📣 We are now the Organization for Feminist Research on Gender and Communication (OFRGC) 🥳

OFRGC (formerly ORWAC) invites scholars to join us at the 2024 WSCA convention in Reno, Nevada. Submission are due Sept. 1 for the February convention. For more information visit westcomm.org/page/CFP

Congrats to Jacqueline Gunning, grad student UConn whose project "Exploring (Dis)Enfranchising Healthcare Experiences of African American, Latina/o/x, and American Indian/Alaskan Native Women with Autoimmune Disease” received our 2023 OFRGC Research Dev. Grant!

Congrats to Dr. Jaclyn Nolan, senior lecturer UGA whose project "Willie McGee and the Legacy of Legal Lynching” received our 2023 OFRGC Research Dev. Grant!

Congrats to Taylor Mack, grad student Columbus State University whose project "Does this Look Okay? Examining Self-Presentation Expectations for Corporate Women Using Communication Theory of Identity” received our 2023 OFRGC Research Dev. Grant!

Congrats to Dr. Satarupa Dasgupta, asst. prof Ramapo College whose project "The Impact of Mobility and Visibility on Stigmatization and Support Services: Access and Utilization among Non-Brothel-Based Transient Sex Workers in India ” received our 2023 OFRGC Research Dev. Grant!

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS! OFRGC is accepting applications for the Research Development Grant (up to $2500) to be awarded to: 1 Bachelor’s Student, 1 Master’s Students, 1 Ph.D. Student, 1 Contingent Faculty, and 1 Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty. Apply at tinyurl.com/3kxryems

Congrats to Meggie Mapes (she/her) (@MeggieMapes) from the University of Kansas on receiving the 2024 OFRGC Research Grant for her project titled, “‘I thought violence was normal’: Qualitative Investigations into Batterer Intervention Programming.” Find more info on IG Org. for Feminist Research on Gender & Comm.

Congrats to Heewon Kim (she/her) at ASU on receiving the 2024 OFRGC Research Grant for her project, “Medical knowledge as technology of denial: The emerging forms of legal violence to discredit sexual violence survivors' testimonies about trauma.” Find more info on IG Org. for Feminist Research on Gender & Comm.

Congrats to Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad (she/her), Assistant Professor from the University of Alabama on receiving the 2024 OFRGC Research Grant for her project titled, “Beyond Labels: On Being a ‘Woman of Color’ in the United States.” Find more info on IG Org. for Feminist Research on Gender & Comm.

Congrats to Dani R. Soibelman (they/them) from the University of Colorado, Boulder on receiving the 2024 OFRGC Research Grant for their project titled, “An Otherwise Archive: Perceivability as a Trans Alternating Practice in Neoliberal Academia.” Find more info on IG Org. for Feminist Research on Gender & Comm.

Join us at the Phoenix of Gaza VR experience exhibit Sat (2/15) from 10 am to 2 pm at WSCA. This is an OFRGC sponsored event, we hope to see you there.

Are you attending WSCA? Come check out and support the OFRGC events.

Feeling parched or hungry for some community? Come mix and mingle at the OFRGC reception. Details: Saturday (2/15) 7:00 pm- 9:00 pm Anasazi (010) (West—Lower Level)

We'd like to give a shoutout to this year's amazing group of OFRGC Research Development Grant recipients! Your hard work is greatly appreciated!

Attending Western this year? Check out these events! You won't want to miss them! 🪻

And while we have your attention... Take a look at our BRAND NEW Winter Newsletter! Stay warm out there! ☃️