COSWA Corner

Katherine A. Spielmann

COSWA-sponsored SAA symposium--COSWA is sponsoring its first symposium at the upcoming SAA meetings in April. The topic is Women and Publishing in Archaeology. The symposium will take place Friday afternoon, April 12, and will feature papers that discuss gender issues in academic publishing in general, and in archaeology in particular. Other papers discuss strategies that women in archaeology have pursued through their careers. The session will provide an opportunity for discussion and comments from the audience.

Women's Network Reception--The annual Women in Archaeology cash bar reception at the SAA meeting will follow immediately after the Women and Publishing symposium on Friday afternoon, beginning at 4:00 p.m. This year the reception will be organized to facilitate networking among women sharing similar topical and areal interests.

COSWA Members--The COSWA committee members for 1996-1997 are: Katherine Spielmann, chair, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe; Paula Bienenfeld, Tetra Tech, Falls Church, Va.; Hillary Chester (student member), Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; Elizabeth Chilton, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Margie Green, Archaeological Consulting Service, Tempe, Ariz.; Margaret Nelson, Department of Anthropology, Arizona State University, Tempe; Miriam Stark, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu; Johanna Thackston, U.S. Air Force, Fla.; Pamela Willoughby, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton; and Rita Wright, Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York City. Please feel free to contact any of these women if you have an issue that you would like COSWA to address, or for further information on COSWA.

Katherine A. Spielmann is at Arizona State University.