Call for Papers: North Georgia College and State University's 7th
Annual Women and Leadership Conference
March 4, 2004
"Perceptions of Women's Leadership"
Exploring and Celebrating the Contributions of Women Leaders
Possible session topics include the factors
shaping/shaped by women's leadership, such as language, social
environment, biology/science, stereotypes, economic forces/business
management, ethnicity, emotionalism and/or intellectualism,
arts/culture, and military policy. Papers might address such questions
as how do words/language reflect/affect the
perception/conception/expression of women's leadership, especially
regarding gender differenceshow do women's bodies/biology affect their
perception of themselves as leaders, affect others' perception of women
as leaders how do various types/stereotypes reflect/affect the
perception of women as leaders (as opposed to the various
types/stereotypes of male leadership)how do various types/stereotypes
reflect/affect the mentoring/teaching of women as leaderswhat
effect/affect do such externals as clothes, offices, salary, social
behavior, etc., have on women as leaders, both as they perceive
themselves and as others perceive women as leaders do real/perceived
differences distinguish men from women leaderswhat are the
perceived/real relationships between women as leaders and contemporary
economic forceshow do women adjust to traditional perceptions of women
as self-sacrificing and nurturing within leadership expectations which
may include personal/financial success; how do these perceptions affect
women's relationship with the concept of "servant" leadershipwhat
role(s) does the home and the family play in perceptions of women as
leaders, both as they perceive themselves and as others perceive women
as leaders what positive/negative affects can traditional
womanliness/femininity have on perceptions of women as leaders, both as
they perceive themselves and as others perceive women as leaders how do
the arts/commercial arts affect our perception of women as leaders how
has the military responded to perceptions of women as pacifist,
emotional, non-violent, non-combatant; has the military incorporated or
resisted these perceptions in their service expectations of womenhow
does race/ethnicity connect with diversifying perceptions of women as
leaders
Please send 200-word abstracts for either 10 or 20 minute
presentations (please indicate which) by October 20, 2003 to Dr. B.J.
Robinson, Women and Leadership Conference, Department of Language and
Literature, 305 Dunlap Hall, North Georgia College and State University,
Dahlonega, GA 30597
Bonnie J. Robinson, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of English
North Georgia College & State University
Dahlonega, GA 30533
706-864-1964
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