Join
us in Atlanta!
Women and Politics Research Section Offers Variety of Programs, Events
We
look forward to seeing you September 2-5 in Atlanta at the annual meeting of
the American Political Science Association.
The Organized Section for Women and Politics Research – through the
leadership of President Pippa Norris and President-Elect Eileen McDonagh – have
put together an exciting program with 14 panels, a poster session, business
meeting and reception.
The schedule for Women and Politics
programs (organized by date and time) is:
Section |
Title |
Time |
|
31-1 |
Leadership Theme I: Leadership and Gender
in Legislative Roles |
Thursday 8:45 a.m. |
|
31-9 |
Women in the Electoral Process: Suffrage
to the Year of the Woman |
Thursday 10:45 a.m. |
|
31-12 |
The Political Construction of Women of
Color |
Thursday 3:30 p.m. |
|
|
Poster Session III
|
Thursday 3:30–5:15 |
|
31-8 |
Government Response to Violence Against
Women: Analyzing Policy Change in Emerging and Advanced Democracies |
Friday 8:45 a.m. |
|
31-11 |
Gender and American Political Development |
Friday 8:45 a.m. |
|
31-2 |
Leadership Theme II: Leadership and Gender
in Judicial Roles |
Friday 10:45 a.m. |
|
|
Business Meeting |
Friday 12:30 p.m. |
|
31-7 |
The Politics of Motherhood: Public Policy
and Women's Citizenship |
Friday 1:30 p.m. |
|
31-4 |
Activism Theme I: The Ethics of Activism |
Friday 3:30 p.m. |
|
|
Reception,
co-sponsored by the Women’s Caucus for Political Science |
Friday
6:30
p.m. |
|
31-3T |
Leadership Theme III: Leadership, Gender,
and the Presidency |
Saturday 8:45 a.m. |
|
31-10 |
Institutional and Contextual Sources of
Women's Representation |
Saturday 10:45 a.m. |
|
31-5 |
Activism Theme II: The United States |
Saturday 1:30 p.m. |
|
31-14 |
Gender, Sexuality, and the State |
Saturday 3:30 p.m. |
|
31-6T |
Activism Theme III: Assessing Transnational Women’s Activism |
Sunday 8:45 a.m. |
|
31-13 |
Gender and Comparative Politics:
Statebuilding, Participation and Reform |
Sunday 10:45 a.m. |
Annual Business Meeting To Cover Important Issues, Award
Research
Important
Issues
The
annual meeting of the Organized Section for Women and Politics Research will be
held from 12.30 to 1.30
p.m. on Friday, September 3. The
meeting will include discussion of several important issues and the
presentation of prizes for the best dissertation and best paper.
The agenda for the business meeting
is:
1. Minutes of the last meeting: 9/4/98
Mamie E. Locke, (Secretary),
Hampton University
2. Best Dissertation Prize 1999
Presenter: Susan Gluck Mezey,
Loyola University
Committee: Mark Jones,
Michigan
State University
Recipient: Michele Tracy Berger,
Dept.
of Political Science, University of Nevada,
Las
Vegas
"Workable Sisterhood: A Study of the Political Participation of
Stigmatized Women with HIV/AIDS."
3. Best Paper Prize 1999
Presenter: Mamie E. Locke,
Hampton University
Committee: Lisa Baldez,
Washington University
Recipient: Leonie Huddy,
SUNY,
Stony Brook
"The Social Nature of Political Identity: Feminist Image and
Feminist Identity"
Best
Paper Honorable Mention 1999
Recipient: Kathleen Casey and
Susan Carroll (CAWP, Rutgers University)
"Wyoming Wolves and Deadbeat Dads: The Impact of Women Members of Congress
on Welfare Reform"
4. Treasurer's Report:
Lee
Anne Banaszek,
Pennsylvania
State University
5. Report from the Newsletter Editor:
Dianne
Bystrom, Iowa State University
Discussion of recommended distribution of newsletter via email and the web
6. Graduate
Student Network on Women and Politics
Discussion and proposal
7. Report from the Program Chair 1999:
Eileen
McDonagh,
Northeastern
University
8. Program Call 2000:
Gwendolyn
Mink,
University
of California, Santa Cruz
9.
Election of New
Officers
President (elected 1997):
Eileen
McDonagh
President-Elect & Program Chair 2000:
Gwendolyn
Mink
President-Elect Designate & Program Chair 2001:
Tba
Treasurer:
Lee
Ann Banaszak
Secretary:
Mark
Jones
Newsletter Editor:
Dianne
Bystrom
Executive Council:
Lisa
Baldez (2nd year)
Susan
Gluck Mezey (2nd year)
Tba
Tba
10. Any Other Business
Women's Caucus Offers Programs, Celebrates 30th
Anniversary at APSA
The Women's Caucus for Political Science will celebrate its
30th anniversary at the American Political Science Association in
Atlanta. The Caucus promotes the full
involvement of women in political science and works to advance their professional
opportunities. It has been instrumental in increasing women's visibility and representation in APSA
offices, assisting graduate students, providing professional development
advice, and honoring mentors and women scholars.
The Caucus program for the September 2-5 APSA in Atlanta
includes:
Thursday,
September 2
5:30 p.m. Graduate Student Mentoring
Session: Finding Support for Research on American
Institutions
All graduate students are
welcome. Faculty are
asked to urge students to attend.
6:30 p.m.
Reception to honor graduate
students of color
Sponsored with the Conference of
Black
Political Scientists and Status of
Latinos in
the Profession
Friday, September 3
1:30 p.m. Surviving
as a Junior Faculty Member
3:30 p.m. Women as
Political Experts: Special Roundtable to Connect Women in Political Science
with Broadcast News Producers
Participants
are asked to bring their business cards and one-page c.v. noting specialty
fields, research topics, key publications, and contact information. A senior woman from the broadcast industry
will speak on women as political experts in broadcast news. Panel members who are producers or guest
bookers for major news programs will discuss the practicalities and processes
of producing news in the United States, the potential of women to serve as
political experts within news production, and why more female political experts
should appear. They also will describe
the constraints of their news shows' production and the attributes they seek in
guest political experts. Open
discussion and networking will follow their presentations.
5:30 p.m. Business Meeting, Mentors of Distinction Awards
6:30 p.m. Reception
with the Research Section on Women and Politics
8:00 p.m. Celebratory
Dinner (tickets required)
Saturday,
September 4
No
Breakfast Meeting!
1:30 p.m. Feminist
Methodology in Political Science
Catt Center Conference on Oct.
8-10 Focuses on Women in World Politics
“World Politics: Women Moving to the Center Stage” is the
theme of the seventh annual conference of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for
Women and Politics at Iowa State University.
This year’s conference will be presented in conjunction with the annual
meeting of the International Studies Association-Midwest on “International
Peace and Politics.” The joint
conference will meet October 8, 9 and 10 at the Savery Hotel in Des Moines, IA.
“By joining together, the Center and ISA-Midwest hope to
maximize their resources in presenting a strong, interdisciplinary program that
will attract scholars from throughout the country,” said Dianne Bystrom, Catt
Center director. Holding the conference
in Des Moines also will make air travel more convenient and attract new groups
of participants from the area while remaining accessible to the ISU
community.
The joint conference will feature panels of scholarly paper
presentations; featured speakers from academia, international organizations,
politics and the media; the presentation of prizes for research; and social events
and activities. Preregistration is $20
for students and $35 for others, with a fee of $40 for all on-site
registrations. The preregistration fee
includes a Friday night reception.
Participants also can preregister for the Saturday luncheon for $12 per
person
The conference program is designed to explore international
peace and politics, including the role and status of women—politically,
socially, and economically—around the world.
Scholars from throughout the country—as well as from abroad—have submitted
papers to the Catt Center to discuss their research on such topics as women in
Argentina, Eastern Europe, Latin America, South Asia, Nicaragua, Nigeria,
Tanzania, and the United States; past and current women international
activists; international women’s rights; women’s health; women and the
military; and feminism and women’s political perspectives.
In addition to organizing several panels of papers on women
and politics, the Catt Center will present the 1999 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize
for Research on Women and Politics to scholars embarking on significant
research in the field. More than 30
proposals were submitted this year. The
selected recipients will receive a $1,000 cash award, plus travel expenses to
Des Moines to accept the prize at the conference.
In keeping with the Center’s mission and past events—to
combine the knowledge and expertise of scholars conducting research with
practitioners in these fields—the conference also will include presentations by
representatives of international, political and media organizations. Local,
state and national women political leaders are being scheduled to take part in
the conference. A final schedule will
be available in mid-September.
The conference also will include:
·
papers
on a variety of international topics submitted to the ISA-Midwest;
·
a
Friday night speech by Michael Brecher,
Angus professor of political science at McGill University and 1999-2000 president
of the International Studies Association. He is the author of hundreds of books
and articles on international relations, including the award-winning, The
Foreign Policy System of Israel and A Political Biography of Nehru;
and
·
presentation
of the $150 F.E. Peacock Award for the best paper presented by a graduate
student.
To preregister, please send a check for $20 (students) or
$35 (others) for the conference and Friday reception plus $12 for the Saturday
luncheon to Carolyn C. James, ISA/Midwest co-convener, 503 Ross Hall, Iowa
State University, Ames, Iowa 50011-1204, by September 17 or as soon
as possible. With your check, include
your name, mail and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers, affiliation
for badge, and status (faculty, graduate student, professional). Participants also may register on site for
$40 to attend conference sessions.
The conference has reserved a block of rooms at the Savery
Hotel in Des Moines. Room rates range from $61 to $83 a night, plus tax. Please
contact the Savery at 1-800-798-2151 for reservations. Rooms also may be
reserved at other hotels.
Information about the joint conference is available at www.iastate.edu/~isq. Those interested
also can contact the Catt Center at 515-294-3181 or cattcntr@iastate.edu.
Carl Albert Center Conference Examines Women in Congress
Are women transforming Congress or simply adapting to its
norms and rigors? How do the experiences of women differ from men on the
campaign trail, in congressional committees and in leadership? Join us in
celebrating the 20th anniversary of the University of Oklahoma’s
Carl Albert Center as leading gender and congressional scholars examine these
and other questions related to how gender shapes institutional life in the U.S.
Congress.
The conference, "Women Transforming Congress: Gender
Analyses of Institutional Life," will convene on April 13 and 14, 2000, at
the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
While there is a substantial body of research on women’s
roles in state legislatures, much less research has used gender as an analytic
lens to understand the Congress and its impact on the practice of politics.
This conference aims to forge new ground by featuring leading scholars who are
furthering our understanding of congressional policymaking and examining the
role of gender on the institution.
In addition to four academic panels, the conference will
feature a keynote address by former Congresswoman Susan Molinari and a round
table discussion with congresswomen who have served in the institution over the
past three decades. This will provide the opportunity for a unique
multi-generational look at the United States Congress through the eyes of women
who have known the institution intimately. The roundtable discussion will be
followed by a reception and dinner hosted by the Center and OU President David
Boren.
For registration information, please contact Cindy Simon
Rosenthal, Assistant Director, Carl Albert Center, University of Oklahoma, 630
Parrington Oval, Room 101, Norman, OK 73019, telephone: 405-325-6372, fax:
405-325-6419, e-mail: csrosenthal@ou.edu.
CAWP
Seeks Partners In NEW Leadership Development Network
The
Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP) at Rutgers University is
seeking partners for the NEW Leadership Development Network, an initiative to
build and support young women’s public leadership education at colleges and
universities across the United States.
National
Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership is an award-winning program developed by
CAWP to educate and empower the next generation of women leaders. A yearlong
program that begins with an intensive residential institute, NEW Leadership
features an innovative curriculum designed to:
·
teach students about the diversity of women’s historical
and contemporary participation in politics and policymaking;
·
connect students with women leaders who make a
difference in the public sphere;
·
help students explore the demands of leadership in a
diverse society;
·
cultivate students’ leadership skills; and
·
enable students to practice leadership through action.
During NEW Leadership New Jersey 1999, students had the opportunity to
interact with women leaders from around the world.
Under
the auspices of a grant from the Kellogg Foundation, CAWP will develop
partnerships with nine educational institutions to organize NEW Leadership
programs on their home campuses.
Representatives from participating institutions will attend a training
institute at Rutgers in June 2000.
Following the training institute, partners will be awarded a $10,000
seed grant to develop their own NEW Leadership programs. As partners develop
their programs, CAWP staff will provide on-going phone and e-mail consultation.
In addition, CAWP staff attend the first program of each partner to provide
on-site advice and expertise and help ensure that the program is successfully
launched.
Information
about NEW Leadership and the NEW Leadership Development Network is available at
www.newleadership.rutgers.edu/partners.htm.
Anyone
interested in becoming a partner in the NEW Leadership Development Network must
submit a proposal by Monday, October 18, 1999.
For further details about proposal submission, please contact Tobi
Walker at 732/932-9384 ext. 230 or by e-mail twalker@rci.rutgers.edu.
Recently Published Books
of Interest
to Women and Politics
Scholars
The following list of recently published books and other
works in the field of women and politics was compiled by Rachel Scherle,
undergraduate research assistant at the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women
and Politics, using the resources of the Iowa State University library and
publishers' publicity materials.
To submit books for this list, please send an e-mail to dbystrom@iastate.edu.
Almanac
of Women and Minorities in American Politics. Mart Martin, Westview Press: Boulder, 2000.
American
First Ladies: Their Lives and Legacy. Lewis L. Gould, Garland Publishing, 1999.
Drawing
Conclusions: Editorial Cartoonists Consider Hillary Rodham Clinton. A film by Elaine K. Miller.
Available for rent or purchase from First Run/Icarus Films in New York.
Feminists
Negotiate the State: The Politics of Domestic Violence. Cynthia R. Daniels, University
Press of America, 1999.
French
Women in Politics: Writing Power. Raylene Ramsay, Berghahn Books, Inc.: New York, 2000.
Gender
and Politics in India. Nivedita Menon, Oxford University Press: New York, 1999.
Gendering
Politics: Women in Israel. Hanna Herzog, University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, 1999.
Law and
Gender Inequality: The Politics of Women’s Rights in India. Flavia Agnes, Oxford University
Press: New York, 1999.
Politics
and Feminism: An Introduction. Barbara Arneil, Blackwell Publishers, 1999.
Profane
Passions: Politics and Culture in the Americas. Jean Franco, Duke University
Press: Durham, 1999.
Public
Opinion, the First Ladyship, and Hillary Rodham Clinton. Barbara Burrell, Garland
Publishing, 1999.
Sex,
Gender, and Social Change: The Great Revolution. Gerhard Falk, University Press of
America, 1999.
Speeches
and Trials of the Militant Suffragettes: The Women’s Social and Political
Union, 1903-1918.
Cheryl Jorgensen-Earp, Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1999.
Talking Leadership:
Conversations with Powerful Women. Mary S. Hartman, Rutgers University Press: Piscataway,
1999.
The
Columbia Reader on Lesbians and Gay Men in Media, Society, and Politics. Larry Gross, Columbia University
Press: New York, 1999.
The
Feminization of Development Processes in Africa: Current and Future
Perspectives. James
Valentine Udoh, Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.: Westport, 1999.
The
Gendering of American Politics. Mark E. Kann, Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.: Westport,
1999.
The Role
of Gender in Practice Knowledge: Claiming Half the Human Experience. Josefina Figueira-McDonough, F.
Ellen Netting, and Ann Nichols-Casebolt; Garland Publishing, 1999.
24 Years
of House Work…and the Place Is Still a Mess: My Life in Politics. Pat Schroeder, Andres McMeel
Publishing: Kansas City, 1999.
Voices
of Resistance: Testimonies of Cuban and Chilean Women. Judy Maloof, University Press of
Kentucky: Lexington, 1999.
Voices
of Women Historians: The Personal, the Political, the Professional. Eileen Boris, Indiana University
Press: Bloomington, 1999.
We Have
Come to Stay: American Women and Political Parties, 1880-1960. Melanie S. Gustafson, University
of New Mexico Press: Albuquerque, 1999.
Women
and Politics in Latin America. Nikki Craske, Rutgers University Press: Piscataway, 1999.
Women’s
Movements and Public Policy in Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Geertje Lycklama a Nijeholt,
Virginia Vargas, and Saskia Wieringa; Garland Publishing, 1999.
Women’s
Rights in the U.S.A.: Policy Debates and Gender Roles. Dorothy McBride Stetson, Garland
Publishing, 1999.
Position Announcements
The
Women/Politics newsletter will include position announcements of interest to
the membership of the Organized Section for Women and Politics Research on a
space available basis. Position
announcements should be submitted to dbystrom@iastate.edu
by the newsletter's published deadlines.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Urban and Ethnic Politics
The
Politics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, invites
applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position in U.S.
urban and ethnic politics. The
department has an interest in candidates with demonstrated expertise in ethnic
and racial politics, social movements, and urban policy. Candidates should be prepared to teach courses
consistent with the Politics Department's programs and the candidate's areas of
specialization, and to participate in the development of the department's
Graduate Program.
RANK: Assistant Professor
SALARY: $43,100-$48,800, commensurate with
qualifications and experience.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent in Political Science or related field is
preferred by July 2000; must be in hand no later than June 30, 2001. Candidates will be judged with respect to
their performance and promise in teaching, research, and/or other creative
work.
POSITION AVAILABLE: July
1, 2000.
APPLY
TO: Applicants should submit a letter of application that describes their
research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae or placement dossier, three
letters of recommendation (all letters will be treated as confidential),
samples of current research and written work, copies of teaching evaluations
and course syllabi to:
Department of Politics
Urban/Ethnic Politics Search Committee
23 Merrill College
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
95064
CLOSING DATE: All
materials must be postmarked by November 5, 1999.
UCSC
is an affirmative action/equal employment opportunity employer. Women and
minorities are encouraged to apply.
Inquiries regarding the University's equal employment opportunity
policies may be directed to: Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Acting Director Robin Santos, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064; (831) 459-3676. Under federal law,
the University of California may employ only individuals who are legally
eligible to work in the United States as established by providing documents as
specified in the Immigration Reform Control Act of 1986.
If
you need assistance due to a disability please contact the Academic Human
Resources Office at 350 McHenry Library (831) 459-4300. This position description is available in
alternate formats, which may be requested from Academic Human Resources at
(831) 459-4300.
In
accordance with federal law, UCSC makes available to prospective employees a
brochure containing crime statistics, prevention programs/services, and related
campus policies and procedures. To obtain a copy contact Campus Police (831)
459-2231 or Academic Human Resources (831) 459-4300.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Comparative Politcs
The
Politics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, invites
applications for a full-time tenure-track assistant professor position in
comparative politics. The department
has an interest in candidates with demonstrated expertise in the politics of
advanced industrial states. We
especially encourage candidates pursuing research in social movements, both
domestic and transnational (for example, women, labor, environment, immigrants,
etc.) The Department particularly
welcomes candidates with expertise in social and political theory, and/or
social policy. Candidates should be
prepared to teach courses consistent with the Politics Department's programs
and the candidate's areas of specialization, and to participate in the
development of the department's Graduate Program.
RANK: Assistant Professor
SALARY: $43,100-$48,800, commensurate with
qualifications and experience.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. in Political Science or related field is preferred by
July 2000; must be in hand no later than June 30, 2001. Candidates will be judged with respect to
their performance and promise in teaching, research, and/or other creative
work.
POSITION AVAILABLE: July
1, 2000
APPLY
TO: Applicants should submit a letter of application that describes their
research and teaching interests, curriculum vitae or placement dossier, three
letters of recommendation (all letters will be treated as confidential),
samples of current research and written work, copies of teaching evaluations
and course syllabi to:
Department of Politics
Comparative Politics Search Committee
23 Merrill College
University of California
Santa Cruz, CA
95064
Please refer to position
#215 in your reply.
CLOSING DATE: All
materials must be postmarked by November 5, 1999.
USCS is an EEO/AA
Employer.
The deadline for copy for the next newsletter
of the Organized Section for Women and Politics Research (Vol. 12, No. 1,
January 2000) is December 1, 1999. Send copy to Dianne Bystrom, newsletter
editor, at dbystrom@iastate.edu.
(Word attachments preferred.) The next
newsletter—with stories about the APSA 1999 meeting in Atlanta—will be e-mailed
to members of the Section and posted on the web site in January 2000.
University of California, Santa Cruz
Women’s
Studies
The Women's Studies Department at the University of
California, Santa Cruz seeks applications for a tenure-track position as
Assistant Professor, specializing in Feminist Critical Race Studies. The focus of the work should be primarily
theoretical and interdisciplinary but may be centered in any one of a number of
fields: law, political theory, philosophy, literature, cultural studies,
anthropology, and transnational, postcolonial, or diasporic studies. The position, which begins in fall 2000,
involves teaching four courses each year and one course equivalency for
advising undergraduate independent work.
Applicants should have the capacity to teach core courses in Women's
Studies, such as Introduction to Feminism and Feminist Theory. Opportunities for graduate teaching may be
available.
RANK: Assistant Professor I- III
SALARY:
$43,100-$48,000
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent in an
appropriate field. Prefer Ph.D. by June 30, 2000,
must be in hand no later than June 30, 2001.
Evidence of scholarly excellence and promise and demonstrated
excellence in teaching. Ability to
teach large introductory courses in Women's Studies.
POSITION AVAILABLE: Fall 2000
APPLY TO: Send an informative letter of application, a
curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation (all letters will be treated
as confidential documents), a writing sample (not to exceed 40 pages) and
teaching evaluations, if available, to:
Chair,
Search Committee
Women's
Studies Department
Kresge
College
University
of California
1156
High Street
Santa
Cruz, CA 95064
Please refer to position #312 in
your reply.
CLOSING DATE: November 15, 1999
.