Announcing the Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship

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We are pleased to announce a new award in honor of one Dr. Shirley Wilson Logan, a mentor to us all from whom we continue to learn.

The purpose of the Shirley Wilson Logan Diversity Scholarship award is to encourage feminist scholarship (particularly historical in nature) by graduate scholars from diverse and historically un or underrepresented groups. The award will be given to first-time presenters at the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference. The award includes both a monetary award ($500 each for up to 6 awardees) and participation in a specially designated session at the Feminisms and Rhetorics conference.  Applicants should have an already-accepted presentation for the conference.  

The goal of the award is diversity and inclusion of underrepresented scholars vs. topics (as long as the work itself falls within the broader category of feminist rhetorical studies).  Please keep this in mind as you submit your materials.  As an organization, we are defining un/underrepresented groups as: 

  • Scholars of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds
  • International scholars
  • Scholars who identify as LGBTQIA
  • Scholars with disabilities
  • Graduate scholars who were first-generation undergraduates.

See our Awards page for application details.

This award would not be possible without the intellectual and emotional labor of our volunteers on the Award Development Committee: Lisa Mastrangelo, Chair, Mary Fratini, Gwendolyn Pough, Mudiwa Pettus, and Sweta Baniya