Selected Profiles
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
WS '79
Leila Rupp
WS '75
Sarah Song
WS '03
The Woodrow Wilson
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
in Women's Studies
Mission
The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies encourages original and significant research about women that crosses disciplinary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Previous Fellows have explored such topics as transnational religious education for Muslim women, the complex gender dynamics of voluntary marriage migration, women’s role in African-American adult literacy, women’s sports, militarism and the education of American women, and the relationship between family commitments and women’s work mobility. More…
Partners
Friends and Fellows of the WW Women’s Studies Fellowship
Fellowships
The Women’s Studies Fellowships are provided to Ph.D. candidates at institutions in the United States who will complete their dissertations during the fellowship year. The most competitive applications include not only a clear, thorough, and compelling description of the candidate’s work, but also evidence of an enduring interest in and commitment to women’s issues and scholarship on women.
- 2008 Fellows
- FAQ
- Eligibility/Application Information
NOTE: The application for the 2009 Women's Studies Dissertation Fellowship is now closed. The deadline was October 13, 2008. The 2009 Fellows will be announced shortly . Please check back at a later date for details about the 2010 competition.
Fellows receive $3,000 to be used for expenses connected with the dissertation. These may include, but are not limited to, travel, books, microfilming, taping, and computer services. The 2009 Fellows will be announced in March.
Please note: The Women’s Studies competition is for projects in the humanities and social sciences; projects in fields such as management, the clinical and biological sciences, and law are not eligible unless they have a demonstrable academic grounding in the humanities and social sciences, particularly the fields represented by the competition’s selection committees. Applicants working on health-related issues in the social sciences should consider carefully whether their work demonstrably centers on the topic’s social, cultural, and individual aspects.
If You’re Interested
Please be sure to review the FAQ and Eligibility/Application Information. If, after reviewing these pages, you have further questions, please contact Susan Billmaier, Assistant Program Director, by email or telephone (609) 452-7007, ext. 310.