We are proud to have hosted the following keynote addresses: (page under construction; more information forthcoming)
| Year | Keynote speaker | Title of keynote address |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Cynthia Enloe (Clarke University) | " The Risks of Not Learning from Iraqi Women's War Experiences" |
| 2011 | Noel Sturgeon (Washington State University) | "Avatar and Activism: Ecological Indians, Climate Justice and Disabling Militaris." |
| 2010 | Lori Ginzberg (Pennsylvania State University) | "A Very Radical Proposition: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Meanings of the vote" |
| 2009 | Linda Greenhouse (Yale Law School) | "What Judges Know (or Don't Know) About Sex Discrimination (or Anything Else)" |
| 2008 | Susan Aberth (Bard College) | "Frida Kahlo: Mexican Hydra" |
| 2007 | Afsaneh Najmabadi (Harvard University) | "Feminism, Secularism, and the Challenges of Women's Rights Activism in a Islamic Republic" |
| 2006 | Bonnie Dow (University of Georgia) | "Screening the second Wave: Images and Activism in 1970s Feminism" |
| 2005 | Elizabeth L. Hillman (Rutgers University Law School at Camden) | "Guarding Women: Abu Ghraib and Military Sexual Culture" |
| 2004 | Yopie Prins (University of Michigan) | "Ladies' Greek" |
| 2003 | Maria DiBattista (Princeton University) | "Fast-talking Dames" |
| 2002 | Alan Sinfield (The University of Sussex) | "Using Two Noble Kinsmen to read Midsummer Night's Dream against the Grain" |
| 2001 | ||
| 2000 | Marion Roydhouse (Philadelphia UIniversity) | "A New Zealander Abroad: Unexpected Journeys and Women's History in Unexpected Places" |
| 1999 (10th) | Janice Madden (University of Pennsylvania) | "Gender Discrimination in Labor Market: Constructing Evidence in the Classroom and in the Court Room" |
| 1998 | Mary Crawford (West Chester University) | "Feminist Research: Generations of Change" |
| 1997 | Madelyn Gutwirth | "My Life in Women's Studies, and Why We Still Need Them" |
| 1996 | Adele Lindenmeyr, Ryan McDonough | |
| 1995 | Dr. Rachel Hare-Mustin, Kelly Biessel | |
| 1994 | Marie McAllister, Sherry Masters | "The Value of Women's Studies Education" |
| 1993 | Barbara E. Wall, O. P. (Penn State University) | "Women and Mass Communication" |
| 1992 | No Keynote | |
| 1991 | Farrah Griffith (Bryn Mawr College) | "Black Feminist Contributions to Women's Studies" |
| 1990 |


