NWSA: RESEARCHING THE FIELD
INSTITUTIONAL NWSA MEMBERS FOR 2008
388
INDIVIDUAL NWSA MEMBERS FOR 2008
1,929
Source: NWSA Membership Database
DATA ON THE FIELD
The National Women's Studies Association established its Mapping Women’s and Gender Studies project to collect data that could provide a comprehensive portrait of these programs and how they manifest themselves in different U.S. institutions of higher education. Click here to search the database
This project is made possible with generous support from The Ford Foundation.
QUESTIONS FOR A NEW CENTURY: WOMEN’S STUDIES AND INTEGRATIVE LEARNING
Past efforts to assess the field of Women’s Studies include Ford Foundation sponsored reports by Catharine Stimpson (1986) and Beverly Guy-Sheftall (1995). A FIPSE-funded study was led by Caryn McTighe Musil and yielded three 1992 publications. Recent assessments are lacking, and there is a contradiction between the field’s assertion that it is at the forefront of educational change and the reality that program goals, student outcomes, and assessment methods have changed little in a dozen years. Women’s Studies must engage in renewed assessment efforts in order to maintain its leadership position, and this document offers a snapshot of the status of the field. Click here to read the full report
WOMEN’S STUDIES PROGRAM RANKINGS
The National Academies ranks doctoral programs, and is including the “emerging field” of women’s and gender studies for the first time in its latest assessment project. This assessment is scheduled to be completed in early 2008.
Note, however, that the women’s studies programs will not be ranked; instead they will be qualitatively and quantitatively assessed. The National Academies reserves rankings for programs that graduate at least 500 PhDs annually.
JOBS IN THE FIELD POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE
Job Postings on the National Women's Studies Association Website |
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September 2007 -May 2008 |
September 2008 -August 2009 |
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Area |
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Center |
15 |
Center |
10 |
Women's Studies |
76 |
Women's Studies |
47 |
Joint |
42 |
Joint |
32 |
Fellowships/postdocs/Scholars in Residence |
Fellowships/postdocs/Scholars in Residence |
8 |
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Total |
133 |
97 |
|
Type: Center |
07-08 |
Type: Center |
08-09 |
Full-Time |
11 |
Full-Time |
7 |
Full-Time Tenure Track |
1 |
Full-Time Tenure Track |
2 |
Full-Time, Grant Funded |
1 |
Full-Time, Grant Funded |
|
Other |
2 |
Other |
1 |
Total |
15 |
Total |
10 |
Type: Women's Studies/Gender Studies |
07-08 |
Type: Women's Studies/Gender Studies |
08-09 |
Full-Time |
9 |
Full-Time |
1 |
Full-Time, Tenure Track |
28 |
Full-Time, Tenure Track |
21 |
Full-Time, Tenured |
12 |
Full-Time, Tenured |
4 |
Full-Time Non-Tenured |
3 |
Full-Time Non-Tenured |
2 |
Tenure Track, Open Rank |
4 |
Tenure Track, Open Rank |
1 |
Full-Time, Temporary/Visiting |
8 |
Full-Time, Temporary/Visiting |
8 |
Senior Scholar |
3 |
Senior Scholar |
|
Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track, Temporary |
1 |
Full-Time, Non-Tenure Track, Temporary |
|
Fellowship |
3 |
Fellowship |
8 |
Half-Time Ranked Renewable Term |
2 |
Half-Time Ranked Renewable Term |
1 |
Open Rank |
1 |
Open Rank |
2 |
Visiting Scholar |
1 |
Visiting Scholar |
|
Contract |
1 |
Contract |
1 |
Total |
76 |
Total |
49 |
Type: Joint |
07-08 |
Type: Joint |
08-09 |
Entry Level |
1 |
Entry Level |
|
Full-Time, Non-TenureTrack, Temp/Visiting |
4 |
Full-Time, Non-TenureTrack, Temp/Visiting |
1 |
Full-Time |
10 |
Full-Time |
5 |
Full-Time, Tenure-Track |
17 |
Full-Time, Tenure-Track |
17 |
Full-Time, Tenured |
5 |
Full-Time, Tenured |
2 |
Tenured And/Or Tenure-Track |
4 |
Tenured And/Or Tenure-Track |
3 |
Senior Scholar |
1 |
Senior Scholar |
|
Visiting Scholar |
Visiting Scholar |
1 |
|
Contract |
Contract |
1 |
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Half-time |
Half-time |
1 |
|
Fellowship |
Fellowship |
5 |
|
Total |
42 |
Total |
37 |
Positions: Centers |
07-08 |
Positions: Centers |
08-09 |
Women's Center Director |
7 |
Women's Center Director |
6 |
Sexual Violence Education/Prevention Coordinator |
2 |
Sexual Violence Education/Prevention Coordinator |
|
Women's Center Assoc/Assistant Director |
2 |
Women's Center Assoc/Assistant Director |
1 |
Center Coordinator |
1 |
Center Coordinator |
3 |
Gender Education Specialist |
1 |
Gender Education Specialist |
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Director of Women's Programs |
1 |
Director of Women's Programs |
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Other |
1 |
Other |
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Positions: Joint |
07-08 |
Positions: Joint |
08-09 |
Department of Women's Studies and Sociology |
4 |
Dean for Research and Graduate Studies |
1 |
Department of Anthropology and Sociology and WOST |
4 |
Developing world & Women's Studies |
2 |
Department of Political Science, Int'l Development and Affairs |
4 |
Diversity Officer/Director |
2 |
Program Assistant Director |
3 |
Economics & Women's Studies |
1 |
Women's Studies and English |
3 |
English & Women's Studies |
1 |
Gender and Mass Media |
3 |
Ethic Studies / Gender studies |
2 |
Department of Psychology and Women's Studies |
3 |
German & Women's Studies |
1 |
Women's Studies and Science |
2 |
History & Women's Studies |
1 |
Political Science, American Politics, Public Law |
2 |
Humanities/Fine arts & Women's Studies |
2 |
Economics |
2 |
Leadership Studies & Women's Studies |
3 |
African American Studies |
2 |
LGBTQ Affairs |
1 |
Department of History |
2 |
Liberal Arts & Women's Studies |
1 |
Visual Culture Studies/Film Studies |
1 |
Philosophy & Women's Studies |
1 |
Department Chair |
1 |
Political Science & Women's Studies |
1 |
Director: Center for Race and Ethnicity |
1 |
Public Affairs |
2 |
Director: Division of Humanities, Arts, Cultural Studies |
1 |
Queer Theory & Women's Studies |
1 |
Provost Managing Director |
1 |
Religion & Women's Studies |
3 |
Director: Executive |
1 |
Social Sciences & Women's Studies |
1 |
American Studies and Women's Studies |
1 |
Sociology & Women's Studies |
3 |
Philosophy |
1 |
Vice President for Student Affairs |
1 |
Women's Studies, Global Studies, Social Justice |
1 |
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Chicano/a Studies |
1 |
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Positions: Women's Studies |
07-08 |
Positions: Women's Studies |
08-09 |
Assistant / Associate Professor |
24 |
Assistant / Associate Professor |
25 |
Coordinator / Director of Women's Studies |
11 |
Coordinator / Director of Women's Studies |
6 |
Women's and Gender Studies |
11 |
Women's and Gender Studies |
|
Visiting Professor / Assistant Professor |
5 |
Visiting Professor / Assistant Professor |
3 |
Advanced Assistant / Associate Professor |
3 |
Advanced Assistant / Associate Professor |
|
Open Rank |
|
Open Rank |
1 |
Post-Doctoral |
3 |
Post-Doctoral |
3 |
Senior Scholar / Scholars in Residence |
2 |
Senior Scholar / Scholars in Residence |
1 |
Full Professor |
3 |
Full Professor |
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Chair of Women's / Gender Studies |
2 |
Chair of Women's / Gender Studies |
6 |
Visiting Scholar |
2 |
Visiting Scholar |
2 |
Dissertation Scholar |
1 |
Dissertation Scholar |
1 |
Assistant Director of Women's Studies |
1 |
Assistant Director of Women's Studies |
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Fellowships |
2 |
Fellowships |
1 |
Pre-Doctoral Fellow |
1 |
Pre-Doctoral Fellow |
3 |
Research Project Manager |
1 |
Research Project Manager |
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Feminist Health Studies |
1 |
Feminist Health Studies |
|
Lecturer |
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Lecturer |
4 |
Other |
1 |
Other |
2 |
07-08 |
08-09 |
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Total Positions |
133 |
Total Positions |
97 |