2003–04 AAUW American Fellow Gwendolyn Pough was drawn to black feminist thought when one of her professors gave her a copy of bell hooks’ Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism. While working toward her master’s and doctoral degrees in English from Northeastern University and Miami University in Ohio respectively, she sought out texts [...]
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Meet Gwendolyn Pough: Author and Black Feminist Theorist
Posted in A Women's Nation, Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Check It While I Wreck It, Check It While I Wreck It: Black Womanhood Hip Hop Culture and the Public Sphere, Conference on College Composition and Communication, education, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, feminism, Following the Fellows, Gwendolyn Pough, Gwyneth Bolton, Miami University in Ohio, Northeastern University, Syracus University on August 31, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Women Have Higher Standards
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, education, National Girls Collaborative Project, nature publishing group, Shelley Correll, STEM, Why So Few? on August 31, 2011, | 2 Comments »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. Perhaps [...]
Campus Funding and Leadership Opportunities
Posted in A Women's Nation, Educational Programs, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Campus Action Programs, college, Duke University, Elect Her, leadership, Leadership Programs, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, National Girls Collaborative Project, NCCWSL, politics, Running Start, Student Advisory Council, University of Wisconsin Madison, women leaders on August 30, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
This is my fourth year working on AAUW’s college-based national leadership programs, and I’m excited to announce that it’s that time of year again. Applications are now available for three of our great programs. Each program offers a chance for college students and campus faculty to make a difference on their campuses, in their communities, [...]
Even at Fictitious “Male” Tasks, Women Assess Themselves Lower
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged contrast sensitivity ability, gender differences, Nature, nature publishing group, self-assessment, Shelley Correll on August 30, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. During [...]
I Am Sexy Glamorous. I Am 10.
Posted in Sexism, Sexual Harassment, The AAUW Community, Women's Health, tagged back to school, body image, Girl Scouts, Girls Inc., Pggy Orenstein, Pigtail Pals, retail, sexualization of girls, tax-free week on August 29, 2011, | 12 Comments »
Well, the summer days are waning, so many parents have made that inevitable trek during “tax-free week” to purchase what every well-equipped school child needs to make it these days (the supply lists get longer and longer). According to the National Retail Federation, back-to-school spending last year averaged more than $600 and is expected to [...]
Transforming Duke’s Student Government
Posted in A Women's Nation, Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged AAUW, Deborah Ross, Duke University, education, Elect Her, leadership, North Carolina, politics, students, women leaders on August 26, 2011, | 1 Comment »
Ebonie Simpson is a rising senior at Duke University who is majoring in public policy. An alumna of Elect Her–Campus Women Win, Simpson served as the student liaison to bring Elect Her to her school. She was recently voted vice president for student life for the 2011–12 school year. Her win, along with the victories [...]
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