Winter 2016Newsletter


Letter from the Chairs...1
2015 Fall Conference Highlights……………....2
Renew your AERA RWE Membership……………2
Willystine Goodsell Award Nomination….....2
RWE Leadership Opportunities………..... 3
Selma Greenburg Outstanding Dissertation Award Nominations...…4
About our Newsletter….5
RWE Mission…………..5 / Letter from the Chairs

Dr. Tonya Perry Dr. Dana Christman
Dear RWE Members,
As co-chairs of the AERA SIG, Research on Women and Education, we are delighted that you are a member of this wonderful group dedicated to learning, networking, researching, sharing and celebrating the work of colleagues related to women and girls and social justice.
This year our conference theme was Empowering Women and Girls through Education: Collective Voices and Perspectives. Through this theme, the program committee was able to highlight the many opportunities that impact the educational and social conditions of girls and women. Many of our conference presenters spoke to topics and needs related to global issues around culture, poverty, and oppression. It was exciting to have the opportunity to share our work and learn more about how we can support each other.
To continue the energy from the conference, we will build on the networking, publishing, and serving opportunities. Below in the RWE Winter 2016 Newsletter, you will find opportunities to connect with RWE and its members.
Here is to friendship, scholarship, networking, service, and advancement of women and girls!
Sincerely,
Dr. Tonya Perry and Dr. Dana Christman
Co-Chairs, Research on Women and Education, AERA SIG

2015 Annual Fall Conference Highlights

After an amazing and successful Fall 2015 RWE conference, we want to thank all the presenters and collaborators that help make our conference a success.

Check out this highlight video from our

41st Annual RWE Fall Conference at:

Renew Your AERA RWE Membership

This is the time to renew your AERA RWE membership.

Don't forget to pay your dues by December 31st! Join orrenew your membership at:

Willystine Goodsell Award Nominations

Sponsored through the American Educational Research Association - Research on Women and Education SIG

Purpose of the award:

To recognize an educator who has served AERA on behalf of women, girls and education through:

  • Scholarship
  • Activism
  • Community building

Do you know someone who would represent this award well?

Please send a letter of nomination (electronically or via regular mail), including resume/vita of the nominee no later than December 30, 2015 to:

Dr. Barbara Polnick, Chair, Willystine Goodsell Award Committee,

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936-520-7762,

Address: Sam Houston State University,

P.O.Box 1147, Huntsville, TX 77341.

RWE Offering Leadership Opportunities

In an effort to increase the "leadership pipeline" for our wonderful organization, we are encouraging you to please send us your name and contact information, along with any committees or interest groups with which you would like to work. Committees meet via email, online, and at the RWE fall conference. Committee work may lead to a leadership position (chair of committees and/or executive board membership). The Executive Board is composed of Chair-appointed and elected positions, so there are several opportunities for you to become a leader in a national organization-anAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) Special Interest Group (SIG).

These types of positions look really great on your vita!!

Here are some of the current committees that may be of interest to you.

  • Networking
  • Leadership/Mentoring
  • Newsletter/Website
  • Diversity Task Force
  • Advocacy School and Leadership Awards
  • Membership
  • Research & Publishing
  • Selma Greenberg Outstanding Dissertation Award
  • Willystine Goodsell Award
  • Information Age Publishing Award
  • RWE Conference Program...and others as needed in the organization

Please let us know what you are interested in and how RWE can support you meet your leadership goals!

Barbara Polnick, Ed.D., Leadership/Mentoring Committee Co-chair

Sam Houston State University

Julia Ballenger, Ph.D., Leadership/Mentoring Committee Co-chair

Texas A&M University-Commerce

2016 Call for Nominations-Selma Greenberg Outstanding Dissertation Award

Name of the Award:

Selma Greenberg Outstanding Dissertation Award

Description of the Award: This award was named after Dr. Selma Greenberg in 1997, a founding member of the SIG who was a world-class researcher and died in 1997. Before the name of the award was changed, it was the SIG/RWE dissertation award for years dating back to 1980.

The author must be a member of the Research on Women and Education (RWE) SIG.

The dissertation must have been completed within two years of the application year. This year’s recipient must have published her/his dissertation in 2013 or later.

The author is expected to present a summary of his/her dissertation findings at the 2016 RWE Fall Conference.

Nomination Process and Timeline:

  1. Please submit your nomination materials (PDF and MS Word), including dissertation electronically to:

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  1. Deadline for submission is January 5, 2016, by midnight MST.
  2. The author must submit the following in two different electronic submissions:

A-E is one submission in a PDF:

(a)A nominating letter from the author’s dissertation chair, major professor, or committee member (the nominator does not need to be a member of RWE).

(b)The author’s vitae or resume.

(c)Attach a 1-2 page essay that includes the following: how you chose this topic, the date of your oral exam, any on-going work (derived from your dissertation) in which you are currently engaged, and potential research, service, and/or practical work that might extend the dissertation.

(d)A sheet including the author’s name, name of dissertation, institutional affiliation, address, fax, phone, and email.

(e)Attach an Abstract.

F is second submission in a separate Word document:

(f)In a separate document, submit one electronic copy of the dissertationwithout the author’s name, institution, or personal information. This is to allow for blind review. Please include the title of the dissertation on the first page and in the title of the file.

About our Newsletter

The RWE Newsletter is circulated to all members three times a year (December, May, and August). It provides a means of communication and information sharing between members of the SIG. It also enables the Board to keep members up-to-date with news, conferences and other events concerning research on women and education.The Newsletter provides a forum for publicizing your events and informing members about other activities and projects. The contents of the Newsletter depend partly upon what has been submitted for circulation by our members. So please feel free to send information about Conferences, Events, News, Job Postings, anything you think would be of interest to RWEmembers. Send copy to the editor, Maureen Neumann, at: deadline for copy is the last day of the month preceding the next scheduled newsletter.

/ RWE Mission
The RWE Special Interest Group was established in 1973 and has two purposes: (1) To provide a structure within the American Educational Research Association for the promotion of research concerning women and girls in education and (2) To provide a mechanism to facilitate communication among researchers and practitioners who are concerned about women and education at the intersection of race, class, gender, and culture.

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