Welcome to WCIS

The WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (WCIS) is devoted to upgrading the status of women in the profession of international studies. WCIS seeks to promote equal opportunities for women in their professional lives, from graduate school admissions through all stages of employment. WCIS also seeks to promote women's professional development, both in academic and non-academic professional careers in international studies.

As a section of the International Studies Association, the WCIS serves as an advocate and liaison to the ISA for these purposes. WCIS also works to encourage mentoring networks for women in the profession and organizes workshops and roundtables at ISA annual conferences focusing on topics of concern to women in the profession. WCIS holds its annual Breakfast-Business meeting on the Friday morning of ISA annual conferences.

Blog

WCIS maintains a section blog hosted by the Blogger.com service. The blog is used for short announcements about section activities and events and can be found here: http://isawcis.blogspot.com/

Charter

The charter documents of the WCIS Section:

The following changes to the WCIS Charter were approved by the WCIS Executive Committee and assembled members at the 2008 ISA Annual Convention in San Francisco:

ARTICLE IV: OFFICERS (Amended 2008)

1. Elect a Vice-Chair to a 1-year term to serve as Program Coordinator, and who will transition automatically to become Chair for a 1-year term, then in to the Past Chair position.

a. As Vice-Chair, duties would be focused on preparing the program for the annual meeting.

b. As Chair, duties would include presiding at the annual meeting; serving as liaison between WCIS and ISA; coordinating the appointment of the Nominations Committee.

2. Secretary/Treasurer - Keep 2 year renewable term with duties as currently delineated.

3. Communications Coordinator - Elect for 2 year renewable term with duties to include maintaining the listserv and helping the Chair coordinate other communications as needed.

4. Nominations & Awards Coordinator - Elect for 1 year renewable term, with duties to include coordinating work associated with both the Northcutt and Gerner awards; submit nominations to the ISA nominating committee and the ISA President Elect for open positions; and collaborate with Chair to appoint the WCIS Officer Nominations Committee.

5. 2 Members-At-Large: Elect for 2-year terms, with rotating terms to maintain some institutional memory in addition to the chair and past chair.

Listserv

Welcome to list WCIS-L (wcis-l@bucknell.edu). WCIS-L is maintained at Bucknell University. If you wish to subscribe to this list, send an email to listproc@bucknell.edu with the body of the message containing a line like this:

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HOW TO POST TO THE LIST

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HOW TO GET OFF THE LIST

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WHERE TO SEND EMAIL

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DIGESTS

All messages posted to this list are also available in daily digests. If you wish to receive messages in digest format you may send the following request to listproc@bucknell.edu: set WCIS-L mail digest

If you have any questions or comments, please direct them to Emek Ucarer as we put our listserve to work.

Membership

Any member of the ISA who shares the purposes of the WCIS may become a member upon payment of dues ($5 per year; $3 per year for students). ISA members may easily add WCIS section membership by logging in to their account on MyISA.

Don't forget to renew your membership on a yearly basis!

Members are entitled to attend annual WCIS business meetings, vote, nominate candidates for and hold office within the Caucus, receive newsletters and other publications produced by the WCIS, and participate in all activities and projects sponsored by the WCIS.

Members are encouraged to participate in the WCIS mentoring project, serve on WCIS committees, and help recruit new members. Tell your friends about us!

Minutes

The minutes of the annual WCIS business meetings at the ISA Annual Convention:

Newsletter

The newsletters of the WCIS Section:

Officers

The WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (WCIS) is devoted to upgrading the status of women in the profession of international studies. WCIS seeks to promote equal opportunities for women in their professional lives, from graduate school admissions through all stages of employment. WCIS also seeks to promote women's professional development, both in academic and non-academic professional careers in international studies.

WCIS Officers for 2009-2010:

Chair: Kathleen Mahoney-Norris
Vice-Chair: Lyn Boyd Judson
Secretary/Treasurer: Bethany Barratt
Communications Coordinator: Emek Ucarer
Awards and Nominations Coordinator: Sandy McEvoy
Members at Large: Patricia Owens and Kristen Williams
Past Chair: Vicki Golich

Contact the Chair:
Kathleen
Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris, Chair

March 2009 - March 2010
Professor, National Security Studies
U.S.A.F. Air Command and Staff College
225 Chennault Circle
Maxwell Air Force Base, AL 36112-6426
Telephone: (334) 953-7009
Facsimile:  (334) 953-3989
Email:  Kathleen.Norris@maxwell.af.mil

Reports

The annual reports of the WCIS business meetings at the ISA Annual Convention: