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Publications

NWSAction

Twice annual member publication

NWSA Journal

Official journal of NWSA

NWSA Resource publications

Syllabi Collections, Program Admin Handbook and more

Graduate Guide to Women's and Gender Studies

Free resource for students considering graduate work in Women's/Gender Studies

Leadership & Member Directories

Directory

Directory Includes:
Staff
Governing Council
Delegate Assembly

Member Directory

Institutional Directory

Programs & Departments

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 or gender studies programs and departments to the Governing Council of NWSA and to assist NWSA in meeting the needs of women's / gender studies 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 and Gender 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.

Women's Centers

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.

Current Initiatives

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

Current initiatives include:

NWSA Data Collection Project

NWSA partnered 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 / gender 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 / gender studies as a whole.

Professional Resources

Awards & Scholarships

Member Areas

Governance

Governance

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

Students

Communities

 GREAT LAKES REGION

Great Lakes Region


(WI, MI, IL)

Great Lakes
Regional Chair:

Deb Hoskins
hoskins.debo@uwlax.edu

http://www.uwlax.edu/wgss/

Kathleen Underwood
underwok@gvsu.edu

Region website:

CURRENT NWSA MEMBER INSTITUTIONS IN THIS REGION:


Women's Centers (5)

1. Northern Illinois Univ.,   DeKalb,   IL.   
http://www.niu.edu/women

2. Univ. of Illinois,   Champaign,   IL.   
http://www.ofos.uiuc.edu/women

3. Olivet College,   Olivet,   MI.   

4. Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn,   Dearborn,   MI.   
http://www.umd.umich.edu/womenscenter

5. University of Michigan-Flint,   Flint,   MI.   
http://www.umflint.edu


Women's and Gender Studies Programs and Departments (35)

1. Augustana College,   Rock Island,   IL.   

2. DePaul Univ.,   Chicago,   IL.   

3. Eastern Illinois Univ.,   Charleston,   IL.   
http://www.eiu.edu/~wsminor/

4. Illinois State Univ.,   Normal,   IL.   
http://www.womenstudies.ilstu.edu/

5. Loyola Univ. of Chicago,   Chicago,   IL.   
http://www.luc.edu

6. Northeastern Illinois Univ.,   Chicago,   IL.   
http://www.neiu.edu/~wstudies/

7. Northern Illinois Univ.,   DeKalb,   IL.   
http://www.clas.niu.edu/wstudies

8. Oakton Community College,   Des Plaines,   IL.   

9. Roosevelt Univ.,   Chicago,   IL.   
http://www.roosevelt.edu

10. Southern Illinois Univ.,   Carbondale,   IL.   
http://www.siu.edu/~women

11. Univ. of Illinois - Springfield,   Springfield,   IL.   

12. Univ. of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign,   Champagin,   IL.   
http://www.gws.uiuc.edu/

13. Western Illinois Univ.,   Macomb,   IL.   
http://www.wiu.edu

14. Albion College,   Albion,   MI.   

15. Aquinas College,   Grand Rapids,   MI.   
http://www.aquinas.edu/womenscenter

16. Central Michigan Univ.,   Mount Pleasant,   MI.   
http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/WomensStudies/default.edu

17. Eastern Michigan Univ.,   Ypsilanti,   MI.   
http://www.emich.edu/wstudies/

18. Grand Valley State Univ.,   Allendale,   MI.   
http://www.gvsu.edu/women.html

19. Hope College,   Holland,   MI.   
http://www.hope.edu/academic/women

20. Michigan Women's Studies Assoc.,   Lansing,   MI.   

21. Oakland Univ.,   Rochester Hills,   MI.   
http://www2.oakland.edu/ouws

22. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor,   Ann Arbor,   MI.   
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/women/

23. Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn,   Dearborn,   MI.   
http://www.umd.umich.edu

24. Wayne State University,   Detroit,   MI.   
http://www.clas.wayne.edu/wsp

25. Western Michigan Univ.,   Kalamazoo,   MI.   

26. Beloit College,   Beloit,   WI.   
http://www.beloit.edu/~wgst

27. Carthage College,   Kenosha,   WI.   
http://www.carthage.edu

28. Edgewood College,   Madison,   WI.   
http://www.edgewood.edu

29. Lawrence Univ.,   Appleton,   WI.   
http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/gender_studies/index.shtml

30. Univ. of Wisconsin System,   Madison,   WI.   
http://www.uwsa.edu/acadaff/womens/index.htl

31. Univ. of Wisconsin, Eau Claire,   Eau Claire,   WI.   
http://www.uwec.edu/wmns/

32. Univ. of Wisconsin, La Crosse,   La Crosse,   WI.   
http://www.uwlax.edu/womenstudies

33. Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee,   Milwaukee,   WI.   
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CWS/

34. Univ. of Wisconsin, Oshkosh,   Oshkosh,   WI.   

35. Univ. of Wisconsin, Superior,   Superior,   WI.   


Other Institutional Members (2)

1. Hatcher Graduate Library, Univ. of Michigan,   Ann Arbor,   MI.   
http://www.lib.umich.edu/grad/

2. Library,   Ann Arbor,   MI.