Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession (March 2016)

November 2015 Update

The committee is currently working on multiple projects that will support CCCC members with caregiving responsibilities; we have assisted with developing award criteria and an application form for childcare grants for the conference as well as a family-friendly space and mother’s room for conference attendees with children. We are also developing documents to provide more structure and transparency to the committee’s work, including bylaws and guidelines for the feminist workshop held annually during the pre-conference session.

Mission and Charges of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession

The CSWP advocates for issues of concern to women in the profession–contingency in the labor force, examining the specificity of the material conditions that impact the working lives of women teaching in rhetoric and composition, and promotion of feminist scholarship. To those ends, we have sponsored panels at the Annual Convention, co-sponsored the All-day Wednesday Feminist Workshop, and organized SIG sessions to discuss topics of concern and to mentor other women in the field. Our efforts have focused primarily on providing a feminist presence and clearinghouse of ideas of concern to women’s lives in the profession at the Annual Meeting.

Charge 1: Identify feminist questions, concerns, and points of inquiry within the field of rhetoric and composition in areas of relevance to CCCC members and the profession at large
Charge 2: Lead appropriate forms of inquiry into feminist concerns in the field of rhetoric and composition with the goal of proposing solutions, taking a position, or generating action items
Charge 3: Make recommendations to CCCC Officers and Executive Committee based on inquiry, examination, or CSWP actions.