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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 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.

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.
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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.

Professional Resources

Awards & Scholarships

Member Areas

Governance

Governance

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

Students

Communities

NWSA SARA WHALEY BOOK PRIZE

The Book prize application process is currently closed. The 2009 prize application will be available soon.

Thanks to a generous bequest from Sara A. Whaley, NWSA will offer two $2,000 Sara A. Whaley book awards on the topic of women and labor. This prize honors Sara Whaley, who owned Rush Publishing and was the editor of Women's Studies Abstracts.

Sarah Whaley Prize awarded in 2009 will only consider books that have 2007 copyright date.

Each year NWSA will award up to 2 book awards ($2,000 each) on the topic of women and labor.

One of these awards will go to a senior scholar with a record of publication of at least two books.

The other award will go to a junior scholar with a forthcoming book (i.e. signed a contract with a publisher or book in the press).

Women of color of the U.S. and/or International origin are encouraged to apply.  

Suggested topics on women and labor include but are not limited to:

  1. Migration and women’s paid jobs
  2. Illegal immigration and women’s work
  3. Impact of Aids on women’s employment
  4. Trafficking of women and women’s employment
  5. Women and domestic works
  6. Impact of race on women’s work

 

Next deadline to apply: May 1, 2009

1) Complete the application form

You will be asked for title, ISBN, year published, year, 50-100 word abstract, and a single page CV.

2) Send 5 copies of your book to:
National Women’s Studies Association
7100 Baltimore Ave, Suite 502
College Park, MD 20740
ATTN: NWSA Book Prize

 

National Women's Studies Association
7100 Baltimore Avenue, Suite 502, College Park MD 20740
(301) 403-0407 • nwsaoffice@nwsa.org