The Institute for Women's Leadership and member units of the consortium sponsor special opportunities for visiting scholars to come to Rutgers to conduct research, teach, give public lectures, and participate in the women's and gender studies community. Selected visitors are eligible to live in the Wittenborn Scholars Residence located on the Douglass College campus across the street from the institute. Visiting Scholars Program The Institute for Research on Women (IRW) sponsors a Visiting Scholars Program to encourage post-doctoral researchers in women's and gender studies to visit Rutgers for one or two semesters. Although Visiting Scholar appointments are unsalaried, they carry faculty privileges including access to libraries and recreational facilities, office space at the IRW, and participation in university lectures, colloquia, and seminars. Visiting Scholars in residence at the IRW are invited to participate in the weekly faculty/graduate seminar and related institute lectures and special events. For more information, link to http://irw.rutgers.edu. The Blanche, Edith, and Irving Laurie New Jersey Chair in Women's Studies at Douglass College This chair makes it possible for persons with cutting-edge ideas about women to come to Douglass College for up to two years. The position was initiated in 1983 with state legislation and endowed in 1985 by New Brunswick philanthropist Irving Laurie. Holders of the Laurie New Jersey Chair teach an interdisciplinary seminar, conduct their own research, and give public presentations. For information about the Laurie Chair and application process, contact Suzan Armstrong-West, Associate Dean, Academic Programs, Douglass College by email at armsto@rci.rutgers.edu or call 732/932-9436. Wynona Lipman Chair in Women's Political Leadership The New Jersey Legislature established this chair at the Eagleton Institute's Center for American Women and Politics in 2000 to honor Wynona Lipman, the first African-American woman in the New Jersey Senate. The chair is held by selected practitioners and scholars involved in issues relating to the development of women's political leadership. For information, visit the Center for American Women and Politics' web site http://www.cawp.rutgers.edu. Visiting Global Associates Program Established in 2002 with an endowment gift to the Institute for Women's Leadership from the Ford Foundation, the Visiting Global Associates Program provides scholars and activists from around the world opportunities to visit Rutgers to work with the Center for Women's Global Leadership and the institute consortium. Visiting Global Associates may be in residence from two to six months to participate in leadership programs, curriculum development, and research initiatives on campus. For more information visit the Center for Women's Global Leadership's web site http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu.