Call for Papers: North Georgia College and State University’s 7th Annual Women and Leadership Conference March 4, 2004 “Perceptions of Women’s Leadership” Exploring and Celebrating the Contributions of Women Leaders

Possible session topics include the factors shaping/shaped by women’s leadership, such as language, social environment, biology/science, stereotypes, economic forces/business management, ethnicity, emotionalism and/or intellectualism, arts/culture, and military policy.

Papers might address such questions as

• how do words/language reflect/affect the perception/conception/expression of women's leadership, especially regarding gender differences
• how do women's bodies/biology affect their perception of themselves as leaders, affect others' perception of women as leaders
• how do various types/stereotypes reflect/affect the perception of women as leaders (as opposed to the various types/stereotypes of male leadership)
• how do various types/stereotypes reflect/affect the mentoring/teaching of women as leaders
• what effect/affect do such externals as clothes, offices, salary, social behavior, etc., have on women as leaders, both as they perceive themselves and as others perceive women as leaders
• do real/perceived differences distinguish men from women leaders
• what are the perceived/real relationships between women as leaders and contemporary economic forces
• how do women adjust to traditional perceptions of women as self-sacrificing and nurturing within leadership expectations which may include personal/financial success; how do these perceptions affect women's relationship with the concept of "servant" leadership
• what role(s) does the home and the family play in perceptions of women as leaders, both as they perceive themselves and as others perceive women as leaders
• what positive/negative affects can traditional womanliness/femininity have on perceptions of women as leaders, both as they perceive themselves and as others perceive women as leaders
• how do the arts/commercial arts affect our perception of women as leaders
• how has the military responded to perceptions of women as pacifist, emotional, non-violent, non-combatant; has the military incorporated or resisted these perceptions in their service expectations of women
• how does race/ethnicity connect with diversifying perceptions of women as leaders

Please send 200-word abstracts for either 10 or 20 minute presentations (please indicate which) by October 20, 2003 to: