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Status of Women in the Profession Committee
Charge: The Status of Women in the Profession Committee recommends policies and good practices to assure the full access and academic freedom of women within the Academy and develops programs to enhance the status of women in the profession.Composition: Up to six members.
Terms of Office: Three years, renewable once.
Current Members:
Judith Plaskow (Chair) Kecia Ali Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas Anne Joh Nadia M. Lahutsky Andrea Smith Aislinn Jones (Staff Liaison)
Committee Activities:
Academic
Advice Column
Ask "Academic Abby" about what's bugging you
right now. Several women in the profession have volunteered to
answer your questions about professional concerns. Contact them!
A Guide for Women in Religion: Making Your Way from A to Z, ed. Mary Hunt, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. For more information, visit Palgrave Macmillan and search for ISBN 1-4039-6648-6. List price is $15.95.
Annual Meeting Events:
Mentoring Roundtable
Each year, the Status of Women in the Profession Committee organizes a luncheon during the Annual Meeting. Several mid-career and senior AAR scholars gather with newer and emerging scholars in the field to discuss pertinent issues like choosing an adviser, getting published, contract negotiation, and the challenge of balancing work and personal commitments. In 2009, the lunch is cosponsored with the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities and the LGBTIQ Task Force. Pre-registration is required and the lunch costs $10. Click here for more information on the Mentoring Lunch, including registration.
Special Topics Forums
The Status of Women in the Profession Committee holds at least one special topics forum on a subject of concern to women in religion. You can search the current year’s program in the online Program Book.
We will continue our initiative to increase the visibility of feminist scholars of religion on issues of public concern. Feel free to contact committee chair Judith Plaskow with other ideas and topics:
- 2009: Got Life Yet? A Structural Analysis
- 2008: Making Room, Making Sense: Re-visioning our Fields, Re-bordering Scholarship
- 2007: Fifty Years of Women in the AAR and SBL: The Battles of Yesterday and the Challenges of Tomorrow
- 2006: Women Speaking to Religion and Leadership: Honoring the Work of Mercy Oduyoye
- 2005: Got Life? Finding Balance and Making Boundaries in the Academy
Childcare at the Annual Meeting
Through the work of the committee, childcare will again be on offer at the Annual Meeting. Please see the Annual Meeting page for more details.
Also of Interest:
- Women and Religion Section
- Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Group
- Lesbian-Feminist Issues in Religion Group
- Womanist Approaches to Religion & Society Group
- Status of Racial & Ethnic Minorities in the Profession Committee
- Women's Caucus in Religion
- SBL Status of Women in the Profession Committee
- Surviving and Thriving in Academia
- Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion
