FYI...Stefanie ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- > CALL FOR PAPERS > DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: OCTOBER 1, 1997 > PLEASE FORWARD TO RELEVANT LISTS > > CHARTING A NEW COURSE! > > THE 23RD ANNUAL ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE > MARCH 5TH - 8TH, 1998 > AT THE BALTIMORE HILTON & TOWERS, BALTIMORE, MD > SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE > > The conference theme emphasizes creating and following plans > for womens future. The seas to be navigated include health care > (including mental health), education, diversity, welfare, > affirmative action, and dealing with violence, among others. As > is true for those guiding Clippers, to make progress one needs to > enlist the support of many forces. In sailing, the forces include > the crew as well as the wind, currents, weather, and other forces > of nature. In our case, we need to enlist the support of numerous > human forces, e.g., political, community, Spiritual, and > educational, from diverse cultures in order to address and meet > the challenges that face us. > AWP welcomes proposals that reflect feminist/womanist > concerns and a sensitivity to diversity and multiculturalism. We > want to present a series of paper sessions to address the > conference theme; proposals are encouraged that will address ways > to chart a new course in our individual and collective lives, in > various areas of research and practice, and in public policy and > social action. > > A COLLECTION OF THESE PAPERS WILL BE > SUBMITTED TO A PUBLISHER SHORTLY AFTER THE CONFERENCE. > > Suggestions for Proposals: Proposals also welcome in all > formats on any topic that concerns women, girls, or gender. > Suggested topics include (but are not limited to): relationships; > meanings of individual and collective success; women as kin- > keepers; caregiving and childrearing in feminist, womanist, and > lesbian families; class, race, and privilege; heterosexism and > disenfranchisement; the psychology of poverty; wellness and > quality of life; spirituality in womens lives; global feminism > and international womens issues; developmental issues and > milestones; sexual harassment; mentoring; women in academe; > reproductive and adoptive decisions; single women; womens > physical and mental health; feminist therapy; violence; media > images; lesbian psychologies; sexual diversity; racism; aging; > disabilities; Jewish womens issues; feminist pedagogy; students > concerns; women of color psychologies, effects of managed care on > women and their therapists; effects of welfare reform on women > and children; feminist ethics; community psychology; coalition > building with men, children, and diverse groups of women. > Proposals that are data-based, make theoretical contributions, > are interdisciplinary, or involve social action are especially > welcome. <snip > > For a copy of the complete CALL FOR PAPERS (Please specify e-mail > version (quickest) or snail-mail hard copy), please contact: > > LYNN H. COLLINS, AWP CONFERENCE COORDINATOR > Division of Applied Psychology and Quantitative Methods > UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE > Baltimore, MD 21201-5779 > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: (410) 837-5283 Fax: (410) 837-5336 ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Department of Resource Management Lincoln University, Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************
