Resources for Women in Anthropology
at TAMU
Like academics in many fields, women anthropologists face different
career issues and challenges than do their male colleagues. At TAMU, a
number of agencies recognize these special needs and provide support
for women students, staff, and faculty. This web page lists some of
these resources, as well as funding opportunities that are targeted
toward women in graduate school. The most important resource available
to women in Anthropology at TAMU is the strength, creativity and
passion of the women who make up a large proportion of the Department.
Students and staff should not hesitate to bring questions or concerns
about women's issues to the attention of our faculty.
Your Anthropology Women's Faculty
Caucus:
International
Women's Day 2005:
Dr.
Linda Cordell visited the department on March 7. She spoke about
her career and visited with graduate students and faculty.
The
following campus organizations support women's issues and promote
gender equity at TAMU:
TAMU Women's Center sponsors
a variety of programs, support and education on women's issues. A
Women's Week
celebration is organized for International Women's Day each year (March
8).
Women's Study Program offers an
undergraduate minor, a graduate certificate, visiting speakers,
internships, etc. in women's studies.
Aggie Women in Leadership Program
coordinates a mentoring program for first and second year undergraduate
students and sponsors monthly leadership development events.
Faculty and graduate students can volunteer to mentor a student through
the AWIL program.
Women in
Science and Engineering
is an organization of women in the Colleges of Science and
Engineering. WISE
organizes a conference on women's issues in science and higher
education each February.
Gender Diversity Project is an
NSF-funded joint project of the College of Science and the Dwight Look
College of Engineering.
Women's Faculty Network
organizes professional development seminars and events, and organizes a
mentoring program for junior female faculty.
Faculty Committed to an Inclusive Campus is a faculty organization
formed in 2003 to promote diversity at TAMU.
Gender Issues
Education Services is a branch of the Department of Student Life.
Aggie Allies is a network of
faculty, staff and students on campus who offer a "a safe haven, a
listening ear, and support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgendered people or anyone dealing with sexual orientation issues"
External
Funding Sources for Women in Anthropology & Academia:
(of course, women can apply to the standard gamut of NSF, Wenner-Gren,
Leakey Foundation, etc...)
American Association of
University Women (AAUW) offers a variety of fellowships, grants,
and awards. Sheela Athreya held one of the prestigious
dissertation writing fellowships!
The American Association for the Advancement of science offers travel
grants for pilot projects with international collaborators through the Women's International
Science Collaboration (WISC) program. Cynthia Werner has
received one of these grants!
L'Oreal
Foundation offers scholarship for women in science.
Talbot's
offers scholarships for women seeking bachelor's degrees later in life.
In addition to a broad range of pre- and post-dissertation research
fellowships, the Social
Science Research Council (SSRC) offers fellowships for research on
gender and sexuality.
Women's
interest groups affiliated with national professional organizations in
Anthropology:
COSWA
(Committee on the Status of Women in Anthropology) is a committee of
the American Anthropological
Association which monitors gender equity in Anthropology.
COSWA also sponsors roundtable luncheons and other events at the annual
Society for American Archaeology
meetings. Updates of women's issues in the SAA are published
in the COSWA Corner column in the SAA Bulletin, or on the SAA web
site.
American Association of University Women & AAUW Texas
Parenting and
Family Planning Resources in Bryan/College Station
Sponsored
by the Anthropology Women's Faculty Caucus
Comments,
suggestions, additions, and revisions to this page are welcome! Send
them to: lwright@tamu.edu
Last
modified April 8, 2004.
