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Welcome to the Organization for Feminist Research on Gender and Communication (OFRGC; formerly ORWAC)

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Hi Hello Everyone!
OFRGC is excited to provide submission details for both the 2027 WSCA in Los Angeles and the Women's Studies in Communication journal! All submissions for WSCA are due no later than September 1, 2026, by 11:59 PM PST. See the graphics for more details!

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Congrats to Suzanne Pullen (she/her) from SFSU on receiving the 2026 OFRGC Grant for her project titled, “Is this About Abortion? Or Why I Keep Telling My Stillbirth Story’: The Uses of Critical Autoethnography in Expanding Reproductive Justice Discourse, Advocacy, and Education"

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Congrats to our fourth recipient Ashley Noel Mack (they/them) from Louisiana State University on receiving the 2026 OFRGC Grant for their project titled, “Radical Intimacies: Communication for Liberation in Social Movement Organizing” co-written with collaborator Joquina Reed.

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Congrats to our third recipient Amelia Young (She/her) from the University of Utah on receiving the 2026 OFRGC Research Grant for her project titled, “The Influence of Exclusionary Attitudes in Hierarchical Institutions: A Department of War Case Study.”

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Congrats to our second recipient Nazmul Hasan Shajib (he/him) from the University of Connecticut on receiving the 2026 OFRGC Research Grant for his project titled, “Intersectionality, PPD, and Supportive Communication Among Bangladeshi Mothers"

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Congrats to our first recipient Dani Tan (she/her) from the University of Chicago on receiving the 2026 OFRGC Research Grant for her project titled, “Care, Hygiene, and Military Morale: Allied Nursing as Communicative Labor in the China-Burma-India Theater"

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

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

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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!

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For more information on Women's Studies in Communication (WSIC) please visit page 17 of the Summer 2025 newsletter posted on our site: https://t.co/q1YDNdJBLI

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Submissions for WSCA '26 close September 2nd- Are you ready to share your research?
The Organization for Feminist Research on Gender and Communication (OFRGC) is open for submissions of program proposals and competitive papers. We hope to see you in San Diego! 😎

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OFRGC seeks submissions that speak to its emphasis on feminist research regarding gender and the convention theme, "Resistance".

Detailed information can be found on page 15 of the Summer 2025 newsletter posted on our website: https://t.co/q1YDNdJBLI

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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)

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

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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.

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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.”

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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 https://t.co/G8KpHMhUZc