Women's & Gender Studies Caucus

Nominations are open for NeMLA Women's and Gender Studies Caucus Secretary. Self-nominations only are accepted. To self-nominate, email a 350-word statement by May 17, 2019, to wgsnemla@gmail.com. 

An online election will follow after May 17; the ballot will include each nominated candidate's statement.

For more information on Secretary responsibilities, please see below.

The NeMLA Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus invites submissions for the “Best Essay in Women’s and Gender Studies Award.” The award is given for a paper presented at any session of the previous two NeMLA conventions using women and/or gender-centered approaches.

The NeMLA WGS Caucus operates an interdisciplinary mentoring program, which pairs senior faculty mentors with junior faculty and doctoral students. The application process for mentees will open in late fall and close January 15. To access the application, please click here. For more information or to volunteer to serve as a mentor please contact us at wgsnemla@gmail.com with the subject "WGS Mentorship Program."

At its annual meeting held at the NeMLA Convention hotel site, the Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus takes nominations for new officers and invites suggestions for speakers and topics for future NeMLA Conferences.

You can join the NeMLA Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus by indicating your interest on the registration form when you join NeMLA or renew your NeMLA membership.

• Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus Membership: $20
• Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus Membership (graduate student and part-time): $10

Joint memberships are also available. Add $5.00 to the higher paying member’s dues.

Duties for the Secretary position 

This is a rolling position. Duties include:

• recording all minutes of WGSC meetings and submitting them for approval 
  
• corresponding with all current members about upcoming elections
• creating and holding online elections via SurveyMonkey 
  
• acting as a liaison between the Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus and the webmaster to maintain accurate and up-to-date caucus information on the website 
  
• selecting, designing, submitting, and overseeing the coordination of the caucus-sponsored panel for the next convention 
  
• supporting the Vice President with the WGS Mentorship Program 
  
• drafting pre- and post-convention newsletters 

Duties for the Board Representative position 

This is a three-year position. The Board rep acts as the liaison between the Caucus and the Board, and NeMLA's administrative staff when required. The Board rep works closely with the other Board members to ensure that the Caucus and the organization as a whole both contribute to and benefit from the other's strengths. As a member of the NeMLA board, the Board Representative 

• manages WGS Caucus panels including overseeing approval and rejection of all panels, publicizing the CFP for panels and then for papers and informing chairs of important information 
  
• attends the Fall and Spring meetings of the NeMLA Board, and prepares the Caucus Board Reports for these meetings
  
• contacts the NeMLA webmaster for website changes related to the CFP and NeMLA Board related information, and as needed
  
• provides information for the caucus newsletters and for Modern Language Studies, NeMLA's peer reviewed journal 
  
• provides the materials for the caucus table at the convention 
  
• has opportunities to read for the Book Prize and the Summer Fellowships 
  
• is part of NeMLA decision-making

Duties for the Social Media Representative position

This is a yearly position, volunteered for at the spring convention business meeting. Duties are primarily overseeing the caucus Facebook page, which will include adding a few WGS Caucus announcements throughout the year and approving caucus members’ posts to the page. 

President

Sarah Goldbort
University at Buffalo
sjgoldbo@buffalo.edu

Areas of interest: rape culture, British nationalism and theories of the nation, history of the book studies, and the Long Eighteenth Century.

Past President

Laura Hartmann-Villalta
Georgetown University
lah132@georgetown.edu

Editorial assistant for DHCommons Journal

Areas of interest: 20th century American and British literature, visual studies, and gender studies

Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus Representative to NeMLA

Michelle M. Tokarczyk
Goucher College
mmtokarczyk@gmail.com

Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus Media Representatives

Meghan Riley

Sarah Yahyaoui

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