University of Maryland, College Park
National Women's Studies Association
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Contact Information:
7100 Baltimore Avenue
Suite 502
College Park, MD 20740
Phone: 301-403-0524
Fax: 301-403-4137
E-mail: nwsaoffice@nwsa.org
CENTER DESCRIPTION
The National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) is dedicated to furthering the development of women's studies at every educational level in every setting. NWSA provides a forum for dialogue and collective action among women committed to feminist education and change. The association holds conferences, publishes resources on women's studies, offers awards and scholarships, sponsors caucuses and task forces, and has workshops for administrators.
AREA(S) OF EXPERTISE
Education; feminist thought and scholarship; funding/grants/scholarships; women's studies development.
RECENT PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
Caucuses and Task Forces. Caucuses and task forces sponsored by NWSA center around issue areas. Caucuses are encouraged to maintain year-long contact among members and at the very minimum convene at the NWSA national conference. Caucuses include African-American Women; Aging; Jewish Women; Lesbians; Poor and Working Class; Women's Centers; and others. Task forces address concerns such as eco-feminism; feminist mothers and allies; women and crime, international, and others. There is also a task force devoted to defraying the cost of legal action taken against academic discrimination.
Scholarship program. NWSA offers several scholarships designed to broaden the possibilities of women's studies education. Specific scholarships include: NWSA Graduate Scholarship in Lesbian Studies; Scholarship in Jewish Women's Studies; Pat Parker Poetry Award; Audre Lorde Memorial Prose Prize (categories in fiction and non-fiction); NWSA Graduate Scholarship in Women's Studies; and the Abafazi-Africana Women's Studies Essay Award.
Annual Conference. NWSA oversees an annual conference where scholars, teachers, students, and activists convene to exchange ideas about the theories and practice of women's studies and feminist education.
PUBLICATIONS
Women's Studies Department
NWSAction. The NWSA newsletter.
NWSA Journal. NWSA's quarterly journal.
Guide to Graduate Work in Women's Studies, 1999 edition.
National Report on the Women's Studies Major.
Remembering: NWSA 1977 to 1987, compiled by Kathryn Towns, et al.
Selected Syllabi of Women's Studies Courses, compiled by Wendy Kolamer and Patricia Vogt.
Updates Women's Studies Programs, from NWSA database.
NWSA Directory of Women's Studies Programs, Women's Centers, and Women's Research Centers.
Bridges of Power: Women's Multicultural Alliances, edited by Lisa Albrecht and Rose M. Brewer.
The Courage to Question: Women's Studies and Student Learning, edited by Caryn McTighe Musil.
Students at the Center: Feminist Assessment, Caryn McTighe Musil.
NWSA Backlash Report: Problems, Instigators, and Strategies, Diana Scully and Danielle M. Currier.
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