Welcome to the temporary site for the National Communication Association’s portal for information regarding the Women’s Caucus and Feminist & Women Studies Division.  We will eventually move this site to the NCA website and will grow the site more from that location. We hope you will stay tuned to the many exciting developments under foot with the Women’s Caucus and FWSD!

Mission of Women’s Caucus

The Women's Caucus mission is to advocate for women's improved status, voice, and opportunities in the discipline. In doing so, we are committed to exploring the diversity and complexities of women's lives in terms of their academic and professional experiences. In keeping with the spirit of this mission, the Caucus encourages innovative and alternative ways of understanding and investigating women's experiences. We are committed to building alliances with other NCA divisions and caucuses who are interested in creating opportunities for students, recent graduates, and/or scholars who have not previously participated in NCA programming.

Mission of Feminist & Women Studies Division

This division interested in themes related to feminist studies in communication. We encourage and support research, action, and understandings of the profession which address intersections of power, such as race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, nationality and transnationalism, and that challenge existing theoretical paradigms that have excluded the voices of marginalized groups, particularly women. Feminist perspectives on masculinities and comparative research on gender across all communication contexts are also of interest in this Division.

We are not only interested in the intersectional study of women's lives, but also in varied and intersectional approaches to gender as well. Our Division is open to diverse women and men who share an interest in the empowerment of all women and other marginalized groups. We seek collaboration with other NCA divisions and caucuses, particularly those dedicated to the study of issues of power and social justice, and to the creation and maintenance of equality within the profession. These collaborations are aimed both to encourage research which spans axes of power and identity, and also to build alliances which span these axes as well.