National Womenâ€™s Studies Association

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The National Women's Studies Association, based in Chicago, IL, leads the field of women's studies in educational and social transformation through comprehensive teaching, learning, research, and service initiatives. Since its establishment in 1977, NWSA has been instrumental in promoting and supporting the production and dissemination of knowledge about women and gender across academic and community settings. The organization demonstrates the vital contributions of feminist scholarship that is comparative, global, intersectional, and interdisciplinary to understandings across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences. NWSA facilitates meaningful connections among diverse stakeholders including administrators, educators, organizers, activists, students, and scholars of all disciplines. The Association offers extensive resources to strengthen the field, including access to curated Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies journals and program evaluation tools. Members benefit from peer-reviewed opportunities to present cutting-edge scholarship and activism through NWSA's signature Annual Conference, held each fall to convene scholars and practitioners working across the breadth and depth of women's, gender, and sexuality studies. With more than 3,000 individual and 350 institutional members working across the United States and around the world, NWSA provides a robust network for professional development and collaborative learning. The organization also recognizes women's centers staff as feminist educators and acknowledges the broader impact of women's studies beyond the classroom in transforming curriculum, campus environments, and society at large.