ORWAC Newsletter January 2008 no. 1

Bernadette M. Calafell, Newsletter Editor

From the President
I hope that the start of a new year brings each member continued health and prosperity. I also wish to extend my appreciation to the membership for their continued support of the ORWAC as well as to the other officers—Bern, Heather, Stacy, Brenda and Cindy—for their dedication, insights and collaboration. Nearly one year has passed since becoming President that has resulted in productive and lively exchanges with the officers, a positive financial outlook for the ORWAC, stimulating conversations in light of the scholarship being published in WSIC, and wonderful opportunities offered to the membership. Specifically, during the Executive Officers meeting at the recent NCA convention, we were quite busy discussing ways to continue strengthening ORWAC and supporting our members. Toward the latter goal, I am extremely happy to announce that we approved the 1st Annual "ORWAC Research Development Grant." Woo hoo!! Two will be awarded annually—one for graduate students and one for faculty. Applicants must be ORWAC members…so, if your membership is about to expire, be sure to renew. Application information for the grant will be discussed at the business meeting so don't miss it!

Hope to see all of you soon.
Michelle

We Need YOU!! Call for Treasurer
After several years of wonderful service to ORWAC, current Treasurer Heather Hundley has completed her tenure. We sincerely thank Heather for all her service to the organization. Given Heather's decision, we need to elect a new Treasurer during the ORWAC Business meeting at the Western States Communication Association conference in Denver. Potential candidates should review ORWAC's bylaws at the website (www.orwac.org). Additionally, candidates should prepare a statement of qualifications to present at the ORWAC Business meeting at the Western States Communication Association. Candidates are expected to attend the WSCA conference during their tenure.

The Treasurer/Individual Memberships shall serve for four years. The term begins at the end of the business meeting in which the Treasurer was elected.

Responsibilities of ORWAC's Treasurer

• Maintain a record of individual and student memberships
• Send membership renewal mailing in November of each year
• Receive dues and send membership renewal acknowledgements
• Write all checks on behalf of ORWAC
• Keep a financial journal of all ORWAC income and expenses
• Prepare an annual financial report and participate in officers' meeting and general meeting at the Western States Communication Association convention.
• Also, a quarterly report filed with the President of the ORWAC is requested.
• Maintain membership database
• Send mailing labels to the journal publisher when the WSIC editor submits the request
• Balance the accounts monthly
• Update and maintain the website domain name
• Work with the WSIC editor regarding back orders and copyright requests.
• Process requests for reprints. No charge shall be assessed when material is being reprinted for scholarly or educational purposes. When a fee above the actual duplicating costs is charged or when material is being used for other than scholarly or educational purposes, a 5 cent per word fee shall be assessed.
• Store back issues of the journal; process requests for back issues. Charges for back issues shall be assessed at one-half the original purchasing fee.

 

Inquires may be directed to Bernadette Calafell at bcalafel@du.edu

Feminist Alliances at NCA
By Michelle A. Holling, President

At NCA 2007, leaders representing AEJMC, OSCLG, ORWAC, ICA-Feminist Division, NCA-Women's Caucus, and Feminist & Women Studies Division gathered for the second annual convening of the "Women's Communication Alliance," which Lana Rakow moderated. During the session, leaders discussed concerns such as diversity within/across our organizations, women and higher education specifically tenure issues and work-family negotiations, and compiling organizational histories. One of the leaders' goal is to strengthen our memberships' connections as they most likely overlap and intersect so provided below are the website addresses for each organization or division. Each is replete with an abundance of information. Check 'em out!

AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) Commission on the Status of Women Homepage: http://www.unlv.edu/orgs/cswaejmc Women's Words newsletter (see CSW homepage)

ICA (International Communication Association) Feminist Scholarship Division Homepage: http://www.icahdq.org/divisions/feminist Feminist Con/text newsletter (see FSD homepage)

OSCLG (Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender) Homepage: http://www.osclg.org Newsletter (see OSCLG homepage) Journal: Women & Language

Women's Caucus/Feminist and Women Studies Division, NCA (National Communication Association) Homepage: http://www.iupui.edu/~ncafws/index.htm Voices newsletter (see WC/FWSD homepage)

ORWAC Officers
President
Michelle A. Holling
California State University San Marcos mholling@csusm.edu

Vice President-Secretary
Bernadette Marie Calafell
University of Denver bcalafel@du.edu

Treasurer-Individual Membership Director
Heather Hundley
California State University, San Bernardino hhundley@csusb.edu

Web Spinner
Brenda Allen
University of Colorado, Denver Brenda.J.Allen@cudenver.edu

Advertising Exchange
Stacey Sowards Institutional Membership University of Texas at El Paso ssowards@utep.edu

WSIC Editor
Cindy L. Griffin Colorado State University cindy.griffin@colostate.edu

Will you be joining us in the Mile High City?
ORWAC & WSCA 2008 in Denver-Boulder, CO
For this year's WSCA conference, there are an array of scholars and topics programmed by ORWAC to peak your interest. A few highlights include:

• a provocative set of "Top Papers" to be presented.
• the return of the bi-annual "Idea to Article" panel; it's certain to be engaging!
• a panel--"Engaging Through Service: Historicizing ORWAC's Mission"--that calls upon members, supporters and friends of ORWAC to participate in documenting ORWAC's history and convey to current officers ways that the organization may best serve you.

What? ORWAC Business Meeting
When? Sunday, February 17, 5:00-6:00 pm
Where? Fir Room in the convention hotel
Why? To stay informed, to vote on issues, to elect a new treasurer, to celebrate this year's recipients of the Feminist Scholarship & Top Paper Award, to obtain your application for the ORWAC Research Grant

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served

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TOP THREE PAPERS IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN AND COMMUNICATION
12:45-2:00 pm, Sunday, February 17 Fir
Chair: Stacey Sowards, University of Texas at El Paso

"This is Not My Sisterhood": Breast Cancer Culture, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Burke's Perspective by Incongruity, Nicole E. Hurt, University of Georgia

Feministing: The Articulation of Experience in a Virtual Space Kristen McCauliff, University of Georgia

Reconstituting Activism through Consciousness Raising: An Exploration of Women's Responses to the "Think Before You Pink" Campaign, Kira S. Jones, University of Montana *Top Student Paper

Respondent: Michelle A. Holling, California State University San Marcos

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FROM IDEA TO ARTICLE, PART I
2:10-3:25 pm, Sunday, February 17 Fir
This program is part one of a double panel session. In this first panel, top scholars will offer advice and discuss strategies for progressing from an idea for a manuscript to the publication stage, including advice about navigating the editorial process of journal submissions. In the second panel session, nine scholars working from diverse methodological approaches and specialty areas with publication expertise in varied outlets will facilitate small group work sessions regarding getting started on an idea, publishing amidst family demands, converting the dissertation to a book form, and publishing across disciplines, amongst other topics.
Chair: Michelle A. Holling, California State University San Marcos

Dingoes Ate Your Revision, A. Cheree Carlson, Arizona State University

From Stage to Publication: Performative Writing and Creative Scholarship, Olga Davis, Arizona State University

Spontaneous Inspiration: Mentoring and Collaborating with Graduate Students, Patricia Geist-Martin, San Diego State University

Telling Editorial Secrets: How Some Essays Become Publications, Cindy Griffin, Colorado State University

Publishing While Trying Not to Perish at a Teaching Institution, Dreama Moon, California State University San Marcos

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FROM IDEA TO ARTICLE, PART II
3:35-4:50 pm, Sunday, February 17 Fir
This program is part two of a double panel session. The first panel united top scholars who offered advice and discussed strategies for progressing from an idea for a manuscript to the publication stage, including advice about navigating the editorial process of journal submissions. In this second panel session, nine scholars working from diverse methodological approaches and specialty areas with publication expertise in varied outlets will facilitate small group work sessions regarding getting started on an idea, publishing amidst family demands, converting the dissertation to a book form, and publishing across disciplines, amongst other topics.
Chair: Michelle A. Holling, California State University San Marcos

Panelists: Kirsten Broadfoot, Colorado State University A. Cheree Carlson, Arizona State University Olga Davis, Arizona State University Patricia Geist-Martin, San Diego State University Cindy Griffin, Colorado State University Rona Halualani, San José State University Mercilee Jenkins, San Francisco State University Sheena Malhotra, California State University, Northridge Dreama Moon, California State University San Marcos

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ENGAGING THROUGH SERVICE: HISTORICIZING ORWAC'S MISSION
2:00-3:15 pm, Monday, February 18 Fir
This roundtable pursues the conference theme of "engaging service" in relation to ORWAC, its mission, members, and the discipline. Uniting past and present leaders of ORWAC, panelists will pursue questions such as why was ORWAC first conceived? Do those needs remain? In what ways does and might ORWAC serve its members, in the present and future? Audience contributions are desired and encouraged.

Panelists: Bernadette Marie Calafell, University of Denver Karen A. Foss, University of New Mexico Sonja K. Foss, University of Colorado Denver Michelle A. Holling, California State University San Marcos Audrey Nelson, Independent Communication Consultant Stacey Sowards, University of Texas at El Paso

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SPACES OF SERVICE: CHALLENGING GENDER THROUGH ORGANIZATIONAL AND RHETORICAL DISCOURSES
3:25-4:40 pm, Monday, February 18 Fir
Chair: Jolene Collins, University of Denver

Serving the Working Class: Margaret Sanger and her 1916-1918 Rhetorical Performance, Jennifer Emerling Bone, State University of New York College at Oneonta

Serving Citizens?: The Gendered Implications of Swedish Care Policies, Stacey M. B. Wieland, Villanova University

CO-MADRES, In Service of the Relatives of the Disappeared of the Salvadoran Pueblo: The Testimonio of María Teresa Tula Symbolically Constructs Comadrismo as an Enactment of Subaltern Rhetorical Agency, T. M. Linda Scholz, University of Colorado at Boulder

Incorporating Girls(?): Exploring Inner-City Girls' Voices in a Service Organization. Erin Foley-Reynolds, State University of New York College at Oneonta

Respondent: Karen Ashcraft, University of Utah

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GENDERED ENGAGEMENTS, GENDERING ACTIVISM: FEMINIST EXPLORATIONS OF WOMEN IN PROTEST
4:50-6:05 pm, Monday, February 18 Fir
Chair: Shane Moreman, California State University, Fresno

"Deadly Serious" and "Deliciously Silly": The Politics of Play and Collective Action, Erin J. Rand, California State University, Fresno

Service Through Women's Activism: Alternative Media and the Argentina Autonomista Project, Diana Martinez, University of Texas at Austin

"I'm Not Scared at All. I'm Not Playing Their Game": Politicizing the Process of Protest, Shane Moreman, California State University, Fresno

Alliances and Gender-Related Asylum: A Feminist Analysis of Activist Work Between Feminist and Refugee Rights Groups, Sara McKinnon, Arizona State University

Respondent: Karma R. Chávez, Arizona State University

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LISTENING, SEEING, EXPERIENCING WOMEN'S VOICES & GENDER
8:00-9:15 am, Tuesday, February 19 Fir
Chair: Jennifer Scarduzio, San Diego State University

The Church of England: Women and the "Call" of God, Gina Bacon, Western Washington University, *Debut Paper

Denial and Dissent: The Armenian Genocide, Allison S. Brownlow, California State University, Northridge, Sally A. Kassamanian, California State University, Northridge *Debut Paper

Exploring Reflections and Transformations in Service Learning: A Look at Art and Social Action in Cambodia, Elena Esquibel, University of Southern Illinois Carbondale

It's Monster Time!: The Spectacularization of Blue Collar White Masculinity, Tara D. Hargrove, Colorado State University

Respondent: Belle Edson, Arizona State University

5311 "THIS ISN'T AS EASY AS IT LOOKS": A DIALOGUE ABOUT SERVICE LEARNING IN GENDER COMMUNICATION AND FEMINIST CLASSROOMS
9:25-10:40 am, Tuesday, February 19 Fir
Chair: Eric Frentz, University of Denver

Troubling Service Learning: The Limits and Possibilities of Cooperative Action and Transformative Change in the Gender Classroom, Kate Willink, University of Denver

Toward Reconnecting the Disconnect Between Theory and Practice: Revising Service Learning in the Gender and Communication Course, Elizabeth Suter, University of Denver

Inviting Transformation Through Service Learning: Incorporating Feminist Practices in the Public Speaking Course, Kris Kirschbaum, University of New Mexico

Respondent: Eric Frentz, University of Denver

Tell Us What YOU Want to See In the ORWAC Website
At our recent Executive Officer's meeting in Chicago one of the questions that arose for us was in what ways can the website (www.orwac.org) best serve the needs of ORWAC's members. Each of us shared ideas, but to truly answer this question we need your input. What kinds of things would you like to see made available on the website? When you do you consult the website? Answers to these questions and other comments can be sent to our Webspinner Brenda J. Allen at Brenda.J.Allen@cudenver.edu.