The SWS Distinguished Lectureship was founded in 1985 as a way of
recognizing members whose scholarship employs a feminist perspective
and of making this feminist scholar available to campuses that are
isolated, rural, located away from major metropolitan areas, bereft
of the resources needed to invite guest speakers, and/or
characterized by hostility to feminist scholarship. A key goal of
the program is to provide a feminist voice on campuses where such a
perspective is unusual and/or unwelcome.
The lecturer will receive an honorarium and must commit to presenting
his/her lecture at the summer SWS meeting and on two US campuses that
meet the above noted criteria. A written version of the lecture will
be published in Gender
and Society.
| 2009 | Silver Anniversary - Paula England, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 2008 | Cecilia Ridgeway, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 2007 | Evelyn Nakano Glenn, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer
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| 2006 | Michael Messner, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 2005 | Joan Acker, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 2004 | Margaret Andersen, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 2003 | Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 2002 | Barbara Risman, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 2001 | Patricia Yancey Martin, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 2000 | Mary Frank Fox, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 1999 | Michael Kimmel, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 1998 | Kathleen Gerson, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 1997 | Verta Taylor, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 1996 | Ronnie Steinberg, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer |
| 1995 | Rose Brewer, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer in honor of Ruth Shonle Cavan |
| 1994 | Mady Segal, SWS Distinguished Feminist Lecturer in honor of Helen McGill Hughes |
| 1993 | Myra Marx Ferree, SWS Cheryl Allyn Miller Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1992 | Judith Lorber, SWS Cheryl Miller Allyn Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1991 | Francesca Cancian, SWS Cheryl Allyn Miller Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1990 | Arlene Kaplan Daniels, SWS Cheryl Allyn Miller Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1989 | Maxine Baca Zinn, SWS Cheryl Allyn Miller Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1988 | Barbara Katz Rothman, SWS Cheryl Allyn Miller Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1987 | Barbara Reskin, SWS Cheryl Allyn Miller Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1986 | Barrie Thorne, SWS Cheryl Allyn Miller Distinguished Lecturer |
| 1985 | Janet Chafetz, SWS Cheryl Allyn Miller Distinguished Lecturer |
