged to submit. Membership in NWSA is encouraged but not required. 

The field of the degree is open, but the work should focus on lesbian (defined broadly) lives, identities, or realities and make a contribution to the fields of lesbian and sexuality studies. 

Award applications (http://www.nwsa.org/scholarship/lcguide.php) are evaluated on the basis of

  1. Clarity of project description;

  2. Relevance to mission of NWSA, goals of Lesbian Caucus, and field of Women’s and Gender Studies;

  3. Engagement of feminist analytical frameworks/ methodologies; and

  4. Potential impact on the fields of lesbian/sexuality studies.

Announcement of the winning proposal will be made around April 1, 2008.  All applicants are encouraged to apply for NWSA Travel Grant Awards if financial assistance is needed to attend the NWSA Annual Conference (a separate application is required so see www.nwsa.org for details).   The awardee will be invited (but not required) to attend the Lesbian Caucus Breakfast at NWSA 2008 and to write an article/essay for the Fall 2008 edition of NWSAction.
For further information,
contact Lisa Burke at lcchair@lists.nwsa.org.


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