Women's and Gender Studies
Charlotte Bunch
Board of Governor's Distinguished Professor
Department of Women's Gender Studies, Center for Women's Global Leadership
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Women's Human Rights Globally, Human Rights, Violence Against Women, Sexual Rights, Gender and Diversity, Women and Leadership, Women Peace and Security, United Nations Policies on Gender and Women, UN Secretary General Selection and Women candidates
Charlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the Center for Women's Global Leadership and Board of Governor's Distinguished Professor in Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University, has been an activist, writer and organizer in the…
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Jenny Carleo
Rutgers NJAES Cooperative Extension of Cape May County
Key topics: Sunflowers, beach plums, retail marketing of agricultural products, agritourism, women in agriculture, and Annie's Project
An agricultural agent in the coastal region. From NY (non-farm background). Has a BS in Agricultural Science from Rutgers, 1999; Master's of Science, Plant Biology from Rutgers, 2003. Has worked with Rutgers Cooperative Extension since 2003.…
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Barbara Cooper
Professor
Department of History
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Culture and political economy, gender, religion, family life, Niger, West African Sahel
Barbara Cooper, Ph.D., is a professor of history. She is interested in the intersections between culture and political economy, focusing upon gender, religion, and family life. Drawing upon archival sources as well as oral interviews in the Hausa…
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Mary Hawkesworth
Professor and Chair
Department of Women's and Gender Studies
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Feminist theory, women and politics, contemporary political philosophy, and social policy
Mary E. Hawkesworth, Ph.D., is professor of women's and gender studies and a member of the graduate faculty in political science at Rutgers. Her most recent books include War and Terror: Feminist Perspectives (University of…
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Joanna Kempner
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
School of Arts and Sciences
Key topics: Politics and science, pain, headaches and migraine, health and illness, sex research, NIH funding
Joanna Kempner's research focuses on areas where medicine, science, politics and gender collide. This research has taken two forms—much of her work focuses on the politics of pain medicine, especially migraine and cluster headache. She also…
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Lisa Klein
Distinguished Professor
Department of Materials Science & Engineering
School of Engineering
Key topics: Alternative energy, materials processing, women in engineering
As both the first female faculty member in the Rutgers School of Engineering and the first female professor in her department, Dr. Lisa C. Klein has encouraged women for more than 30 years to choose engineering as a discipline and a career. Her…
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Ellen Lieberman
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
Douglass Residential College
Key topics: Living-Learning Communities; Social Networks / Social Capital; Social Determinants of Health
With over 30 years of experiences in higher education administration and research, Ellen joined Douglass Residential College at Rutgers University–New Brunswick in 2011 where she is the Associate Dean of…
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Patricia O'Brien-Richardson
Associate Professor
Public Health/Health Administration
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Key topics: Cultural competency; Cultural health (Black women and adolescent girls); Hair Discrimination; Urban public health disparities; Education policy; Social justice; Race, class, and gender policies
Dr. Patricia O’Brien-Richardson is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. For the past ten years, she has been the CEO and Founder of Move it Nation, Inc., a public health non-profit…
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Linda Stamato
Co-Director and Faculty Fellow
Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Key topics: Negotiation, conflict resolution, higher education policy, regulatory policy, gender differences in negotiation
Linda Stamato is co-director of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution and a member of the graduate faculty at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. She teaches negotiation and conflict resolution at the…
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Deborah Walsh
Director, Center for American Women and Politics
Eagleton Institute of Politics
Key topics: Women and American Politics, Women's Leadership, Women Voters, Women Candidates, and Recruitment
Debbie Walsh is director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics' Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP). She joined the CAWP staff in 1981. As director of the Center, she oversees CAWP's research, education and public service programs.…
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