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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

Directory

Directory Includes:
Staff
Governing Council
Delegate Assembly

Member Directory

Institutional Directory

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.

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.

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

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.

Governance

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


NWSA WOMEN'S/GENDER STUDIES STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

NWSA offers four annual scholarships and awards through its communities
and conference registration scholarships

Visit the following pages for guidelines and/or to apply on-line:

NWSA Conference Registration Scholarships
DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED FOR 2008

NWSA is able to offer 100 Conference Registration grants to presenters. Students, scholars and activists with a demonstrated need for financial assistance are encouraged to apply.

Particular consideration will be given to assisting student presenters and emerging scholars who have not previously received NWSA grants. The grants are also intended to encouraging the participation in NWSA of individuals whose presence enriches the diversity of and increases participation by under-represented constituencies in the NWSA.


NWSA Graduate Scholarship Award $1,000
DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED FOR 2008

NWSA will award $1,000 to a student who, in the fall of the year of the award, will be engaged in the research or writing stages of a Master's Thesis or Ph.D. Dissertation in the interdisciplinary field of women's studies.

The research project must be on women and must enhance the NWSA mission.
Applicants must be members of NWSA at the time of application.

 

Women of Color Scholarships (amounts vary)
DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED FOR 2008


The Women of Color Caucus, is proud to announce the availability of the 2008 NWSA Women of Color Caucus Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Student Essay Awards.  

 

Jewish Caucus Scholarship $1,000
DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED FOR 2008

The award will be given to a GRADUATE STUDENT who is enrolled for the 2007/2008 academic year and who has a special interest in the lives, work and culture of Jewish Women.

 

Lesbian Caucus Scholarship $500.00
DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED FOR 2008

The purpose of the annual NWSA Lesbian Caucus Award is to provide a $500 research award in recognition of a Master’s Thesis or Doctoral Dissertation research project that resonates with the mission of NWSA and the goals of the Lesbian Caucus.

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