Announcements

2008 WGS RESEARCH GRANTS

Women's and Gender Studies offers research grants up to $ 1,000 for WGS faculty research initiatives with a women and/or gender focus.

Deadline: 10 March 2008

Click here for application guidelines and forms

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You are cordially invited to attend the following research presentations:

Dr. Linda Mitchell, Professor of History, Alfred University
“Girl Power in a Man's World:  Noblewomen in Medieval Ireland”
12 Noon, Friday, February 8th, 2008
109 Haag Hall

Dr. Astrid Henry, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and English,
St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame IN
“Third-Wave Feminism in the US and Scandinavia: A Comparison”
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
3:15pm
217 Scofield Hall

Dr. Linda Hults, Professor of Art History,
The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
“Life as the Muse of Sarcasm: Lucrezia Paolino and Salvator Rosa”
Friday, January 25, 2008
12 pm
208 Fine Arts Building

Dr. Joyce Mushaben, Professor of Political Science,
University of Missouri-Saint Louis
“Up the Down Staircase: Redefining Gender Identities through Ethnic Employment”
Monday, January 28, 2008
3pm
307 Haag Hall

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MARTHA J. STARR PROFESSORSHIP

UMKC’s College of Arts & Sciences invites nominations and applications for the Martha Jane Starr Missouri Distinguished Professorship in Women’s & Gender Studies. This is a joint appointment in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and an appropriate department in the College as the tenure home.  Applicants should present a distinguished record of scholarship and teaching consistent with tenure at a research institution. The area of expertise is open, however successful candidates will have a demonstrated commitment to interdisciplinary research and teaching in Women's Studies/Gender Studies. Appointment will be at the rank of Associate Professor or Professor.

UMKC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer that encourages members from underrepresented groups to apply.

Send nominations or applications, including letter, CV, and names of three references to:

Dr. Kathy Krause, Director of Women’s & Gender Studies
218 Scofield Hall, Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures
University of Missouri-Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
krausek@umkc.edu

For full consideration, applications should be received by November 30, 2007. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

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MARTHA J. STARR VISITING PROFESSORSHIP

WGS is delighted to welcome Mary Stewart as the MARTHA J. STARR Visiting Professor.  Dr. Stewart is professor and chair of Women’s & Gender Studies at the University of Nevada Reno.  At UMKC she will be teaching Soc/Anthro 300RD, Women and Violence in the Fall Semester of 2007 and Soc/Antrho 414/531 Feminist Theories in the Spring semester of 2008.

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CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the 2007 competition for a Women’s & Gender Studies Research Grant Award:

Dr. Virginia Blanton, Department of English for her research project, "Reading Nuns."

Dr. Dianne Mutti-Burke, Department of History, for her research project, "On Slavery’s Borders: Small Slaveholding in Antebellum Missouri."

Dr. Viviana L. Grieco, Department of History, for her paper presentation and future publication, "'Yo arme el brazo de ese valiente que aseguro su gloria y nuestra libertad.' Women, Public Fianances and the Public Sphere in Late Colonial and early Independent Buenos Aires, 1790-1816."

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