1. for students and scholars alike in research, jazz history, musicology, ethnomusicology, and psychology courses
2. advocates for change, serves as call to action to address the many issues and new ideas posited about jazz and gender as we move further into the 21st century.
3. represents both experienced and junior scholars from four continents including North America, South America, Europe, and Oceania (Australia and New Zealand).
4. not simply focused on the place of women or men in the artform, it focuses on the construct of gender in many forms including non-binary, gender non-conforming, transgender, LGBTQ+, and other considerations from the points of view of both women, men whose gender identity does not always fit the historic binary definition.