NWSA Journal

Visit the Journal Website at:
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/nwsaj/

The NWSA Journal office has moved from Louisiana State University to the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Rebecca Ropers-Huilman remains the editor of the NWSA Journal, and Kathryn Enke, a graduate student in Educational Policy and Administration, has been hired as editorial assistant.

In addition, Adela Licona has been elected as president of the NWSA Journal board. Dr. Licona is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Arizona, where she is also affiliated with LGBT Studies, Women’s Studies, and Mexican American Studies. Her current scholarly work includes Changing Demographics and Reciprocal Integration: Latino/as in Iowa and Best Practices and the documentary film aguamiel: secrets of the agave.

The NWSA Journal is a peer-reviewed scholarly publication committed to providing a forum in which the research of feminist scholars, established and new, results in critical dialogue. We invite submission of articles in all areas related to Women’s Studies, with particular attention to diversity and internationalism.

To submit to the NWSA Journal, send one e-copy and one print copy of your manuscript (20-30 pages, double spaced), with parenthetical notes and complete reference page formatted according to Chicago Manual of Style to:

Rebecca Ropers-Huilman, Editor
University of Minnesota,
330 Wulling Hall,
86 Pleasant St. SE,
Minneapolis, MN, 55455.
nwsaj@umn.edu

Current NWSA members who are subscribers to the NWSA Journal can access the journal online: Click here for more information

Latest table of contents can be accessed here:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/nwsa_journal/

To access abstracts from current and forthcoming issues:
http://www.cehd.umn.edu/nwsaj/Abstracts.html

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Call for papers for a Special Cluster of Papers in the NWSA Journal

INCLUSIVE SCIENCE: ARTICULATING THEORY, PRACTICE, AND ACTION

It is no secret that there is a national crisis in STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), particularly in terms of the involvement of women and people of color. A great deal of effort has been exerted in the past few years to patch the “leaky pipeline” – the educational and experiential pathway which leads to careers in the sciences. However, critics of science, often feminists, have pointed out that “it’s not just enough to add women [or people of color] and stir” (C. Bunch, adapted) – we must look at how science and scientists are portrayed, who gets to ask the questions, what questions are asked, what methods are used, and how data are interpreted and used. We must also teach all of our students, particularly women and those in under-represented groups, that the process of science is open to all and that, in fact, without a diversity of investigators and approaches, our sciences are incomplete. To this end, we convened a national conference this summer at the College of St. Catherine to address these issues which are critical to the success of Science, Mathematics, and Technology programs across the country.

The conference brought together keynote speakers: Dr. Marlene Zuk, Dr. Sue Rosser, and Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum along with scholars in and of STEM and Women’s Studies who shared their knowledge and ideas in the areas of theory, pedagogy and activism.

To encourage dissemination of these and other ideas to a broad audience, we call for papers for a special cluster in the National Women’s Studies Association Journal with the theme: “Inclusive Science: Articulating Theory, Practice, and Action”. We will specifically consider articles which address the following intersections of science and feminism:

a) Multiple frameworks: critiques of science from multiple perspectives including gender, race and ethnicity, and class;
b) Pedagogies that engage women, students of color, and students from a variety of social classes in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); and
c) Transformation: putting theory into action; changing the way we do, learn and teach science.

Guest Editors: Cynthia G. Norton and Deborah D. Wygal, Department of Biology and Women’s Studies, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

Submission Process: Papers should be emailed to Cindy Norton at inclusivescience@stkate.edu by January 15, 2009.

Manuscripts will be subject to blind review and must follow the publishing guidelines of the NWSA Journal, found at: www.cehd.umn.edu/nwsaj. Manuscripts should be approximately 20-30 pages, and should include no information which would allow a reviewer to identify the author(s) or institution(s); a separate cover page should be included listing the paper title, abstract, and name, institutional affiliation, address, email, and phone number for each author. In addition, we ask that each submission be accompanied by the names and institutional affiliation of at least two potential reviewers.

Feel free to contact either Cindy Norton (cgnorton@stkate.edu) or Debbie Wygal (ddwygal@stkate.edu) with questions or concerns about the submission process.

Dr. Cynthia G. Norton
Endowed Professor in the Sciences
Professor of Biology and Women's Studies
College of St. Catherine
2004 Randolph Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55105
651-690-6631