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1998 ANNUAL CONFERENCE

TRANSFORMATION THROUGH RESEARCH, ACTION, AND KNOWLEDGE

Thursday, October 1 - Sunday, October 4, 1998
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Washington DC

Keynote Speaker: Lani Guinier

The National Council for Research on Women is grateful to the following foundations for their support:
The Ford Foundation (Core Support)
Rockefeller Foundation and Open Society Institute (Global Exchange Initiative)
National Science Foundation and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Science Panels)
The Ms. Foundation for Women ("Fourth Wave" Panel)
The American Express Foundation and the Levi Strauss Foundation (Microenterprise Panels)

The Council's 17th Annual Conference in Washington DC from October 1-4 drew over two hundred activists, researchers, policymakers, educators, and affiliates from throughout the United States and abroad. This year's Conference focused on women's leadership; issues in the healthy development of girls; women's and girls experiences in the sciences, math, and engineering; efforts to achieve economic security and justice; and new frontiers in feminist research. Throughout, the Conference drew upon cross-cultural, cross-national, and intergenerational perspectives in order to more broadly elucidate transformations in research, action, and knowledge that have taken place over the past thirty years, and to initiate the development of a research and action agenda for the 21st century.

Program highlights included a keynote luncheon talk by Lani Guinier about women interrogating and confronting power; NCRW's First Annual Award Dinner for Women Leaders Who Make a Difference in honor of Donna Shavlik; and a panel of young researchers and activists -- the "Fourth Wave" -- who discussed the experiences and conditions that affect their perspectives, and the research questions and activist strategies that guide their work.

Panelists included representatives of NCRW member centers as well as specialists from a variety of local and global arenas, as well as five international scholars -- three from Africa and two from Eastern Europe -- who were inaugural participants in NCRW's Global Initiative, funded by the Open Society Institute and the Rockefeller Foundation. The Global Initiative was designed to build on the momentum of international conferences by providing an opportunity for women to share their diverse experiences and perspectives on current trends in women's research, public policy, and program development, as well as their strategies to mobilize and sustain collective action locally, nationally, and globally. Potential areas of collaborative research and action were identified, particularly as they relate to the impact on women of current processes of globalization and privatization.

Overall, 50 of NCRW's 77 member centers were represented; of these 50, sixteen were represented by more than one attendee. Additionally, several member centers were able to sponsor the participation of graduate students, thereby enhancing the quality of intergenerational dialogue. The publicized participation of the Global Exchange Initiative scholars also catalyzed the attendance and participation at the Annual Conference of several other international scholars and activists, including representatives from gender focal points within UN agencies, visiting scholars, and Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows through the Institute of International Education.

The program summary that follows details the participants, panels, and workshops.

Click on a panel or workshop title to view an in-depth description.

Thursday, October 1
PROGRAM
11:00 am-5:00 pm	Board Meeting (Latrobe/Bulfinch)
5:30-7:30 pm	Opening Reception Welcome, Shari Miles (Executive Director, Women's Research and Education Institute) Chaired by United States Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Sue Kelly (R-NY)
8:30 pm	NCRW Board Development Committee Meeting
Friday, October 2
7:30-8:45 am	Breakfast and Registration
8:45-9:00 am	Welcome, Donna Shavlik (NCRW Board Chair) and Linda Basch (Executive Director, NCRW)
9:00-10:30 am	OPENING PLENARY Transforming Political and Social Institutions Globally and Locally: New Visions and Strategies of Leadership Participants: Peggy Antrobus (DAWN); Jan Piercy (U.S. Executive Director, World Bank); Ruth Meena (Professor of Political Science, University of Dar Es Salaam) Moderator: Yolanda Moses (President, City College of New York) Discussants: Hester Eisenstein (Director, Women's Studies Program, Queens College; Professor, Graduate Center, City University of New York); Rosina Wiltshire (Manager, Gender in Development Programme, UNDP)
10:30-11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00-12:45 pm	CONCURRENT PANELS: Transforming Research to Action Transforming the Equation in Science and Technology: The Case for Women and Girls Chair: Carol Hollenshead (Director, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan) Participants: Angela Ginorio (Director, Northwest Center for Research on Women, University of Washington), Sue Rosser (Director, Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, University of Florida), Cecily Cannan Selby (Scientist, Director, Educator), Carol Burger (Coordinator, Science and Gender Equity Program, Virginia Polytechnic Institute) The Girl-Child in Global and National Contexts: Research, Policy and Advocacy Issues Moderator: Leslie Calman (NOW, LDEF) Participants: Geeta Rao Gupta (President, International Center for Research on Women), Lynn Phillips (Author Girl's Report, Eugene Lang College, New School University); Leslie Wolfe (President, Center for Women's Policy Studies); Penina Mlama (Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Dar es Salaam); Sara Friedman (UNICEF) Economic Growth with Economic Justice: The Microenterprise Movement as a Means Toward Gender Equity Globally and Locally Moderator: Kate Cloud (Director, Office of Women in International Development, University of Illinois at Urbana) Participants: Susan Davis (Board Director, Grameen Foundation); Rekha Mehra (ICRW); Anna Wadia (Ms. Foundation); Madeline Lamour (Senior Program Coordinator, Sister's Lending Circle, Central Brooklyn Federal Credit Union/Central Brooklyn Partnership)
1:00-2:30 pm	Lunch; Moderator: Demie Kurz (Alice Paul Center, University of Pennsylvania) KEYNOTE SPEAKER: LANI GUINIER (Harvard University)
2:45-4:30 pm	CONCURRENT PANELS: Pushing Paradigms Framing New Paradigms: Feminist Perspectives and the Sciences Chair: Caryn McTighe Musil (Vice President, Learning and Diversity Initiatives, American Association of Colleges and Universities) Participants: Donna Hughes (Carlson Endowed Chair; Director, Women's Studies Program, University of Rhode Island); Banu Subramaniam (Assistant Research Professor, Women's Studies, University of Arizona); Bonnie Shulman (Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Bates College) Shaping New Policy and Research Directions for Adolescent Girls: Global, National, and Local Perspectives Chair: Heather Johnston-Nicholson (Director, National Resource Center, Girls Incorporated) Participants: Susan Bailey (Director, Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College);Pamela Haag (Research Fellow, AAUW); Joan French (UNICEF); Brigette Rouson (Senior Program Officer, Girls, Young Women, and Leadership, Ms. Foundation) Discussant: Alexis Moore (Journalist, Philadelphia Enquirer) New Roads to Economic Security for Women: Issues of Research, Practice, and Policy Moderator: Mary C. Mattis (Vice President, Research and Advisory Services, Catalyst) Panelists: Heidi Hartmann (Director, Institute for Women's Policy Research); Lisa Dodson (Fellow, Radcliffe Public Policy Intitute); Jeannine Jacokes (Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Transition Team, U.S. Department of Treasury); Anne Mosle (Director, Women's Policy and Programs, Center for Policy Alternatives)
4:30-4:45 pm	Coffee Break
4:45-6:30 pm	ROUNDTABLE Where is Feminism's "Fourth Wave"? Participants: Diana Wells, (PhD Candidate, Director of Fellowship Support Services at Ashoka); Martha Whitaker (PhD Candidate, SIROW); Sarah Boonin (Coordinator, Feminist Majority Leadership Alliances); Crystal Kile (Education Coordinator, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, Tulane University); Nadia Moritz (Executive Director, The Young Women's Project); Yin Ling Leung (Executive Director, Asians and Pacific Islanders for Reproductive Health) Moderator: Deborah Thomas (International Projects Coordinator, NCRW) Respondents to Fourth Wave Roundtable: Joyce Gelb (Director, Women's Studies Program, The Graduate Center); Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Director, Women's Research and Resource Center, Spelman College)
7:00-7:30 pm	Cash Bar Reception
7:30-9:30 pm	Award Dinner and Entertainment First Annual Award for Women Leaders Who Make a Difference (To Donna Shavlik, Former Director, Office of Women in Higher Education, American Council on Education; Chair, NCRW Board) Keynote Speaker: Alison Bernstein (Vice President, Education, Media, Arts, and Culture, Ford Foundation)
Saturday, October 3
7:00-9:00 am	Breakfast
8:00-9:15 am	NCRW Business Meeting: State of the Council (Conference Theatre) Donna Shavlik (Chair, NCRW Board), Linda Basch (Executive Director)
9:15-10:45 am	NCRW "RESEARCH FOR ACTION" AGENDA: Next Steps Moderator: Linda Basch Facilitators: Stanlie James (Director, Women's Studies Research Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison); Heather Johnston Nicholson; Abigail Stewart (Director, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, University of Michigan) Roundtable Discussion Leaders: Electa Arenal (Director, Center for the Study of Women and Society, CUNY); Alice Dan (Director, Center for Research on Women and Gender, University of Illinois at Chicago); Carolyn Farrel (Director, Gannon Center for Women and Leadership, Loyola University Chicago); Cynthia Secor (Director, HERS Mid-America); Robin Sheets (Director, Center for Women's Studies, University of Cinncinnati); Irene Tinker (President, Equity Policy Center); Beth Willinger (Director, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women, Tulane University); Cynthia Deitch (Associate Director, Women's Studies Program, George Washington University); Vicky Semler (International Women's Tribune Center); Florence Howe (Publisher and Director, The Feminist Press); Mariam Chamberlain (Founding President, NCRW)
10:45-11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00-1:00 pm	Perspectives on Feminist Theory: Diversity and Transformation Moderator: Janice Monk (Executive Director, SIROW) Comments: Janice Petrovich (Education, Knowledge, and Religion, Ford Foundation) Presenter: Chandra Talpade Mohanty (Associate Professor of Women's Studies, Hamilton College; Core Faculty, The Union Institute Graduate School) "Transforming Women's Studies Paradigms and Pedagogies: On the Politics and Ethics of Feminist Academic Practices" Respondents: Sandra Morgen (Director, Center for the Study of Women in Society, University of Oregon); Barbara Ellen Smith (Director, Center for Research on Women, Memphis State University)
1:15-2:45 pm	Lunch: "Hands On Roundtables" Organizers: Cynthia Secor (Director, HERS, Mid-America), Caryn McTighe Musil, Donna Shavlik (Senior Fellow, American Council on Education) An exchange between U.S. and international researchers will focus on research agendas that emerge in different global contexts and identify areas for future collaboration. Special attention will also be directed to conditions and strategies that enable gender to become an agenda item in democratizing contexts. Global Initiative Scholars: Biljana Kasic (Centre for Women's Studies, Zagreb); Ruth Meena (University of Dar es Salaam); Penina Mlama (Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Dar es Salaam); Miglena Nikolchina (Program for Gender and Culture, Central European University in Budapest); Nomcebo Olive Simelane (Department of Geography, Environmental Science and Planning, University of Swaziland)
3:00-5:00 pm	Perspectives on Feminist Theory: NCRW as an Agent of Transformation Moderator: Demie Kurz (Co-Director, Alice Paul Center for the Study of Women, University of Pennsylvania) Panelists: Beverly Guy-Sheftall; Sally Kitch (Chair, Women's Studies Department, Ohio State University); Kathy Rudy (Project Director, Women's Studies, Duke University); Elizabeth Weed (Associate Director, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University); Bonnie Zimmerman (President, National Women's Studies Association)
5:00-5:15 pm	Coffee Break
5:15-6:30 pm	CLOSING PLENARY: Goals and Visions for the 21st Century Shaping an Agenda for Feminist Research and Action Facilitators/Moderators: Abigail Stewart; Heather Johnston Nicholson; Linda Basch
6:30-7:30 pm	Cash Bar Reception
7:30 pm	Buffet Dinner showcasing the work of NCRW Member Centers

Annual Conference Program Committee

Co-Chairs: Demie Kurz, Co-Director, Alice Paul Center for the Study of Women, University of Pennsylvania;
Shari Miles, Executive Director, Women's Research and Education Institute
Leslie Calman, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund; Kate Cloud, University of Illinois-Urbana; Susan Davis, Grameen Foundation; Hester Eisenstein, Queens College; Simel Esin, International Center for Research on Women; Geeta Rao Gupta, International Center for Research on Women; Carol Hollenshead, University of Michigan; Debra Humphreys, Association of American Colleges and Universities; Stanlie James, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sally Kitch, Ohio State University; Janice Monk, University of Arizona; Sandra Morgen, University of Oregon; Anne Mosle, Center for Policy Alternatives; Caryn McTighe Musil, American Association of Colleges and Universities; Heather Johnston Nicholson, Girls Incorporated; Jean O'Barr, Duke University; Lynn Phillips, New School for Social Research; Kathy Rudy, Duke University; Cynthia Secor, HERS Mid-America; Donna Shavlik, American Council on Education; Anna Wadia, Ms. Foundation; Elizabeth Weed, Brown University

CONCURRENT PANELS: Transforming Research to Action

CONCURRENT PANELS: Pushing Paradigms

Where is Feminism's "Fourth Wave"?

First Annual Award for Women Leaders Who Make a Difference

(To Donna Shavlik, Former Director, Office of Women in Higher Education, American Council on Education; Chair, NCRW Board)

CLOSING PLENARY: Goals and Visions for the 21st Century

Buffet Dinner showcasing the work of NCRW Member Centers

Annual Conference Program Committee