Welcome

The Organization for Research on Women and Communication (ORWAC) promotes dialogue, discussion, research, and scholarship concerned with women, feminism, gender, oppression, and social change. ORWAC is a Western States Communication Association (WSCA) affiliate, sponsors programs at the WSCA convention, and publishes a journal: Women’s Studies in Communication.

Announcements:

• Thank you to everyone who participated in our conference: Citizenship at the Intersections: 100 Years Since the 19th Amendment. Our program included keynote presentations by Isaac West, Karma Chavez, and Ersula Ore, and responses from Catherine Palczewksi, Annie Hill, Belinda Stillion Southard, E. Cram, Shirley Wilson Logan, and Lisa Flores. Some of this work is forthcoming in a special issue of Quarterly Journal of Speech. 

• Congratulations to Jenna Hanchey for winning the 2020 Feminist Scholar award for her article "Doctors Without Burdens: The Neocolonial Ambivalence of White Masculinity in International Medical Aid"

• Congratulations to Shuzhen Huang and Daniel Brouwer for winning the 2019 Feminist Scholar award for their article "Negotiating Performances of 'Real' Marriage in Chinese Queer Xinghun"

• Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at LaGuardia Community College - LaGuardia Community College’s Humanities Department is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Communication Studies beginning from September 1st, 2020. See full job posting here.

• Associate/Full Professor of Rhetorical Studies at University of Nevada Las Vegas - The Department of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, seeks candidates for a senior hire at the level of Associate of Full Professor in Rhetorical Studies, with a primary focus on public advocacy, to begin August 2020. See full job posting here.

• Find us online! ORWAC now has three channels of social media:

  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ORWAC

  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orwac_

  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/orwac_   

• Help support the Feminist Language and Communication Collection at the University of Oregon. This Collection is devoted to collecting and preserving the papers of scholars, writers, activists, and organizations whose work was foundational in challenging communication practices and theory in the early years of the second wave of the feminist movement in the United States. Among those whose papers are included are: Paula Gunn Allen, Suzette Haden Elgin, Ursula Le Guin, Sally Miller Gearhart, Nancy Henley, Marcia Houston, Cheris Kramarae, Casey Miller and Kate Swift, Anita Taylor, and the Lucy Stone League. Funds donated will be used to process archival materials such as syllabi, conference papers, versions of book and article manuscripts, texts or notes for lectures and speeches, letters and emails, awards, and videos and audio tapes relevant to gender and communication. Women’s and feminist histories are easily erased and forgotten. This Collection is designed to ensure that the history of feminism in the communication discipline is preserved. ORWAC will match up to $10,000 in funds donated over the next two years, so your contribution to the Collection goes twice as far. Checks should be made to: “UO Foundation-Special Collections Restricted Fund”; in the memo line, please write “Feminist Language and Communication Collection—ORWAC Donation.” Checks should be sent to: Keri Aronson, UO Libraries, Director of Development, 1299 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1299.   

The Organization for Research on Women and Communication is against hate, including bigotry, misogyny, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and any form of violence. We support the rights of all human beings, regardless of race, gender, ability, citizenship, religion, gender identity/expression, or sexuality to be included, treated fairly, and prosper.