Participation Guidelines and Requirements

All participants on the 2010 NWSA program must be current (2010) members of NWSA, including the pre-conferences and general conference.  Membership in NWSA runs from January 1-December 31, 2010.  Panel organizers are responsible for conveying information about this requirement to prospective participants.  Participants must be current members and pre-registered for the conference by August 31, 2010 or risk being removed from the printed program book.

To inquire about your membership status, email nwsaoffice@nwsa.org or call (301) 403-0407.  Conference registration fees are separate from membership.

Participation Limits
To promote broad participation in the Annual Conference, an individual may not appear in the General Conference program more than two times (e.g., presenting a paper, moderating a session, leading a workshop). This total does not include participation in pre-conference sessions, any session connected with an NWSA office, committee, award or invited sessions (e.g., NWSA business meetings, addresses, or awards ceremonies).

General Conference Review Procedures
All General Conference proposals are reviewed anonymously (without author identification). Guidelines for reviewers are developed by the Proposal Review Committee and include:

• Topic: Is the topic/question/issue relevant to the field of women’s/gender studies?
• Relationship to Sub-Theme: Are the topics/questions/issues discussed in the proposal clearly connected to one of the five conference sub-themes?
• Frameworks: Is the proposal grounded in relevant feminist/womanist theoretical/conceptual/applied frameworks?
• Clarity: Is the proposal well-organized, coherent, and clear?

Proposal Status
NWSA will send accept/decline notifications by email on May 14, 2010 for all prospective participants in the general conference and pre-conference sessions. 

Refund Policy

The National Women's Studies Association regrets that it cannot refund conference registration payments.