Academic Articles

Albrecht, Lisa, Shelley Bannister, Kathryn Brooks, Trisha Franzen, Lois Rita Helmbold, Minrose Gwyn, Ruth Hubbard, Demetria Iazzetto, Phyllis Mannocchi, Shane Phelan, Rivka Polatnick, Margaret Randall, Laura Sanders, & Carolyn Woodward. (1990). “Racism at the NWSA: A Letter from White Women.” off our backs 20(10): 17–18.

Alexander-Floyd, Nikol G. (2010). “Critical Race Black Feminism: A ‘Jurisprudence of Resistance’ and the Transformation of the Academy.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 35(4): 810-820. 

Allen, Ann Taylor. (1996). “The March Through the Institutions: Women’s studies in the United States and West and East Germany, 1980-1995.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 22(1): 152-180.

Aptheker, Bettina. (1981). “‘Strong is What We Make Each Other’: Unlearning Racism within Women’s Studies.” Women’s Studies Quarterly, 9(4): 13-16.

Bastian Duarte & Ángela Ixkic. (2012). “From the Margins of Latin American Feminism: Indigenous and Lesbian Feminisms.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 38(1): 153-78. 

Bell-Scott, Patricia, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, & Jacqueline Jones Royster. (1991). “The Promise and Challenge of Black Women’s Studies: A Report from the Spelman Conference, May 25-26, 1990.” NWSA Journal 3(2): 281–288.

Brewer, Rose M. (2011). “Black Women’s Studies: From Theory to Transformative Practice.” Socialism and Democracy 21(1):146-56.

Brown-Glaude, Winnifred R. (2010). “But Some of Us are Brave: Black Women Faculty Transforming the Academy.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 35(4): 801-809.

Carroll, Berenice & Sue Mansfield. (1993). “Report from NWSA.” NWSA Journal 5(1): 145–149.

Christian, Barbara. (1989). “But Who Do You Really Belong To—Black Studies or Women’s Studies?” Women’s Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 17(1-2): 17-23.

Cho, Sumi, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, & Leslie McCall. (2013). “Toward a Field of Intersectionality Studies: Theory, Applications, and Praxis.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 38(4): 785-810. 

Clarke, Cheryl . (2010). “But Some of Us are Brave and the Transformation of the Academy: Transformation?” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 35(4): 779-788. 

Collins, Patricia Hill. (1989). “The Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 14(4): 745–773.

Coogan-Gehr, Kelly. (2011). “The Politics of Race in U.S. Feminist Scholarship: An Archaeology.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 37(1): 83–107.

duCille, Ann. (1994). “The Occult of True Black Womanhood: Critical Demeanor and Black Feminist Studies.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 19(3): 591–629.

Franklin, V. P. (2002). “Hidden in Plain View: African American Women, Radical Feminism, and the Origins of Women’s Studies Programs, 1967-1974.” The Journal of African American History, 87(4): 433-445.

Gonzalez, Maria. (2002). “This Bridge Called NWSA.” NWSA Journal 14(1):71-81.

Guy-Sheftall, Beverly. (1992). “Black Women’s Studies: The Interface of Women’s Studies and Black Studies.” Phylon 49(1/2):

Laslett, Barbara, and Johanna Brenner. (2000). “Twenty-First-Century Academic Feminism in the United States: Utopian Visions and Practical Actions.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 25(4): 1231-1235. 

Lee, Valerie. (2010). “Anthologizing and Theorizing Black Women’s Studies.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 35(4): 788-796.

May, Vivian M. (2002). “Disciplinary Desires and Undisciplined Daughters: Negotiating the Politics of a Women’s Studies Doctoral Education.” NWSA Journal 14(1): 134-159.

Mihesuah, Devon A. (2000). “A Few Cautions at the Millennium on the Merging of Feminist Studies with American Indian Women’s Studies.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 25(4): 1247-1251. 

Nash, Jennifer Christine. (2013). “Practicing Love: Black Feminism, Love-Politics, and Post-Intersectionality.” Meridians 11(2):1-24.

Reviere, Rebecca, & Anita Nahal. (2005). “Finding Our Place: Women’s Studies at Howard University.” NWSA Journal, 17(2): 150-155.

Rooks, Noliwe M. (2000). “Like Canaries in the Mines: Black Women’s Studies at the Millennium.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 25(4): 1209-1211. 

Ruby, Jennie, Farar Elliott, & Carol Anne Douglas. (1990). “NWSA: Troubles Surface at Conference.” off our backs 20(8): 1–16.

Smith, Barbara. (1980). “Racism and Women’s Studies.” Frontiers 5(1): 48-49.

Wall, Cheryl A. (2010). “On Dolls, Presidents, and Little Black Girls.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 35(4): 796-801. 

Williams, Erica Lorraine. (2013). “Women’s Studies and Sexuality Studies at HBCUs: The Audre Lorde Project at Spelman College.” Feminist Studies 39(2): 520-525.

Zinn, Maxine Baca, Lynn Weber Cannon, Elizabeth Higginbotham, and Bonnie Thornton Dill. (1986). “The Costs of Exclusionary Practices in Women’s Studies.” Signs: Journal of women in culture and society, 11(2): 290-303.