Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center (WSRC)
Self-Study, November 13, 2015
Shulamit Reinharz
Jacob Potofsky Professor of Sociology and Founding Director, WSRC
The Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center:
Where Research, Art and Activism Converge
The first WSRC Scholars in the WSRC Building under construction, 2000.
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Table of Contents
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IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Introduction
History & growth of the Women’s Studies Research Center
Senior Scientists
The Six Review Criteria
1) Enhancing the Academic Mission of Brandeis
2) Contributions to the Visibility and Stature of Brandeis
a) Music
b) Visual Arts
c) Performing Arts
3) Scholarly Activities and Educational Programs
4) Faculty/Student Interaction and Participation
5) Management & Governance
6) External Funding & Financial Sufficiency
Afterword and Future of the WSRC
1) Founder Succession
2) Diversity of Scholars
3) Involvement of Brandeis University Faculty
4) Identity of the WSRC Into the Future
Appendices
A. WSRC Committees (2015-2016)
B. WSRC Study Groups (2015-2016)
C. Research Interests of Current Scholars
D. Number of Scholars Per Year Since 2001
E. International Origin of Scholars
F. Roster of SSP Scholars and Student (2001-2014)
G. WSRC Board Membership History
H. List of Exhibitions
I. Art on Permanent Display at the WSRC
J. Budget Information
Reference Materials [displayed on the WSRC library table]
1) Recent Scholar Publications, CDs and Art Announcements
2) WSRC Publications (South Street Journal, Scholars Program Directory,
Exhibition catalogue)
3) Posters, Invites etc. to concerts, exhibitions, lectures and special events
4) End of Year Reports
a) 2013
b) 2014
c) 2015
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I. Introduction - Shulamit Reinharz, Founding Director
The Brandeis University administration’s request that the WSRC undertake a self-study this year
(2015-2016) could not have come at a more opportune time. I had already made the announcement
to the staff, Scholars and WSRC board members that I would be retiring on June 30, 2017. This
announcement led to a great deal of concern, reflection and conversation about where we have
been, where we are, and where the WSRC might go under new leadership. I believe that this
document and further documents that will be produced by the evaluation committee will be of
tremendous value to the Scholars at the WSRC, to the WSRC board and to the WSRC’s incoming
director.
When I announced to the staff, Scholars and WSRC board members that the WSRC would be
embarking on a self-study, many people volunteered to help or participate in some way. WSRC
Scholar Frinde Maher volunteered to lead the Scholar effort. Next, we created a committee to work
with Dr. Maher, consisting of Scholars Penina Adelman, Ellen Rovner, and Rochelle Ruthchild,
supplemented by Scholars Liane Curtis who wrote the section on music; Karin Rosenthal who wrote
the section on the visual arts; and Brenda McSweeney and Mei-Mei Ellerman who wrote the section
on our international composition and interests. Scholar Ann Caldwell volunteered to integrate all the
parts, and I, as director, created the final document.
My assistant, Olivia Sederlund; the Associate Director of WSRC Administration, Sarah Hough; and
Kristen Mullin, the Coordinator of the Student Scholar Partnership Program, were particularly
helpful, as was the WSRC librarian, Abby Rosenberg, who assisted with the photographs, and
Scholars Program Assistant Director, Rosa Di Virgilio Taormina, who had valuable data. Nearly all the WSRC board
members volunteered to read the section of this report about the Board, and the chairs volunteered
to read the whole document. Thus, this self-study was very much a collective effort, as so much is at
the WSRC.
The division of labor in the Self-Study Committee derived from the 6 criteria the university provost
requested we use to structure the report. These are
1. The unit’s ability to enhance the academic mission of the university
2. The unit’s contribution to the visibility and stature of the university
3. The quality of scholarly activity, educational programs, and/or other intellectual
contributions of the unit
4. The level of faculty and student activity and participation
5. The effectiveness of the management of the unit, and, as appropriate, the advisory board
6. The effectiveness of the unit’s external funding activities and financial sufficiency
I faced two challenges in writing this report. The first was to find a way to express the uniqueness of
the WSRC. The Center is infused with feminist values and structures - it is also a place where people
express emotions. The Center is not analogous to a department because the Scholars have no
teaching obligations. The Center is also different from many other Centers and Institutes in that it is
multidisciplinary and operates on a very small budget. The center is a total environment. How can
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this uniqueness be conveyed in the report? The second challenge was the sheer quantity of material
that we could include. Paring everything down to its essence was not an easy task.
On the other hand, writing the self-study report was made easier by virtue of the fact that the WSRC
requires every Scholar to submit an annual end-of-year report, listing all relevant accomplishments
(for end of year reports from 2013-2015, please see the materials on our library table.) Another asset
was the fact that over the years, we have created a meticulous record of our artistic events and good
records of our activities. All in all, the production of this report was actually a very pleasant
experience because of the esprit de corps of the committee and of the WSRC as a whole.
While the preparation to write the self-study was underway, the Board and I decided to launch - with
the University’s Advancement Department’s blessing - a $2 million endowment campaign that we
titled, the Fund 4 the Future. This sum will add $100,000 to the WSRC budget on an annual basis,
given a 5% draw on the endowment. As of today (November 6, 2015), we have raised $625,000,
exclusively from the Scholars and the Board. We plan to conclude the campaign upon my
retirement.
I believe that my training as a sociologist was very helpful to me in both establishing and managing
the WSRC. I have consulted with organizations, have written about group dynamics, and have
studied feminist theory and organizations. It was also helpful that while directing the Women’s
Studies Program, I had engaged in extensive fundraising, an activity I actually like. Coming into the
position of directing the WSRC was made easier by the fact that I had a lot of experience and
contacts. I want to mention Senior V.P. of Development, Nancy Winship, who gave me very useful
guidance about how to fundraise.
Without any reservations, I would say that creating and leading the WSRC has been an intellectual
delight and a personal joy. I am grateful that the University - particularly my supervisors, Provosts
Irv Epstein, Marty Krauss, and for a short while, Lisa Lynch - gave me the opportunity to be an
academic entrepreneur and the privilege of strengthening the feminist contributions to students’
learning and to the university as a whole. I believe that the presence and strength of the WSRC
contributes to the diversity of voices in the University.
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II. The History & Growth of the Women’s Studies Research Center
(WSRC)
The WSRC is an outgrowth of Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Program (WSP), the
interdisciplinary undergraduate program that began in 1978, directed by Professor Shulamit Reinharz
between 1991-2001, and recently renamed the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. As
Director of the Women’s Studies Program, Reinharz created an opportunity for independent
scholars to affiliate with the department, calling this the Scholars Program. This Scholars Program later
became the core of the new WSRC.
Reinharz took the lead in devising the plan for creating the WSRC, a plan endorsed by the WSP
board and the University Provost. The WSP board then launched a campaign to raise the money
needed to obtain “a space of our own” for the new center. This, in itself, was a daring feminist
move – a grassroots campaign for space and money. It is important to note that the fledgling WSRC
was not given University space; rather it was given the opportunity to try to find, fund and design
the space with the help of architects and contractors.
Philanthropist Harold Grinspoon was instrumental in working with Reinharz and the leadership of
the Physical Plant division of the University to select the best possible space for the new WSRC.
Because Grinspoon appreciated the significance of this project, he committed to providing ⅓ of the
funding should an appropriate space be found. The first estimate of the cost of the project was
$900,000, and Grinspoon contributed $300,000. As it turned out, the project was much more
expensive, and the Board had a much larger campaign than expected. The money Reinharz raised to
create the WSRC physical structure came from many different people, with the largest capital gift
coming from Annette and Michael Miller who underwrote the Lecture Hall ($500,000) now named
the Liberman-Miller Lecture Hall.
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Pictured above is our first donor, Harold Grinspoon, with founding director Shulamit Reinharz
The effort raised $2.4 million and, in 2001, with the successful conclusion of the campaign, Reinharz
and the initial group of Scholars moved into 10,000 square feet of renovated space within the
Epstein Building, where the WSRC is located to this day.
Upon the near completion of the redesign of the 10,000 square feet in Epstein, University officials
required that Reinharz obtain funds to refurbish the basement of Epstein and create new offices for
the tradesmen who were being displaced by the new use of the space. The entire fund-raising effort
occurred without assistance from the Development Office.
The launch of the WSRC was a highly celebrated event. The first party was a cocktail reception
hosted by Tiffany’s in Boston, organized by WSRC friend, Irma Mann, when the building was not
yet finished. And the main opening was a celebration at the WSRC for 400 people.
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The opening celebration of the WSRC
The program included toasts, readings, a dance performance by Professor Susan Dibble, a solo cello
performance, and a one-woman show of art by Rita Blitt. [A video of the event is available.] One of
the highlights was a reading of Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own,” by actress and WSRC
Board Member Annette Miller.
WSRC Board Member and Scholar Annette Miller
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In the first year that the WSP’s Scholars Program transformed into the WSRC (2001), the organizing
committee wrote the following definitional statement:
The Scholars Program is a unique interdisciplinary community of productive researchers and
writers who participate on a short-term or long-term basis, and who are engaged in studies
related to women’s lives. These Scholars constitute a research-and-support community.
Individual members of this large and diverse community are vetted by the Brandeis faculty
and offer services of various kinds to the University. The Scholars bring their own grants
and are not funded by the Program. The Program takes into consideration the needs and
talents of independent scholars and the demands and contingencies of women’s lives.
Those words characterize the WSRC now as much as they did then. There are two exceptions: we
no longer ask faculty vet the scholar applications and we have created some funds to help Scholars
travel to conferences.
During the first year of the WSRC, the Director and a committee of Scholars and staff worked to
create the framework for managing the WSRC. This group, which later became the Steering
Committee, met weekly until all the details had been worked out, with the goal of establishing a
management structure that was transparent, inclusive, and effective, guided by feminist principles. A
fuller description of WSRC management can be found in section V of this report.
In addition to developing an organizational structure, the original committee identified principles
that formed the basis for the WSRC and that would guide the Center in its decision-making. The
following principles continue to define and distinguish the WSRC:
1. Excellence and productivity: Each Scholar will be engaged in the pursuit of the highest possible
level of work. Applications to be a Scholar at the WSRC focus on the project that the
candidate proposes, their C.V., and letters of recommendation. Applicants should have a
terminal degree in their field, e.g. M.D., J.D., Ph.D., Ed.D., M.F.A., etc.
Excellence and productivity are assessed through the annual End-of-Year Report, required
of every active Scholar. All completed work is displayed in the WSRC library. Each Scholar
has a publicly accessible binder containing documentation of accomplishments.
2. Creation and Sustenance of a Scholarly/Artistic/Activist Community: Rather than a collection of
individuals, the WSRC aims to be a collaborative community with shared values and work,
achieved through many structures, rules, and procedures. In semi-annual retreats, we discuss
what “community” means. Basically a community is a set of long-term relations among a
group of people who both give to and receive from the group. A lot of planning and effort
are needed to create the conditions for community. We engaged in this work, and thus it is
fair to say that the WSRC is an intentional community. The nature of the WSRC community is a
major factor in the productivity of the group.
a. New Scholars are admitted for two years, as Visiting Scholars (VS), after which they
may apply to be a Resident Scholar (RS). The VS-to- RS Committee decides whether
the individual can stay indefinitely or is not invited to do so. Thus Scholars tend to
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remain in the community. In this way the WSRC differs from those centers that
provide a single year or short stay.
b. The many events, lectures, and performances held at and publicized by the WSRC,
enable Scholars to meet others, to form relationships, and to understand and be
inspired by other Scholars’ work. Frequently this sociality leads to work
collaboration. We publish an annual Scholar Directory with a page per Scholar
containing their photo, a brief bio, and a statement describing their project. We
videotape every lecture and convert the tape into a cd that Scholars can purchase ($3)
so they can learn from a lecture they missed.
c. Scholars are encouraged to form study groups so that people with shared interests
can meet regularly in a small group. Most of these groups have about 5 or 6
members and many have been meeting for several years. Some are larger, others
smaller, and some have been in existence for a long time and others are new.
Study groups may form because a Scholar has moved into a new field and wants to
work with individuals who share her/his interests. Some examples are Holocaust
Research Study Group, Writing Women’s Lives, World Culture, Feminism and
Religion. The latest group to form is titled Photographers’ Study Group, created this
year. Many Scholars find that the study groups are the key benefit to being at the
WSRC. [See Appendix B]
d. The creation of a WSRC community was a guiding principle in the design in the
Epstein Building and guides renovations made to the 10,000 square foot space. The
WSRC includes an outdoor area that was designed as a sitting space plus an outdoor
gallery. In addition, the Scholars planted several gardens. In the building itself, there
are chair clusters to accommodate conversation, a kitchen, a children’s area with
books and toys, and a gallery space dedicated to exhibitions. In some years, the
WSRC has offered dance classes and art workshops. Currently, the WSRC offers a
weekly yoga class. Although there are 12 individual armoires in which a Scholar may
come to work, the majority of the space is shared space.
3. Fostering an Intergenerational and Accessible Environment: As a feminist collaboration, the WSRC
avoids all forms of discrimination, including and especially ageism. Active working Scholars
range in age from the 90’s to the 30’s. Not having to retire because of a mandatory age limit
is becoming an issue for society as individuals live longer. The Center offers a model of the
personal and professional benefits to older individuals by offering a supportive environment
and challenging opportunities and colleagues. Older Scholars become friends and mentors
to younger Scholars and vice versa.
The space of the WSRC was designed to accommodate people with handicaps. One of the
first WSRC Scholars was Cara Dunn-Yates who was blind, had terminal cancer and was
pregnant. Dr. Dunn-Yates was helpful in teaching the community about her needs.
Fortunately, the interior design already included a “rest room” (i.e. a place to rest), corridors
and bathrooms that have wide boundaries, and excellent lighting. One board member
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contributed a nursing chair. There are no stairs in the WSRC and acoustic panels have been
installed in the lecture hall. Our bathroom is unisex and is therefore trans* inclusive.
4. Bragging is Good! Although this phrase may sound strange, it is an important principle of the
WSRC. Scholars take responsibility to inform others of their good news such as publications,
appearances, exhibitions, prizes and awards. Because of the large number of Scholars, this
means that there is a lot of good news to share nearly every day and a lot of congratulatory
messages on the internet.
Scholars are obligated to cite their status as Scholar at the Brandeis University WSRC in
every public appearance or publication.
5. Scholars should contribute to the University: Scholars are encouraged to develop relations with
faculty, staff and students related to their work. Examples abound and are found in this
report.
Another organizational decision the WSRC made was to create eight Scholar statuses:
1. Visiting Scholars (VS) -- the initial appointment of 2 years.
2. Resident Scholars (RS) -- the indefinite appointment after 2 years.
3. Visiting Research Associate (VRA) -- a one-year appointment for people who apply
during rolling admissions, after the annual deadline they have to reapply in order to
become a VS.
4. On Leave -- maximum of 5 years, during which the Scholar can return to RS status,
and after which, they must leave the program.
5. Affiliated Scholar -- work on a “part-time” basis.
6. Dissertation Scholar -- for an individual working on a dissertation.
7. Senior Scientist -- a title given by the university to an exceptional Scholar.
[See discussion of Senior Scientists below]
8. Scholar Alumna -- currently numbering 100 people.
Regardless of the individual Scholar’s status, she (or he) has three major obligations:
1) To make progress on her/his project;
2) To serve on a WSRC committee; and
3) To provide collegial support to other Scholars.
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Growth of the WSRC 2001-2017
There are many ways to consider the growth of the WSRC since its founding - the number of
Scholars, the number of staff, the amount of space, the number of undergraduate students
participating in its programs, the number of incubations, and the size of the budget. The three areas
where there has been real growth are the number of Scholars, the number of incubations, and the
number of lectures, exhibitions and performances. The other facts - staff, space, students and
budget - have remained steady.
The number of Scholars has been approximately 85 for the last few years. [Appendix D]
The number of Scholars at any one time reflects the carry-over of Scholars from the previous year,
plus new Visiting Scholars, Affiliated Scholars, and Dissertation Scholars, minus those whose
application to change from Visiting to Resident Scholars was rejected minus those Scholars on leave.
Resident Scholars request to go on leave for a variety of reasons, including personal circumstances
(e.g. elder care, child care, health problems), or other professional demands that make it impossible
for them to pursue their research, art, and activism. Scholars on leave are not expected to serve on a
WSRC committee, can remain on leave for five years, and can return within that time period without
reapplying.
Thus, another way to define the growth of the WSRC is to recognize the increase in differentiation
and complexity that usually accompany the development of an organization over time. With the
creation of 7 statuses, it was possible for Scholars to move between statuses. Below is an account of
Scholars Status Changes for the last academic year (2014-2015):
● 3 Scholars left the program
Of these, one was denied promotion to RS, one took on the 5-year chairmanship of
her department and could not devote time to being a Scholar; and one returned to
France.
● 3 new Scholars entered the program
1 Visiting Research Associate and 2 Visiting Scholars
● 4 Scholars moved from VRA to VS
● 4 Scholars moved from VS to RS (Resident Scholar)
● 10 Scholars continued on leave
● 2 Scholars returned from leave
This movement among statuses also requires creating systems of socialization into statuses. Below is
a description of how the WSRC socializes an applicant who becomes a newcomer:
1. Application submitted; Admissions Committee reviews and makes positive
recommendation to the WSRC Director.
2. Admitted candidate receives a letter of acceptance from the WSRC and a letter of
appointment by the Provost.
3. The new Scholar is introduced to the whole community of Scholars and staff at the
annual all-day Welcoming Meeting in the fall. She or he speaks about her projects to all
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those assembled. The returning or veteran Scholars introduce themselves to the new
Scholars as well.
Regardless of status, the new Scholar automatically becomes a member of a cohort
group of new Scholars, led by a Resident Scholar who serves as mentor. New cohort
groups almost always last at least two years and provide support for new member’s
work and acculturation to the WSRC. In some cases, the mentor works one-on-one
with the new Scholar.
The cohort mentor organizes a ”meet and greet luncheon” for each new Scholar. The
conversations at these events range from learning about a new Scholar’s background, to
providing feedback on methodological problems she might be encountering in her
project.
The new Scholar may join an existing Study Group or create a new study group around
her interest.
The new Scholar may sign up to give a lecture to the whole community, or participate
in a panel with other Scholars. She or he will attend lectures given by other Scholars.
The new Scholar is assigned to one of the many committees that deal with the
functioning of the WSRC.
The new Scholar may request a Student-Scholar Partner (these are assigned on a
competitive basis).
The new Scholar meets individually with the WSRC Director.
With these structures in place, new Scholars rather quickly become acclimated and find people with
whom they may collaborate or get feedback on their own work. The example of Evelyn Murphy and
E.J. Graff can illustrate the benefits of collaboration.
Former Lieutenant Governor and economist, Evelyn Murphy, was a Scholar at the WSRC
from 2000-2012. During that time she wrote a manuscript about the wage discrepancy
between men and women, and when it was complete, she delivered a lecture about it at the
WSRC. Scholar E.J. Graff was in the audience, and after the lecture she said to Evelyn,
“Your book is full of great facts, but it is so boring! I’ll write this book the way your speak,
rather than the way you write.” Together they rewrote the entire manuscript to convey a
compelling story. The resulting book, Getting Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men - and
What to Do About It, appeared in 2005 (Simon & Schuster), and is a fascinating read. (See the
photograph below). In the Acknowledgements, Murphy thanked “Shula Reinharz and the
scholars in the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University” for listening “to
[her] work through the material in my head for years.”
On the basis of Getting Even, Scholar Evelyn Murphy launched the WAGE Project, which
established small groups of women throughout the United States. The groups did research
on wages within their place of employment and advocated for increases in women’s pay
equity. The WAGE Project website states: “Evelyn Murphy is President of The WAGE
Project, Inc., a grassroots activist national organization to end wage discrimination against
working women, and Resident Scholar in the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis
University, where she has researched and authored a book on women’s wages entitled Getting
Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men and What To Do About It, published by Simon &
Schuster in October 2005.”
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Pictured here are Scholars E.J. Graff (left) and Evelyn Murphy (right)
Dissertation Scholar Edie Chears
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Impact of Growth on the Scholars Program
As early as 2003-2004, two years after the WSRC opened, the annual self-evaluation of the
program noted the significance of growth. Perhaps the strongest outcome of the grown is the
amount of and interest in the collaboration. This development can be attributed to several factors:
a) Growth in the number of Scholars gives the community more interdisciplinary diversity;
b) Growth in the organizational and programmatic structures brings people together
(committees, study groups, the building itself, the program events, the pot-lucks,
Forums, and retreat);
c) Growth in long-term relationships enables Scholars to learn one another’s strengths,
discuss converging interests and invent path-breaking convergences that need time to
come to fruition.
d) The non-hierarchical nature of WSRC, which means that competition of a certain kind is
reduced and Scholars help one another with work and career.
e) The increasing international diversity of the Scholars.
f) Increase in the number of incubations, i.e. new programs created by Scholars.
Two examples of incubations
1) When musicologist Liane Curtis decided to create two organizations, she turned to the
WSRC as a whole as a guide for her work. She says that she learned:
How to go about starting an organization, growing it, having a Board, doing outreach, planning,
having a vision and implementing it. The WSRC was an incubator for both The Rebecca Clarke
Society and Women's Philharmonic Advocacy -- in very tangible, practical ways (I remember seeing
Paula's [i.e. Scholar Paula Doress-Worters] brochure for The Ernestine Rose Society and thinking,
that's what we need for the Rebecca Clarke Society), as well as in the broader ways of defining a
mission and determining the best direction in order to achieve it.
2) When Scholar Florence Graves was admitted into the WSRC, she came with a
background in investigative journalism and soon began an investigation. After another year
or so, she began to talk to Director Reinharz about her desire to start a new research center
at Brandeis about this topic. Next she turned to Provost Marty Krauss who took the project
under her wings. A couple of years later, Reinharz thought one of the WSRC board
members could be a potential donor. After more planning had transpired, Reinharz invited
Graves to make a presentation at the WSRC board, and that board member committed to a
gift of one million dollars. Graves remains a Scholar at the WSRC and the director of the
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism.
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Lectures
As is true of most universities, Brandeis University offers a wide range of lectures, conferences,
performances, exhibitions, films, and panel discussions throughout the academic year. The Women’s
Studies Research Center contributes to this panoply of offerings in great quantity and with a unique
multidisciplinary, international, multigenerational perspective. It may be that the WSRC offers more
such events than any other comparable unit on campus. (The catalogues of events for each year are
exhibited on the library table for the review committee).
Events at the WSRC include stimulating lectures, often reflecting work-in-progress, and panels,
exploring cross-disciplinary or contemporary topics, exhibitions and musical and dramatic
performances. They are offered and organized by WSRC Scholars as well as guest lecturers, artists
and performers. Most are open to the campus community and the public and are advertised on the
WSRC web site and through an electronic mailing list. Scholars may also request a WSRC
community-only lecture or presentation when experimenting with a new work or approach. It is
impossible to emphasize enough the extent to which the lecture hall is a safe space for Scholars to
present ideas and get constructive feedback. Instead of a competitive atmosphere, Scholars report
feeling nurtured and appreciated while still receive critique that is sometimes quite extensive.
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III. WSRC Senior Scientists
The WSRC is home to two Senior Scientists: Drs. Roz Barnett and Linda Pololi. Senior Scientist is
a prestigious title Brandeis University bestows on individuals of exceptional merit who are not
faculty members. As WSRC Senior Scientists, each has a private office. (The only other private
office spaces are devoted to WSRC or HBI staff.) Below is an account each Senior Scientist wrote
of her own work.
1) Dr. Rosalind Barnett
As a Senior Scientist, I conduct research, engage in writing, and accept speaking
engagements on topics related to my overarching interest in gender. My specific activities
have varied over the years, but now are largely centered on writing books and op-­eds, as
well as presenting my findings to various professional and lay audiences. The following list
of my accomplishments over the past 12 months provides an overview, although the
specific activities vary from year.
My last book, The New Soft War on Women, was published in paperback in September 2015
after an earlier hardcover printing. In connection with the release, I gave several radio
interviews, including one for Bloomberg radio. My long-time colleague, Caryl Rivers, with
whom I wrote the book and with whom I write op-eds, and I wrote an op-ed that was
published prominently in the Chicago Tribune and another that was published on the front
page of the Sunday Boston Globe’s Business section on Father’s Day. I am currently working
with the book’s publicist to write and place more op­-eds.
In March 2015, I was a guest lecturer in both sections of Professor Sandra Cha’s
undergraduate course, “Organizational Behavior in Business,” at the Brandeis
International Business School. I presented my findings on subtle forms of gender
discrimination in the workplace.
Boston University’s Professor of Journalism, Caryl Rivers, and I completed the
manuscript for a new book, The Age of Longevity, Reimagining the Future for our New Long Lives,
which Rowman and Littlefield will publish in August 2016. I have worked with several
Student-Scholar Partners on various aspects of the proposal for the book and the book
itself. Caryl and I are planning to write a series of op-­eds to be published at the time of
the new book’s launch. Currently, Caryl and I are developing an idea for another book
project.
This fall, I presented some of the new material to Professor Sandra Cha’s graduate
class on "Influence, Power, and Identity" at the Brandeis International Business
School. The presentation was well received and generated lively discussion.
Recently I hosted the 8th annual Ann Richards Roundtable on Gender and the Media
(Nov. 6, 2015). The concept of a roundtable received a 10-­year $500,000 grant from the
late Gary David Goldberg and his wife, Diana Meehan. The Roundtable convenes a small
group of researchers and journalists to discuss a topic of interest. The aim of the
conference is to generate research-­based media stories. This year, one of the featured
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researchers was Professor Margie Lachman of Brandeis University on the topic of “Older
Workers.”
I am lead author on an invited chapter for a new two­-volume Handbook on The
Psychology of Women to be published by the American Psychological Association. The
chapter is due in January, 2016.
I will be the keynote speaker at the Flushing Hospital's 13th Annual Behavioral Health
Conference on Friday, November 13, 2015 in New York. The conference is entitled,
Adam and Eve: Can they Share the Apple?
Evolving Role Relationships for Men and Women in Healthcare and the Larger Culture.
I wrote an invited article, “Beyond Pink and Blue Walls,” that appeared in the Summer
2015 issue of Brandeis Magazine.
My overall understanding derived from a lifetime of empirical, quantitative research on
the social psychology of gender is that men and women (recognizing that each of these
categories is heterogeneous) are far more alike than different. And yet, stereotypes of
pronounced difference remain entrenched in popular knowledge and culture. One of the
reasons I have put so much effort into writing op-­eds with my colleague Caryl Rivers is
that I am trying not only to have an impact on researchers but on the general public as
well.
I am a full and grateful participant in all the WSRC activities that fit into my calendar.
Over the years that I have been a Senior Scientist at the WSRC, I have benefited
immensely from conversations with other Scholars and the assistance of the staff. In
addition, Shula Reinharz was instrumental in my obtaining an earlier $500,000 grant from
the State Street Bank as well as the $500,000 from the Goldberg/Meehan Foundation. I
have received many awards and grants during the past decade and a half (c.v. available
upon request), and I attribute much of my productivity and success to the WSRC.
2) Linda Pololi, M.D. WSRC Senior Scientist
The National Initiative on Gender, Culture and Leadership in Medicine, known as C Change (for culture change) and which I created, is housed in the Women’s Studies
Research Center at Brandeis University. C - Change is dedicated to improving the culture of
academic medicine through research and action. Our objective is to promote an inclusive,
relational, humanistic and energizing working environment that helps all individual
medical school faculty and trainees reach their full potential, at the same time increasing
the diversity of leadership in academic medicine.
Drawing on in-depth interviews we conducted with male and female faculty in five
academic medical centers, the C - Change Faculty Survey © was developed to explore and
document systematically the experiences of medical school faculty and the organizational
culture in their academic medical centers. The survey was fielded to a nationally
representative sample of faculty in 26 medical schools, providing normative data to allow
medical schools using the C - Change Faculty Survey to compare themselves with other
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similar institutions. The faculty survey has been adapted for medical students and
residents to measure their perceptions of their learning environment and professionalism,
and offers insights into the “hidden curriculum.” The three C - Change Surveys are
available for use by academic medical centers wishing to assess and improve their culture
and existing practices. About a third of medical schools in the US as well as in Canada
and the UK have used the C - Change Faculty survey.
Over the years, C - Change has generated substantial qualitative and quantitative data on
the culture of academic medicine that are used by medical schools and academic health
centers to facilitate many effective innovation and culture change initiatives. C - Change
also develops and implements practices to support culture change focusing on
collaboration, inclusion and diversity, and mentoring in academic health centers.
C - Change has received over $3.5 million in research awards and contracts and has been
continuously externally funded since 2006. A substantial amount of overhead has been
paid to the University, none of which was available to the WSRC. In my opinion the
WSRC should receive a percentage of this funding because it is within the WSRC that the
staff who helped me are located.
C - Change is currently collaborating with six institutions in ongoing externally funded
culture change projects, including study of newly established medical schools. C - Change
is also currently funded to document the culture of residency programs (physicians in
specialty training) nationally in 14 academic health center sites across the country. The C Change Initiative employs Brandeis undergraduates as research assistants.
C - Change has disseminated its research in 19 peer-reviewed articles in premier medical
journals and a book published by Brandeis University Press within the University Press of
New England network. I am frequently invited to make keynote presentations on C Change research and culture change at medical schools. In 2011, I received the
Association of American Medical Colleges national award for Women in Medicine and
Science Leadership Development.
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IV. The Six Review Criteria
1. Enhancing the academic mission of Brandeis University
Brandeis University Mission Statement
“Brandeis University is a community of scholars and students united by their commitment to
the pursuit of knowledge and its transmission from generation to generation. As a research
university, Brandeis is dedicated to the advancement of the humanities, arts and social,
natural and physical sciences. As a liberal arts college, Brandeis affirms the importance of a
broad and critical education in enriching the lives of students and preparing them for full
participation in a changing society, capable of promoting their own welfare, yet remaining
deeply concerned about the welfare of others.
In a world of challenging social and technological transformations, Brandeis remains a center
of open inquiry and teaching, cherishing its independence from any doctrine or government.
It strives to reflect the heterogeneity of the United States and of the world community
whose ideas and concerns it shares. In the belief that the most important learning derives
from the personal encounter and joint work of teacher and students, Brandeis encourages
undergraduates and postgraduates to participate with distinguished faculty in research,
scholarship and artistic activities.
Brandeis was founded in 1948 as a nonsectarian university under the sponsorship of the
American Jewish community to embody its highest ethical and cultural values and to express
its gratitude to the United States through the traditional Jewish commitment to education.
By being a nonsectarian university that welcomes students, teachers and staff of every
nationality, religion and orientation, Brandeis renews the American heritage of cultural
diversity, equal access to opportunity and freedom of expression.”
The WSRC Mission Statement:
“Founded in 2001, the mission of the Brandeis University’s Women’s Studies Research
Center is to foster a mutually supportive interdisciplinary feminist community engaged in
high quality research, social activism and the creative arts as they illuminate gender issues
throughout the world.”
In this section, “academic mission” will include research, art and activism as they are defined in an
integrated manner at the WSRC and as they are described separately in the Brandeis University
mission statement. The mission statements of Brandeis University and of the WSRC overlap.
Where the University’s mission statement discusses the university’s Jewish roots, the analogy within
the WSRC is that we are housed in the same space as the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, whose
purpose is to study the relation between Jews and gender. The title of the diagram on the following
page is “Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University” which refers to the 10,000 square
foot space which houses the WSRC (including the Arts and Scholars Programs) and the HBI. The
dotted lines are meant to suggest the porous nature of the boundaries among parts and between the
whole and the environment. The only non-dotted line is that separating the two boards, i.e. that of
the WSRC and that of the HBI. The boards are depicted at the bottom of this diagram to show that
they support the entire enterprise.
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The WSRC’s proximity to and sharing of space with the HBI have been fruitful for both
organizations. The following is an example in the words of Scholar Naomi Myrvaagnes
In this unusual Center, I’ve had the opportunity to develop over a twenty-year affiliation, from poet to short
story writer to novelist. The links between the WSRC and the HBI … have shaped my writing, inspiring me
to write increasingly on Jewish themes and subjects. Belonging to these women-centered bodies at Brandeis
University has been a source of support and confidence-building for my female voice and choice of subject matter.
The WSRC mission statement reflects and affirms the mission of Brandeis University while
contributing a unique perspective and wide array of activities to the University. The WSRC is a
multidisciplinary intergenerational community of scholars within the larger Brandeis community.
Scholars, encompassing the humanities, arts and social sciences, medicine and the history of science,
have distinguished themselves in their fields and continue to be productive and active at Brandeis
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and the larger world. [A sample list of Scholar accomplishments can be found in our End-of-Year
Reports]
Scholars produce a wide variety of publications, artistic creations, musical compositions and
performances and many link their scholarship, research and art to activism, both nationally and
internationally, in the pursuit of social justice. Some of these contributions are in foreign languages.
WSRC Scholar Ludmila Shtern. The book she is holding she published in Russian.
The HBI also published a book of hers entitled “Leaving Leningrad.”
There are two important points to emphasize about the intellectual contributions of the WSRC as
they relate to the academic mission of the University. The first is the wide range of scholarly
questions and academic fields addressed by the Scholars in their work, from issues in the history of
science to women authors in Latin America, from age studies to explorations in feminist
consciousness raising, from recovering the Holocaust in Vienna to challenging contemporary myths
of women’s progress. The second is the collaborative nature of much of the intellectual work of
the WSRC. Many of the publications have grown out of sharing ideas, approaches and drafts of
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manuscripts in study groups and presentations at the Center. As scholars go about their research,
writing, and final publication, the support and feedback of WSRC colleagues is immeasurable.
Indeed, for many WSRC scholars, the Center is their primary intellectual community as well as fertile
ground for exploring new lines of inquiry and expression, unbound by traditional disciplinary or
professional barriers.
Below are some highlights from the End of Year Report for the academic year 2014/2015 that
illustrate the range of accomplishments of WSRC scholars.
● Senior Scientist Rosalind C. Barnett (with co-author Caryl Rivers) published a book, journal
articles, reviews, and a Psychology Today blog on media portrayals of women. Her most recent
book is The New Soft War on Women: How the Myth of Female Ascendance is Hurting Women, Men,
and Our Economy New York: Tarcher/ Penguin. & Barnett, R.C. 2015 (paperback). Her next
book, The Age of Longevity, also with Caryl Rivers, is due out in 2016.
● Scholar Laurie Kahn’s film Love Between the Covers received NEH (National Endowment for
the Arts) and Mass Humanities Funding, among other grants. The film, about a female
community that writes romance novels about women for women earned the dubious
distinction of attracting the ire of conservative legislators on the Hill. A bill was introduced
into the US House of Representatives to kill the project, but fortunately, the bill did not
pass. The film, completed in April 2015, has already been accepted into several major film
festivals and just won best documentary at LA Femme International Film Festival in Los
Angeles. Ironically, Love Between the Covers was launched at the Library of Congress—a stone’s
throw from the House of Representatives—with a celebration and a conference. WSRC
Director Shulamit Reinharz traveled to Washington, D.C. to witness the launch and was
astounded by the large audiences and the accolades given by government officials.
● Scholar Nancer Ballard, a 2014 Massachusetts "Superlawyer" (a national rating service
recognizing only 5% of MA lawyers), and a 2015 Top Woman Lawyer in New England
(Reuters) and in Boston (Boston Magazine), is also a poet and creative writer. She received the
Haystack Artist Book Residency (summer 2015) to work with a co-author on the design and
development of artist books on “Heroine Journeys” and other topics grounded in feminism.
Research-based Activism, a component of the mission of Brandeis University
The WSRC describes itself as a place “Where Research, Art and Activism Converge,” a description
that applies not only to the Center as a whole, but also to the work of several scholars who use their
research or art to inform their activism. In line with the mission and values of Brandeis University,
WSRC scholars represent a commitment to social justice in many different ways. Many social justice
projects are specific to particular geographic regions in the U.S. and around the world (e.g. Russia
and the former Soviet Union, India, Indonesia, China, and Latin America) (see Appendix E). A few
examples follow:
● Karen Frostig’s Vienna Project was a groundbreaking, multi-year multidisciplinary, multi-part
public memorial in Vienna, the first memorial to identify ALL the individuals and their affiliated
groups murdered under National Socialism from 1938-1945 in Vienna. Locating all of those
names was an arduous research project in and of itself, which required Dr. Frostig to establish a
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research team in Vienna. With opening ceremonies in October 2013 attended by the President
of Austria, the project continued with 38 sprayed street stencils signifying sites of persecution
(based on intensive research) and concluded a year later at the Austrian National Library at the
Hofburg Palace, attended by numerous dignitaries. One component of the project, the “Memory
Map,” was acquired for the permanent collection at the Jewish Museum Vienna; her article
“Performing Memory on the Streets of Vienna” was published in a special edition (2014) of the
Journal of Performance Studies at the University of Sydney. From the beginning to the end of this
expansive project, Karen Frostig presented all the obstacles and challenges to the WSRC’s
Holocaust Research Study Group that met monthly. Scholar Karin Rosenthal and WSRC
Director Shulamit Reinharz attended the closing ceremony, which focused about half of its time
on praise of Dr. Frostig by Austrian and Viennese officials.
● Scholar Linda Bond’s exhibition Reconnaissance was the Fall 2015 show at the WSRC’s Kniznick
Gallery. For over two decades Ms. Bond’s artwork has addressed issues of social concern,
focusing primarily on research she conducted on “media and war.” Pausing to examine the
details of violent events as they are unfolding particularly in the Middle East and South Asia,
Bond humanized these tragedies and broke through the numbing effects of a media-saturated
culture. In addition to working with newspaper content, Bond used the printed pages themselves as a
source of raw material to create wall installations, woven floor mats and text-based drawings.
Utilizing newspaper images and working in gunpowder, Bond drew portraits of Afghani women,
American jet bombers, and multiple drones. Her video installations, using publicly available
information, focused on how drone attacks are carried out. In another section of the installation,
Bond built symbolic houses in which Afghani women spoke onto a video. These women were
recipients of a year’s worth of education, the money for which they received by selling beautiful
handbags that were on display in a second “house.” Several Brandeis classes held sessions in the
exhibition.
Linda Bond speaks on her exhibit Reconnaissance to Gordy Fellman’s Sociology class
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● Using her background as a licensed electrician and a researcher on suspicious injuries and
lifelong health ailments that tradeswomen incurred on the job, Scholar Susan Eisenberg created
a mixed media art installation, On Equal Terms, that was first exhibited at the WSRC and then
toured nationally, exploring the discrimination women face in skilled trade jobs. A poet, artist
and policy analyst, she was selected to be 2016 Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist at University
of Michigan by the Center for the Education of Women and awarded the 2014 Firman
Houghton Award by the New England Poetry Club for best lyric poem, “Welcome.”
A meeting of tradeswomen that Dr. Eisenberg convened under the Survivors’ Tree at Ground Zero in fall 2015. Susan
is the 3rd person from the right, with a camera.
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Here is a summary of the activism Susan is organizing written a few days after the above photo was
taken:
Hi TradesSisters,
HUGE thanks to retired NYFD Captain Brenda Berkman for leading us on such a moving and
information-packed tour Saturday at the 9-11 Tribute site that stimulated so much reflection and good
conversation. And thanks to each of you for being there, and adding your energy, questions and thoughts.
Since we're all get-things-done people, one way we can follow up is to contact Congress—our own reps and
others—to support passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act of
2015. We can do this as individuals, and we can reach out through our families, unions and other networks.
From Brenda: "The most important thing is to contact elected reps to sponsor the real extension by Maloney
Nadler et al not the phony 5 year extension. People can contact Congress even if their own rep has committed
to the permanent extension.”
A good site for details about the bill, and to find out where pressure needs to be put:
http://www.renew911health.org/ The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization
Act. By 2016, Congress must reauthorize and extend the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation
Act of 2010 or those sickened by Ground Zero toxins will stop getting the health care and compensation they
need and deserve. On April 14th 2015, legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives,
H.R. 1786 and in the United States Senate, S. 928 , as the “James Zadroga 9/11 Health and
Compensation Reauthorization Act of 2015”, which will renew and make permanent the Health and
Compensation programs that are helping thousands of injured and ill 9/11 Responders and Survivors.
Let's remember how personal this is. We know that major events don't just happen at a particular moment
in time, they cast a long shadow. I felt my heart stop when Brenda shared her own health issues and then
asked if anyone else was being monitored for health effects of 9-11, and the three women from Con Edison—
Monica Harwell, Sharron Sellick, and Denene Ferguson—all raised their hands. Yesterday, as it turns
out, was the funeral for New York Police Dept Lieutenant Marcie Simms, who died last Thursday at 51
from lung cancer, as a result working at the 9-11 site.
There's also a site where you can just input your name and zip code to sign on your support for the bill. So
let's each of us do what we can.
Again, thanks to you all for being amazing, and for making "solidarity" a life practice.
Susan
● Scholar Ellen Israel Rosen, a sociologist, has done extensive research on Wal-Mart both in an
attempt to understand its business practices and also to organize if change seems warranted. Her
article, “Life Inside America’s Largest Dysfunctional Family: Working for Wal-Mart,” New Labor
Forum, 14: 1, 2005, was the first of many to uncover wage abuse, sex discrimination and antiunionism. For example, Rosen discovered and publicized that “...after 10 p.m. workers were
locked in the stores. No one could leave even if they had an emergency.” (p. 35). In an article
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about the “growing anti-Wal-Mart movement” published in BusinessWeek online, Wendy Zellner
wrote, “Take employee relations, once considered a Wal-Mart strength. Ellen Rosen a professor
at the Center for the Study of Women (sic) at Brandeis University, is using Wal-Mart as a case
study in a book on gender stratification in the retail trade. She has been collecting the tales of
dozens of current and former Wal-Mart workers, from cashiers to store managers. Many hit on
similar themes: humiliating discipline, constant stress, a lack of resources to do their jobs, and
over it all, the ironic veneer that everyone is part of the `Wal-Mart family.’ Charges of sex
discrimination and wage-and-hour law violations are no fluke, insists Rosen, but a direct result of
the way Wal-Mart constantly strives to drive down labor costs.” Other articles or chapters she
wrote on the topic include Rosen, “Wal-Mart: The New Retail Revolution.” in Wal-Mart World:
The World’s Biggest Corporation in the Global Economy. Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2006, and “The
New Wal-Mart Compensation Scam.” New Labor Forum. 16.1(2008).
Scholar Ellen Rosen and her Student-Scholar Partner, Elana Caplan, gave a joint lecture at the WSRC
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● Scholar E.J.Graff did historical and journalistic research on the institution of marriage,
culminating in her book, What is Marriage For? This book, combined with Graff’s other activist
work, had a major impact on the social movement to permit gay marriage.
Relations with the City of Waltham
To enable Scholars to understand social issues close at hand, the WSRC takes seriously the slogan to
understand and “act locally.” To this end, the Scholars Committee on Waltham has sponsored
speakers, organized tours of local organizations, and linked Scholars with several nonprofit
organizations in the city. Waltham mayor, Jeannette A. McCarthy, and Massachusetts Treasurer,
Deb Goldberg, spoke at the WSRC. A group of Scholars gives regular presentations at the Waltham
Senior Center.
A profound example of local activism was the WSRC’s support of a Moslem woman who wanted to function as a prayer
leader, but was barred from doing so as a woman.
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2. Contributions to the Visibility and Stature of Brandeis University: Music, the
Visual Arts and the Performing Arts at the WSRC
The work and accomplishments of the WSRC Scholars contribute in a myriad ways to the stature
and visibility of the University and are described throughout this report. This section of the report
focuses on the evolution of music and visual arts at WSRC.
a. Music at the WSRC
With shrinking governmental support for music across the country, and very limited music
education in public schools, universities like Brandeis have a special role to play in nurturing and
strengthening music performance and education. [See James Catterall, “The Consequences of
Curtailing Music Education,” PBS Special, March 2014. See also
https://storify.com/Chendrix22/schools-cut-art-and-music-programs-due-to-funding.] The WSRC
shares that responsibility and adds an emphasis on women composers and performers throughout history. In
addition to the scholarship and performance excellence involved, the music component of the
WSRC is intended to support the humanities in parallel with Brandeis’ efforts, and to integrate the
arts with other fields of study, including Women’s Studies.
When the WSRC opened in 2001, a major feminist musicologist – Dr. Liane Curtis – was among the
original Scholars. With expertise, publications and performances of music by women composers
such as Amy Beach and Rebecca Clarke, she continues as a Scholar today. Curtis exemplified the
WSRC art/research/activism motto when she persuaded the Boston Pops’ Conductor, Keith
Lockhart, to add the name of Amy Beach to the Hatch Shell in the Esplanade, thereby finally having
one woman represented among the 86 men that adorn that prominent performance venue. To
illustrate the very large and ever growing number of women composers, a beautiful poster made by a
Brandeis alumna hangs on the wall at the WSRC.
Originally the WSRC received the donation of a baby grand piano, later replaced by a superior
instrument donated by a WSRC Resident Scholar that has been used for concerts and lecturerecitals.
Alumna Kathy Kraft and the piano she donated to the WSRC
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In the ensuing years, we were able to appoint eight additional experts in the field of music to be
Scholars at the WSRC:
● Jane Ring Frank, conductor and founder of the choral performing group, Boston Secession;
● Ruth Lomon, distinguished composer;
● Laury Gutierrez, viola da gambist, and founder of performing groups La Donna Musicale
and Rumbarocco;
● Suzanne Hanser, music therapist and creator of music therapy program at Berklee College of
Music;
● Amelia LeClair, conductor and creator of Cappella Clausura, an ensemble that performs
early choral music by women;
● Dana Maiben, composer, conductor and performer on violin, viola and historical keyboard
instruments;
● Vivian Montgomery, award-winning fortepianist and harpsichordist, and founder of
Eudaimonia, a period orchestra;
● Toni Lester, philosopher and composer, faculty member at Babson.
Together, these nine music Scholars have formed WAMMIX at the WSRC (Women and Music
Mix). All of these Scholars either have produced CD’s of their compositions and/or performances
or have written extensively about feminism and music. WAMMIX sometimes integrates the musical
work of other WSRC Scholars such as pianist and photographer, Emily Corbató; anthropologist
Pam Swing who has done substantial work as an educator and performer of traditional Shetland
Islands fiddle music; and Alexandra Borrie, dancer, actor and founder of VoCollage.
While Professor Mary Ruth Ray was Chair of the Brandeis Music Department (before her untimely
death in January 2013) she established a strong bond with WAMMIX. The Lydian String Quartet,
with Professor Ray as their violist, performed a concert in March 2009, at the WSRC, “Women
Composers of the Americas from Three Centuries.” A CD recording of that concert was produced.
Liane Curtis was also invited to teach a course on women composers of Britain in the Department
of Music and to be reviewer of concerts in the Boston area.
WSRC now has a critical mass of musicians who can take on complex activities. They assist one
another by encouraging people to attend each other’s performances; they review each other’s work;
and they create joint projects. An example of the mutual support that goes on in WAMMIX
follows:
“Hope to see many of you at my Cappella Clausura concert for these historic performances
of incredible music by Fanny Hensel, Marianna von Martines, Rebecca Clarke and Erna Woll
- every one of them a masterpiece. …
And a big thank you to [Scholar] Liane [Curtis] and [Scholar] Jane [Ring Frank] for
introducing me to Clarke and Woll!”
Amelia LeClair
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The promotional postcard for the current Cappella Clausura show on the reverse side, Amelia LeClair, Director, lists herself as Resident
Scholar, WSRC at Brandeis
In 2012, when WAMMIX was created, the group offered two high-profile activities:
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Early Music from the Women's Studies Research Center, with Amelia LeClair, Cappella Clausura;
violinist Dana Maiben; harpsichordist Vivian Montgomery; Laury Gutierrez and La Donna
Musicale.
Mandel Center Atrium Concert, October 24, 2012
“A collage of extraordinary sounds from early women composers is offered by the
prominent period performing artists among the WSRC Scholars, featuring choral, vocal, and
instrumental music by Raffaella Aleotti, Sulpitia Cesis, Chiara Cozzolani, Bianca Maria
Media, Lucretia Vizzana, Camilla de Rossi, and Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre.”
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Women Making Music: Honoring the work of Judith Tick
February 3, 2013
Public Talk by Judith Tick, and Reception at WSRC
7:00 p.m. Concert, Slosberg Recital Hall
In honor of the 25th Anniversary of the publication of Women Making Music and the
groundbreaking work of Judith Tick, a group of musicians and Scholars from the Brandeis
University Women’s Studies Research Center present a two-part event, featuring a talk given
by Professor Tick, followed by a concert celebration of historical and contemporary works
by women. The featured music includes compositions by Maria Teresa Agnesi, Ruth
Lomon, Dana Maiben, Fanny Mendelssohn, Camilla de Rossi, and Ruth Crawford Seeger.
This showcase of women composers will be performed by Boston musicians: Emily
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Corbató, Pamela Dellal, Laury Gutierrez, the Mockingbird Trio (Elizabeth Anker, John
McDonald, Scott Woolweaver), Vivian Montgomery and more.
WAMMIX members offer music-related lectures/demonstrations on a regular basis as part of the
WSRC calendar offerings. WAMMIX Scholars have a wide range of contacts among musicians and
composers, enabling them to create additional concerts at the WSRC. Scholars Liane Curtis and
Toni Lester recently brought Azerbaijani composer and pianist Rahilia Hasanova to the WSRC
(presented by the Gardarev Center and the Rebecca Clarke Society). Hasanova performed her own
piano music and offered personal introductions to each work. Jill Dreeben, flute (and Brandeis
instructor) also performed a work by Hasanova. This concert was well attended, including a number
of Brandeis students, and was reviewed enthusiastically in the Brandeis Justice. WAMMIX members
produce concerts to honor people and to bring to life the work of female composers in the wider
community.
In spring 2013, the young son of WAMMIX member, Suzanne Hanser, died suddenly. To honor his
memory, she created this concert at the WSRC:
“Many Blessings: An Evening of Music and Inspiration”
featuring
“Love Is, Love Says”
Music by Beth Denisch
Words by Sam Hanser
Performance by Vocal Point from the University of Missouri-St. Louis
*This event honors the memory of Samuel B. Hanser, whose words inspired many and whose
vision is yet to be realized
To offset the costs related to their concerts, WAMMIX began a series of fundraising salons. The
first, in December 2012, was held at the home of Scholar Ruth Nemzoff, followed by a concert in
the home of Shulamit Reinharz.
Scholar Laury Guiterrez (first on left) leads musicians from her group, La Donna Musicale in Reinharz’ home
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These events not only raised funds but also brought WAMMIX into the larger community.
Recently, WSRC Board Chair Rosalie Shane made an endowment gift to WAMMIX in memory of
her late aunt and uncle, both of whom were superb musicians, to underwrite an annual concert of
women’s music, as well as our other events.
b. The Visual Arts at the WSRC
Although the name of the Center is the Women’s Studies Research Center, the motto of the WSRC is
“where research, art, and activism converge.” This motto guides many of the choices and much of
the work of the WSRC. We embrace multi-disciplinary research and practice models that integrate
these three realms. Just as Brandeis University encourages students to become educated in the arts,
sciences, social sciences and humanities, so too, the WSRC scholars generally tend to be scholars
whose work integrates different approaches. It also differentiates the WSRC from the one hundred
or so other women’s studies centers throughout the country.
One Scholar who exemplifies the fusion of our three-pronged mission is Artist Mary Oesterreicher
Hamill.
Mary came to the WSRC as a psychologist who was expert in evaluation studies. She had also been the
Dean of Babson College. After 2 years as a Visiting Scholar, she became a Resident Scholar, and changed
the focus of her life. Retrained as an artist at the SMFA (School of Museum of Fine Arts) and winning the
prestigious Travel Grant, and now remarried, she is currently an Affiliated Scholar living in Princeton, New
Jersey.
Mary is a pioneer of participatory art regarding social issues, empowering a range of people worldwide to
express their often traumatic experiences by using a variety of art forms. Her concerns about, and thus her
artwork with marginalized people extend from the homeless and Native American in the US to war widows
in Cambodia. Exhibitions resulting from those collaborations have been shown in numerous prestigious
venues including the Boston MFA and Princeton University. Her artistic work begins with an aesthetic
recreation of the actual activities and work of these marginalized groups, and continues with a phase in which
this work integrates with others in the U.S. from these groups in conversation with each other.
Our motto - where research, art and activism converge - guided the design of the internal 10,000
square foot space and the external environs of the Epstein Building. In terms of art, the WSRC
includes a large dedicated space called the Kniznick Gallery and the Gralla Art Studio where visiting
artists prepare their work. The design of the building has many aesthetic features, such as walls of
different heights and shapes, the installation of nineteen different overhead light fixtures appropriate
for different spaces, and much more. When people walk into the WSRC, they usually feel uplifted
because the first space they encounter is the gallery. A student said, “The WSRC exudes a peaceful
feeling even if there are many people there.”
In addition, the WSRC building is filled with original art, much of which was lent by the Rose Art
Museum or was acquired as gifts from artists and others. Outside the entry way, there is a sculpture
of a physical plant worker smoking his pipe (by Seward Johnson, one of several gifts from
philanthropist Muriel Berman), and a long-term art installation by Linda Wilcox, formerly shown at
the DeCordova Museum, of dressed trees and of a freestanding dress. At the South Street entrance,
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Rita Blitt’s famous sculpture titled “Inspiration,” is a familiar marker for the building (and also
serves as the logo for the WSRC).
Inside the building, the walls are replete with art and various pedestals holding sculptures; freestanding sculptures also grace the building. Even the door handles are artistic, as are the donor
plaques designed by Wendy Rabinowitz. Many of the artists WSRC has exhibited have donated
their artwork. Most of the doorways in the WSRC are graced with a mezuzah designed for us by
Brandeis alumna Evie Shefres. Many of the sculptures of female figures were given to the WSRC as
long-term loans by the Rose Art Museum. (See Appendix H for the inventory of WSRC permanent
art.) The side walls of the WSRC along the 2 main corridors have a permanent photographic
exhibition of the “History of Women at Brandeis,” developed
Kniznick Gallery Exhibitions
Since 2001, when the WSRC’s building opened, we have had 62 exhibitions, a list of which is
attached in the appendix. We have also included in the appendix a complete and extensive archive
of all the arts activities related to those shows, including invitations, publications, press releases and
photographs.
Hosting an annual set of art exhibitions has become a crucial strategy for bringing visitors, including
Brandeis students, staff, faculty, and Greater Boston community members into the WSRC.
Currently we mount three shows per year; two sponsored by the WSRC and one sponsored by the
Hadassah-Brandeis Institute (HBI). The annual HBI show differs from the other two in that it
looks for artists who illuminate the theme of “Jews and gender”. The HBI artist is in residence for
one month, creating the material she will be exhibiting as she works amidst the Scholars. The HBI
show is curated by the Center’s curator, Susan Metrican.
The personnel that oversee the arts at the WSRC have always included a curator. WSRC Board Cochair Rosalie Shane and her husband committed recently to partially fund the curator’s position on
an annual basis. The current Jim and Rosalie Shane curator is Susan Metrican, an award-winning
artist and curator.
For each show, the curator and her undergraduate assistant (currently prepare wall text, a postcard
listing all the collateral activities, and a catalogue. For some shows, we also have accompanying
audio. We have our own student assistant, supervised by the curator. This student plays a major role
in assisting with the installation and breakdown of shows, creating publicity, and communicating
with artists and students. With the curator, the student also carefully manages our WSRC Arts
archive, which contains all the materials from our first show to the present. The Kniznick Gallery is
part of the national Feminist Arts Project, housed at Rutgers University.
Our first curator, Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, set the bar high for professionally organized exhibitions.
Later curators included Ana Davis and Michele L’Heureux.
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Pictured above is our first curator, Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, working on an exhibit.
Our current curator, Susan Metrican, has brought fresh ideas and a diversified, more youthful
audience from both inside and outside Brandeis. One of her attention-getting shows, Leaps &
Maneuvers: Dames Making Games, highlighted the exclusion from and violence against women in the
gaming industry. This content was taken even further in the video by feminist media critic Anita
Sarkeesian, Feminist Frequency, which we projected at the show’s opening. There, Sarkeesian
illustrates the endless number of misogynist tropes used regularly in the industry.
Leaps & Maneuvers: Dames Making Games was coordinated with Brandeis Computer Science Professor
Jordan Pollack. A number of Pollack’s students came to the exhibition’s opening and subsequent
programming which included a talk by Toronto Dames Making Games Collective member Soha
Kareem. Ms. Kareem discussed ways that their collective is creating feminist constructive models for
video gaming. The talk led to a stimulating debate with a highly diverse audience replete with
Brandeis students and professors from other universities.
As have the curators before her, Metrican works with an Exhibitions Programming Committee
composed of WSRC Scholars, arts donors to the WSRC, WSRC board members and Brandeis
undergraduates. The current focus of the committee is to create programming to accompany the
exhibitions, including an opening event, an artist’s talk, and a panel, with some additional
programming for each show. The programming not only enlarges on the artistic theme of the
exhibition, but also connects with research done by other Scholars. Thus the visual arts at the WSRC
are integrated into the work of Scholars and represent the Center as a whole.
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At a recent panel for Linda Bond’s show, for example, various non-artist Scholars spoke about
gender issues in Cuba, India, Indonesia, and El Salvador that parallel her work on Afghanistan. A
new programming idea just implemented is offering a docent walkthrough of shows led by a
Scholar, such as the one that feminist philosopher/Scholar Hilde Hein did for Linda Bond’s show,
drawing a large audience.
The sixty-two different women-centered exhibitions from local, national, and international sources
have brought hundreds of people into the WSRC and into Brandeis. Over the years, we have shown
artists from Waltham (including Brandeis University) such as Suzanne Hodes, Brandeis Studio Art
Faculty Members, and nine artists from Waltham Mills. We have also extended our reach worldwide
to artists from Israel, Germany, India and China, among other countries.
Our current exhibition Tea of Oblivion is a two-person show featuring the work of Heidi Lau, a Chinese artist born in Macau. The
exhibition was organized to continue conversations with the large population of incoming students from China.
Heidi Lau, Pillars of the Earth, glazed ceramics, 2015.
Most of the artists we exhibit are women, ranging from emerging artists like Naoe Suzuki to the
highly regarded watercolorist Ruth Cobb showing her last series of work at age 89. Exhibitions
address themes of women’s bodies, the relationship between art and science, Israeli religious
attitudes in regard to women, and documentary photography of women in foreign countries.
We have had an open photo competition Insatiable: Our Rapacious Appetite for More, juried by MassArt
Sculpture Professor Judy Haberl, and a group show of student work Floors & Ceilings: Brandeis
Students Explore Gender. There have also been several group exhibitions of Scholar art and a few solo
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exhibitions by such Scholars as photographer Emily Corbató, installation artist Linda Bond, and
installation artist Susan Eisenberg. Artist/Scholars Mary Hamill and Nurit Eini-Pindyk have had
smaller shows in the Gralla Art Studio, which is also part of the 10,000 square feet.
Several shows at the WSRC have referenced Holocaust material, none so potently as Lisa
Rosowsky's Blood Memory: A View from the Second Generation. Transforming mixed media of fabric,
photographs and wood, she crafted sculptures that spoke with visual eloquence as well as
considerable bite to memories of lost family.
We believe that the Kniznick Gallery at the WSRC represents one of the few feminist art exhibition spaces in the
Northeast. We show work by people of all genders, with our intention to raise questions relating to
sex, gender, gender roles, and international concerns, without being didactic. An HBI show in 2013
brought Berlin-based, Israeli artist Yishay Garbasz as Artist-in-Residence. Her 3-week residency
culminated in an exhibition of photographs and text celebrating Jewish women who identify as
transgender or gender non-conforming. The artist gave an emotionally stirring talk about her
Holocaust-related family history and her decision to change gender. In 2006, we took on a highly
disturbing international issue via our exhibition Through the Eyes of Nigerian Artists: Confronting Female
Genital Mutilation. The exhibition Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape (2009) with
photographs by Jonathan Torgovnik dealt with 20,000 children and their mothers, all social outcasts
from the 1994 genocide. This traveling exhibition was organized by the prestigious Aperture
Foundation in conjunction with the Open Society Institute, Amnesty International & Foundation
Rwanda to raise worldwide awareness and fund schools to educate the unwanted children.
The cost of each exhibition varies from a nominal sum to our most expensive project, Tiger by the
Tail! Women Artists of India Transforming Culture done in conjunction with the Rose Museum, and
costing $300,000. Curated by Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, with assistance by WSRC Scholar Elinor
Gadon and Brandeis Professor Harleen Singh, this show brought fifteen pieces of art, most of them
unusually large, from India to the United States. Socially engaged and politically active, these artists
looked at the dramatically changing role of women in Indian society, critiquing oppressive and
restrictive social norms and confronting stereotypical representations of the female. The 100-page
catalogue contains wonderful reproductions as well as essays by and about the artists. The Rose
showcased videos created by three women and the show was accompanied by a two-day conference,
an opening with a banquet of Indian food, and a dinner party at the Taj Hotel in Boston. We
brought all the artists from India.
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The artists of Tiger by the Tail
The exhibition “Vivian Maier: A Woman’s Lens,” initiated by Resident Scholar Karin Rosenthal and
co-curated with Resident Scholar Susan Eisenberg brought the largest show attendance ever to the
WSRC, with overflow audiences for the two accompanying lectures and panel discussion. The
exhibit had a big influence on Boston at large, was coordinated with two other photo organizations,
received a sterling review in the Boston Globe and was cited by Jared Bowen, who interviewed
Rosenthal for WGBH’s Open Studio, as one of the eight most memorable arts events of the year. It
showcased the work of an unknown feminist nanny, Vivian Maier, who created a giant archive of
images but never showed her work to anyone. Her photographs, many realized posthumously, are
now being considered among the best of American street photography. Rosenthal spoke at the
Center and later to significant collectors and three Museum of Fine Arts curators, making a case for
Maier to be remembered among the greats of photo history.
As with the Maier show, occasionally we are reviewed in the Boston Globe, other newspapers and in
social media. The arts at the WSRC is also highly appreciated by Brandeis undergraduates, as
demonstrated by the fact that almost all of our shows are covered, and positively at that, in the
undergraduate newspapers, The Justice, and the Hoot.
As mentioned above, Brandeis faculty hold classes in the gallery when the exhibition offers a potent
backdrop to their subject matter. Professor Gannit Ankori is a good example of this practice.
Sometimes faculty also involve the artist connected with the show as did Lori Cole, who brought her
History of Photography class to the Vivian Maier exhibit to hear Rosenthal talk. That show also
drew photography classes from Northeastern and Fitchburg State. Sometimes Brandeis faculty
require their students to visit the gallery on their own.
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Indomitable Spirit was a solo exhibition of Feminist artist Juanita McNeely. The exhibition featured work spanning her 50year long career and an audio tour of the artist’s commentary on her work and involvement with Feminist artist groups.
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For her solo exhibition Big Bounce, Brooklyn-based artist Leeza Meksin dressed the exterior of the WSRC building in a spandex piece that
stretched across our 32’ tall building.
Current Scholars who are working artists experiencing considerable success, and whose work is
described throughout this report include:
● Karen Frostig, interdisciplinary memory artist
● Susan Eisenberg, mixed media artist;
● Linda Bond, drawing & installation artist;
● Fran Forman, photo montage artist;
● Emily Corbató, photographer;
● Nurit Eini-Pindyk, installation artist;
● Laurie Kahn, documentary filmmaker;
● Karin Rosenthal, fine art photographer;
● Mary Hamill, socially-engaged installation artist
● Andrea Rosenthal, photographer;
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Ornit Barkai, filmmaker;
Rochelle Ruthchild, filmmaker;
Susie Rivo, filmmaker;
Lora Brody, photographer
Specifically, Scholar Fran Forman published a monograph of her work, Escape Artist: The Art of Fran
Forman with a foreword by Scholar Laurie Kahn. Escape Artist was chosen as a Top PhotoBook
Selection for 2014 and recently won First Prize in a prestigious Fine Art Photography Book
competition. In 2013, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum acquired six of her images
for its permanent collection. Forman has had numerous solo exhibitions of her work, none so
exciting as her current show at the Fox Talbot Museum in the UK.
Scholars Susie Rivo and Rochelle Ruthchild are completing their film Left on Pearl using previously
unknown footage. The film, which documents a critical moment in the Women’s Liberation
Movement of the 1960’s, is the basis of a curriculum guide the directors are creating in order to
make the film accessible to high school and college classrooms.
c. The performing arts
Currently the performing arts are represented by three individuals: Scholars Annette Miller, Anne
Gottlieb, Terry Byrne plus Alexandra Borrie who has just left the program. Annette Miller began her
affiliation with the WSRC as a funder and speaker. She then became a board member, and now is
both a Scholar and a board member. Annette Miller performs throughout the Eastern seaboard and
lists herself as a Brandeis WSRC Scholar in all her programs. Recently she moved from acting to
playwriting and has just completed Now is Our Time, a musical collage of serious, classical and
contemporary, whimsical view of aging. She presented the show for the first time at the WSRC
before Scholars in order to obtain critical feedback. Next, she performed in the Berkshires, and this
fall, she performed at the New Rep Theater in Watertown to a sell-out, enthusiastic crowd.
Scholar Anne Gottlieb has a similar story. She too was a distinguished actor, primarily in the
Northeast and New York. A few years ago, when she became a Scholar at the Brandeis WSRC, she
began work writing a play that took 3 years to complete - The Wrestling Patient - which was performed
at the SpeakEasy Theater in Boston. The wrestling patient herself was Etty Hillesum, a Dutch
Jewish woman who traveled back and forth between Amsterdam and the Dutch concentration
camp, Westerbork, in an effort to aid her fellow Jews. At the same time, Etty was exploring her own
sexuality with a male psychotherapist who wrestled her to the ground. Etty ultimately was murdered
in Auschwitz. Anne has appeared in many theaters, the last being the showing of Broken Glass, and
coaches Scholars in how to project their voices and speak with authority.
And finally Scholar Terry Byrne is well known in the Boston area for her televised and print
journalism reviews of local theater. In the Brandeis WSRC, she embarked on an historical project
about five sculptresses who left Boston to pursue their craft in Rome at a time (mid-1800s) when the
idea of a woman sculptor was seen as a contradiction in terms. Terry is now converting her historical
manuscript into a play about two of these women.
When Scholar Alexandra Borrie was part of the Center, she provided dance classes to anyone who
was interested, and also taught movement as part of performance. Alexandra is the mother of a
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severely mentally challenged young adult woman, and has written beautiful stories about how she
both wanted to help her daughter and also create distance so the daughter could become more
independent. Alexandra, like Annette, Anne and Terry is converting her manuscripts into a
performance. Each of these Scholars worked with Student-Scholar Partners.
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3. Scholarly Activities and Educational Programs
This section focuses on the academic work of WSRC scholars: their publications, their
contributions to the educational programs of the Brandeis community, and their presentations at
conferences and other public venues both in the United States and abroad. We focus on only a
small selection of recent publications, chosen to illustrate the wide variety of fields and interests
scholars pursue. The first section, on publications, is followed by sections giving some examples of
scholars’ involvement with a range of educational programs. Note that the many contributions to
educational programming made by artists and musicians are discussed in Section 2; the focus here is
on more academic work. Books and articles that may not be self-explanatory are briefly annotated.
For a more detailed and comprehensive picture of the scholarly and intellectual achievements of
WSRC Scholars, please consult the End-of-Year reports that each scholar submits every spring.
Recent Publications by WSRC Scholars:
Abir-Am, Pnina: "Women Scientists in the 1970s: An Ego-histoire of a Lost Generation,"
Writing about Lives in Science: (Auto)Biography, Gender, and Genre, ed. Paola Govoni,
Zelda Alice Franceschi. Gottingen: Unipress, 2014.
Gullette, Margaret Morganroth: “Why I Hesitated about ‘An Act Relative to Death with
Dignity’ and Then Voted For It,” “Feminist Views of Assisted Dying” (Special Issue),
Journal of Women and Psychology (2015).
-- “Aged by Culture," Handbook of Cultural Gerontology, ed. Julia Twigg and Wendy
Martin. Routledge, June 2015.
Gullette is one of the founders and leading figures in the growing interdisciplinary field of
age studies. Her book Aged by Culture, (2004) was cited by the Christian Science Monitor as
Notable Book of the Year and is a groundbreaking analysis of the ways in which ageism
operates to stigmatize and stereotype people.
McSweeney, Brenda Gael: (editor and author): Gender Perspectives in Case Studies across
Continents, Volume II (2014/2015), e-published by the Global Network of UNESCO
Chairs on Gender and UNESCO Paris, 2014.
McSweeney works with global organizations such as UNESCO-Paris, the UN Development
Program in New York and numerous countries, and UN Women-New York. Her book
draws on co-authors and materials from all these sources to provide gender perspectives on
range of international issues.
Salper, Roberta: Domestic Subversive, A Feminist's Take on the Left. Tucson, Arizona:
Anaphora Literary Press, 2014.
Salper was a key figure in the beginning of the first Women’s Studies program in the United
States, at the University of California, San Diego. Here she describes her evolution as a
feminist scholar in the American academy over a period of more than thirty years.
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Wasserfall, Rahel (with A. Seligman, D. Montgomery): Living With Difference: How to
Build Community in a Divided World. University of California Press, February
2016.
Wasserfall’s book is about the process of evaluating an international community designed to
bring together people from different religious groups to explore commonalities and
differences.
Educational Programs:
Scholars have been involved in a wide variety and exceptional number of different educational
programs, both at the Center, at Brandeis itself, and beyond Brandeis. What follows is only a small
selection, to indicate the range of offerings just in the past few years. Again, consult the End-ofYear reports for a fuller account. This section does not include educational programs in the arts or
music, and it does not include formal teaching experiences. For programs in the arts or music
consult Section 2. For formal teaching experiences, consult Section 4.
Educational Programs at Brandeis: A Small Sampling
● Pnina Abir-Am organized a lecture by Harvard-KSG visitor Capitolina Diaz of the
University of Valencia, Spain, on "Gender in the Arab Spring".
● Florence Graves. The Schuster Institute collaborated with the Journalism Program, the
Computer Science Department, and the Music Department to bring Parmy Olson to discuss
her book, We are Anonymous: Inside the Hacker World of LulzSec, Anonymous, and the
Global Cyber Insurgency, November 2013.
● Susie Rivo and Rochelle Ruthchild participated in the Roundtable discussion at the
symposium, “Creativity and Collaboration,” Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts,
Spring, 2014 .
Educational Programs beyond Brandeis: Selected Conference and Other Presentations
Roz Barnett gave presentations on her latest book, The New Soft War on Women, in 2014 at the
Shorenstein Center at the Kennedy School, Harvard University; Harvard Law School; MIT; Boston
University.
Mary Berg lectured in Peru on the Peruvian novelist Clorinda Matto, August 2013; lectured in
Havana on Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda on the 200th anniversary of her birth, Casa de las
Américas, Feb. 24, 2014.
Nance Goldstein gave a keynote to hospital case managers, "Are you ready to create the new world
of healthcare?” Case Management Society of New England annual conference; presented "Managing
Millennials: How to work successfully with them because your hospital’s future depends on it,”
Boston University School of Medicine Faculty Diversity and Development seminar.
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Linda Pololi: Sample of invited keynotes, national research presentations and programs presented:
“A Pathway to Culture Change in Medical Schools,” Research Workshop on “Women’s
Advancement and Leadership in Academic Medicine,” University of Oxford, Division of Medical
Sciences, 2014; “Changing the Culture of Academic Medicine: Creating a Culture of Support,” New
York University School of Medicine, 2014. Keynote: “Culture Change Needs for Faculty Vitality,
Diversity and Equity,” Leadership Symposium University of Washington School of Medicine,
Center for Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, 2015; “Male and Female Faculty Members’
Perceptions of Organizational Culture in Academic Medicine at 26 Representative US Academic
Health Centers,” with Evans A, Civian J, Brennan, R. Royal College of Physicians Annual Meeting,
2015.
Smriti Rao: Invited lecture: “What Do We Know about Gender Inequality in India?” Advanced
Graduate Workshop, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. July 2, 2014.
Kristin Waters’ essay, “Maria W. Stewart and Social Movements,” (Alexandria, VA. Alexander Street
Press, 2014) was released in March 2014 as a part of the new section, “Black Suffragists,” edited by
Roslyn Terborg-Penn, on the Website, Women and Social Movements in the United States, 16002000; presented “Equal Rights for Women in the US Constitution,” Humanities Scholars
Collaborative, April 2014.
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4. Faculty/Student Interaction & Participation
Brandeis University, according to its mission statement, aspires to be “a community of scholars and
students united by their commitment to the pursuit of knowledge and its transmission from
generation to generation.” The idea of knowledge as an active, collaborative striving and an
intergenerational inquiry—is passionately lived at the WSRC. WSRC’s packed calendar of
provocative Scholar lectures, exciting performances, and innovative exhibitions are open to the
entire campus community and the public.
The Brandeis administration has made it abundantly clear that the first priority of all faculty at
Brandeis should be students. Taking this statement seriously, the WSRC Scholars and staff are
actively engaged in enriching relationships between Scholars and Brandeis students through several
core WSRC initiatives, among them: the Student-Scholar Partnership Program (SSP), Teaching for
Brandeis, and the Student Outreach Committee.
The Student-Scholar Partnership Program (SSP)
Currently, the Student-Scholar Partnership Program (SSP) is the major student-oriented
program of the WSRC and one of its most distinguishing features. SSP was created in 1997 as part
of the WSP when Scholar Florence Graves, a journalist, transferred to the Women’s Studies
Program after a stint as a visiting scholar at Radcliffe. Graves suggested to Shulamit Reinharz that
the WSRC create a program similar to one at Radcliffe, pairing an undergraduate student with a
Scholar for a semester-long research assistantship. Since its inception, the SSP has partnered nearly
nine hundred Brandeis students and WSRC Scholars in mentoring relationships that focus on career
and personal development for both the Scholar and the student, making it one of the largest student
academic employment programs at the University. A part-time staff person coordinates the
program, maintaining and managing relationships throughout the academic year. (See Appendix F
for a list of Student Scholar Partnerships)
The WSRC raises the entire budget for the SSP annually through external funding and
currently covers the costs of approximately twenty SSP partnerships each semester. The SSP is not a
traditional work-study arrangement, nor is it an independent study course. Rather, depending on
the skills required by the Scholars for their projects and the students’ interests, a student must apply
to assist with a specific project and compete for a partnership through a series of interviews. The
array of SSP projects is as multidisciplinary as the community of WSRC scholars, but all relate in
some way to women’s studies. SSP offers projects in the Spring and Fall semesters and all
partnerships involve fifty hours of paid work done by either a single student or, in a few cases, two
students. Students and scholars sign contracts defining roles and expectations. Importantly, while
students are paid by the hour for their work, the funder is not their Scholar. The typical pay for one
semester is $500.
The benefits to both Scholars and students are innumerable, practical, and transformative.
Students receive one-on-one instruction and encouragement from experienced academics and
professionals, while the quality of Scholars’ research is enhanced and the research process expedited
with student assistance. Students are able to make informed academic and career choices as a result
of their SSP experience, as well as learn sophisticated research skills, while practicing and honing
skills they already have. Additionally, students often participate with Scholars in presenting or
publishing their research findings, adding to their resumes and building their confidence as skilled
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presenters of complex ideas. On a personal level, students and Scholars typically form close
friendships, each bringing unique generational perspectives to their work together and to each
other’s lives.
A sampling of some recent SSP’s convey the depth and breadth of the program.
Mary Berg: “Latin American Classic Texts: Editions and Notes”
Helen Berger: “Does Worshipping the Goddess Make you a Feminist?”
Lois Isenman: Science and Spirituality Blog
Lisa Fishbyn Joffe: “Jewish Divorce Law”
Brenda McSweeney: “Irish Women Today: Perspectives from Galway to Dublin on
Gender Equality”
Stephanie Wasserman: “Successful Foster Mothers and the Children They Raise:
What are They Doing Right?”
Just as WSRC Scholars remain at the WSRC for many years, so too specific student Scholar pairs
can persist from the student’s first to last semester at Brandeis. On the other hand, many different
students can work on a research project over time, as the following example from Scholar Paula
Doress-Worters illustrates:
In the course of the nearly ten years when I researched the life and work of Ernestine Rose (1810-1892), I
worked with four student partners. Each brought her invaluable interests and skills to the project. The
publications included an article in the Journal of Women’s History (2002) and in 2008, Mistress of
Herself: Speeches & Letters of Ernest L. Rose, Early Women’s Rights Leader (Feminist Press of
CUNY). I also contributed entries on Rose to encyclopedias. As a result, Rose was chosen as one of 400
significant New Yorkers by the Museum of the City of New York, was featured in a two-page ‘box’ in a
widely used freshman history textbook, and has generally become better known to scholars, students and the
general public. Since Rose was active in two other movements in addition to the Women’s Rights movement
(which has been my focus), Student Scholar partners who were interested in and knowledgeable about a
variety of social justice movements were valuable assistants. These include Ying Hua Huang (interested in the
history of the period), Vered Blonstein (helped me search and evaluate 19th century newspaper articles
concerning Rose), Carla Hofstetter was an advanced student who became so fascinated with Rose that her
friends joked that she never stopped talking about her) and Rita Trivedi (interested in the Abolition
movement and search for Rose’s speeches on the abolition of slavery in Garrison’s The Liberator).
SSP students and their Scholars partners express deep satisfaction with their partnerships. Here are
a few of their comments:
From the student SSPs:
“My experience working for the SSP has helped me think critically about the intersections among gender, social norms,
and public policy….The freedom and independence with which (my scholar) allows me to work has helped me to
broaden my viewpoint and consider varied solutions to complex issues.”
- Student Jennifer Mandelbaum working with Scholar Hilda Kahne on “Women’s Post Retirement
Work Activities”
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“Working with Dr. Barnett, I have been able to apply the theory learned in classroom to practical examples and could
not have found a more productive space than this where I would have been able to accrue knowledge of both the
theoretical and practical realms.”
- Student Anushka Aqil working with Scholar Roz Barnett on “Roundtable and Sex Differences
Research”
“What I really liked about this job was that it complimented the other classes that I was taking (Civil Liberties in
America, Liberal Political Thought and Contemporary Art). Not only did this experience help me understand the
different elements that go into promoting one’s work, but the content of the work stimulated me intellectually and
emotionally.”
- Student Olivia Leiter working with Scholar Susan Eisenberg on “‘On Equal Terms’ Art
Installation”
“This experience has been great. Not only have I been able to form a close relationship with my scholar, Phoebe, but I
have also learned a lot about gender issues and current theories on achievement differences. It has made me think
critically about the ways societal perceptions and psychological ideas have far reaching effects.”
- Student Justine Zayhowski working with Scholar Phoebe Schnitzer on “Gender Issues in
Achievement Concerns: Is “Fear of Success” Still With Us?”
From the WSRC Scholars:
“Three things make the SSP a highly attractive opportunity: First, the research assistance provided by intelligent,
motivated students! Second, the benefit of gaining a window into undergraduate life, especially spotlighting prominent
campus issues and preoccupations. Finally, the sheer pleasure of it all ….” Resident Scholar Phoebe Schnitzer
“I love interacting with smart young people, and I love the opportunity to teach and learn at the same time. The
collaborative aspect of the program is so valuable.”
- Resident Scholar Amelia LeClair
“My experience with the SSP program has been wonderful. My work with partners has resulted in eight editions of
various Cuban, Peruvian, and Argentine texts that are used now in Spanish courses in the United States.…The SSP
is an extraordinary opportunity for WSRC Scholars to connect with Brandeis undergraduate life…. on half a dozen
occasions, individual students have heard about my work and have emailed me (and sometimes come down to talk to
me) with questions about research they are doing. A great program!”
- Resident Scholar Mary Berg
“The biggest learning for me is that it is possible for a Scholar and a Student Partner, who are distanced by years of
age, academic credentials, and personal and professional experience, to be totally compatible in collaborative efforts on a
specific project.”
- Resident Scholar Louise Lopman
“I was required to move my data from the platform on which it was originally collected to SPSS (statistical package for
social sciences). I would not have been able to do this without Christa my SSP. She saved my project. She is a physics
major and is very comfortable with statistical analysis….Because she regularly is in the WSRC, last year she was the
student rep on the committee to pick art for the Center. It was in part because of being at the center and coming to
shows that she decided as a second major in art.”
- Resident Scholar Helen Berger
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“My research, in particular, has been broadened and transformed….I came to the WSRC to analyze interview
transcripts from admirable foster mothers along three themes: attachment, separation, and resilience. My Student
Scholar Partner Kass Levy and I worked with Elaine Gaffney, a social worker with the Massachusetts Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC). Together, we triangulated on the qualitative analysis…. Ms. Levy
is a co-author on our upcoming paper!”
- Resident Scholar Stephanie Wasserman
“One of the most important aspects about this relationship for me is to see her enthusiasm for ideas. (My SSP
partner’s) interest in the project has given me a new perspective on my own work.”
- Resident Scholar Rahel Wasserfall
Teaching for Brandeis
Another highly valued WSRC program that contributes to the quality of student life at Brandeis
has emerged from Shula Reinharz’ initiative to offer Scholar’s expertise to academic departments
and students. Working with academic departments to identify their teaching needs, a committee of
WSRC Scholars match Scholars and their academic credentials and research interests with
department needs. The WSRC pays Scholars a stipend for their teaching duties thus augmenting the
resources of the Brandeis departments.
Ten different WSRC Scholars have taught full courses for a semester or full year, where their
expertise matches the needs of Brandies academic departments. Some examples are:
● Stephanie Wasserman became an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology 2014/2015 and
taught four courses: Developmental Psychology, Biological Basis of Motivation, and two
sections of Research Methods with Laboratory in Psychology. Working on best practices
in foster care, she created a new course that she taught at Brandeis in 2014.
● Ruth Nemzoff taught Sociology 137A, Gender Through the Life Course, in the fall of 2014
in the sociology department.
Other Scholars deliver lectures within University courses:
● Pat Palmieri taught a class for Professor Joyce Antler’s “Courtship and Marriage” course in
American Studies.
● Marguerite Bouvard gave a presentation in Professor Laura Goldin’s class on
“Environmental Justice.”
● Linda Bond and Rajashree Ghosh were facilitators in the New Student Book Forum on
Marilyn Robinson’s novel, Housekeeping.
Many Scholars participate in university-wide teaching activities, among them:
● Nance Goldstein created and led a webinar for the Rabb School of Graduate Professional
Studies: “Tame Conflict at Work—4 Steps to Free Yourself of the Pain and Drain and Get
Results You Like.” More than 70 people watched.
● Susan Hanser sponsored a Lecture and Training Series on Domestic Violence with invited
guest, Jessica Hollander.
● Marguerite Bouvard, Lora Brody, Janet Freedman, Cheri Geckler, and Rosie Rosenzweig
participated in the Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts.
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The Student Outreach Committee
The WSRC Student Outreach Committee was created to foster productive, mutually
supportive exchanges between WSRC Scholars and Brandeis students. Now in its fourth year, the
committee, under the leadership of Resident Scholars Helen Berger and Janet Freedman, launched a
mentoring program in which students and Scholars were paired around areas of mutual interest.
Extending its focus from mentoring to open programs aimed at engaging more students and
Scholars, throughout 2013- 2014 mixers were planned at WSRC, with small group discussions on
such topics as “ On-Line feminism’” “Roe at Risk” and “Sexy or Sexual: What’s a Feminist to do?”
Currently under the leadership of Scholars Phoebe K. Schnitzer and Nicola Curtin, with
students Mercedes Hall, Ariana Keigan, Khadijah Sawyer and Alexandra Thomas, the Committee
plans to become more inclusive of student groups. The undergraduate Feminist Majority Leadership
Association (FMLA) has always played a critical role, with its secretary being a Committee member,
but the new goal is to extend the outreach to other student groups, including Students for
Reproductive Justice, Women of Color Alliance (WOCA) and Women Incorporated (WINC). The
leader of Students for Reproductive Justice participated in a panel at WSRC about forming alliances.
Other specific goals for the year include:
● Assuring continued Scholar awareness of relevant campus activities likely to be on
mutual interest by posting a monthly calendar for Scholars and encouraging
attendance. For example, last spring, Committee members attended a campus
program sponsored by Brandeis NARAL, “Coffee, Cupcakes and Condoms.”
● Further strengthening the Center’s campus connections, by exploring co-sponsoring
a campus-based event; connecting with interested faculty; initiating a Facebook
group; and arranging contact with relevant campus administrators.
● Initiating a WSRC survey in the next few weeks, to look more closely at Scholarstudent connections: both the number of Scholars involved, and the ways in which
scholars work with students.
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GaID - the committee to enhance an examination of international governments and cultures
through the lens of gender
International Activist Scholar Brenda McSweeney, a long-time leader within the United Nations with
postings primarily in India and West Africa (e.g. Burkina Faso) created GaIDI (Gender and
International Development Initiatives) in 2005 with assistance from Scholars Mei-Mei Ellerman and
Rajashree Ghosh. Because of the significance of maintaining an international focus at the WSRC,
GaIDI became a regular committee staffed by Scholars every year. A vibrant World Cultures Study
Group also operates within the WSRC community.
GaIDI developed the following mandate:
● to maximize synergy and intellectual support between research and creative
projects/initiatives of WSRC Scholars, and others on the Brandeis campus and beyond, in
the international development arena.
● to proactively help shape and implement evolving policy of the Scholars Program in the
Gender and International Development domain.
● to increase involvement of WSRC’s Scholars Program in the international development
domain.
One of GaIDI’s approaches to these goals is to work closely with the Sustainable International
Development program in the Heller School as well as the Gender Group at Heller. Other partners
for the high-profile events at the WSRC that GaIDI organized are the Schuster Institute for
Investigative Journalism (Brandeis), Boston University, the Fletcher School and Wellesley College.
The following activities illustrate GaIDI’s work to advance the gender and international
development mandate. (More information can be found at gaidi.blogspot.com)
1. Book talks, panels, dialogue on pressing issues of gender equality and women’s
empowerment, for example:
a. Trafficking/modern-day slavery... personal testimony of internationally trafficked
persons and activists through the use of award-winning films
b. Female Genital Mutilation with the participation of international activists and writers
c. Anti-rape organizing (India)
d. Women Peacemakers (Bosnia Herzegovina)
e. Women running for political office (Indonesia)
f. 1st women's 'occupy' action (Left on Pearl film) (greater Boston)
g. A feminist's take on the left (global)
h. Provocative look at Microfinance - does it work (vs. microsavings) panel/debate
i. Women Maquila (Sweatshop) Workers
j. First-hand stories and interactions with those adopted and fostered worldwide, plus
scholars
2. Exhibitions with visual portrayal of GaIDI’s international work
a. Creation of the wall of Women’s Causes/International Days, at the WSRC
b. Geobodies exhibits/panels at WSRC
c. numerous exhibits sharing action research at the grassroots (such as female
education in Burkina Faso, livelihoods in West Bengal) at Boston’s City Hall to
influence policy-makers, and the Harvard Ed Portal and neighborhood libraries for
educational outreach
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3. Books/e-books/publications: Dear Wonderful You, Another Side of India, Vol. 1 & 2 of Gender
perspectives in case studies across continents, Women of Vision series (Burkina Faso, India,
Brighton-Allston including a Women's Heritage Trail), think pieces from Africa and Asia for
accessibility and exchange of ideas and visibility of our findings
4. Partnership with UNESCO (gender & international development publications, policy
reflections) via our representation of North America on the Global Network of UNESCO
Chairs on Gender, and Coordination of the UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Gender,
Culture & People-Centered Development; membership on Boards, such as Polaris (to rescue
trafficked women.)
International consciousness as opposed to U.S. ethnocentrism is high among individual WSRC
Scholars and permeates to the community through art exhibitions and lectures, and to Brandeis
students through the SSP program.
The Brandeis WSRC is a vital academic, artistic, and activist part of the Brandeis community
where Scholars are actively engaged with Brandeis students, faculty, and staff. We believe that our
Scholars’ many involvements through the SSP, Teaching at Brandeis, the Student Outreach
Committee and GaIDI do, in fact, enhance and reinforce the University’s mission to pursue and
transmit knowledge as a communal responsibility. We also believe that our model of
interdisciplinary, intergenerational, and inclusive learning can change the way we think and act
individually and as a community. In this way, the Brandeis WSRC’s programs not only offer
practical and provocative knowledge to students and Scholars; our successful efforts are part of a
transformative, knowledge production model that defines the WSRC and Brandeis University.
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5. Management & Governance
From the beginning, the management of the WSRC has been a shared enterprise of the director,
staff, and Scholars. Many of the staff and Scholars [as well as the director] have worked at the
Center since its earliest days, thus providing institutional memory. Technology has helped to
streamline communications and interchange but the fundamental human ingredient remains
paramount. Most scholars feel ownership of the Center because they realize that it depends on their
involvement, participation and accomplishments.
Currently the WSRC staff consists of the following functions and personnel:
● Assistant to the Director – Olivia Sederlund (pt)
● Associate Director of Administration: Sarah Hough (pt), manages budget and finances and
space allocation
● Director of the Student/Scholar Partnership Program – Kristen Mullin (pt)
● Assistant Director of the Scholars Program and Coordinator of the WSRC Board – Rosa Di Virgilio
Taormina, creates all committee assignments, produces annual Scholar directory and
calendar, creates schedule of WSRC lectures, and manages the website, and more. Rosa is
the only full-time member of the WSRC staff.
● Director of the Arts Program (Curator) – Susan Metrican (pt)
● Librarian – Abby Rosenberg (pt)
These six positions include one full-time and five part-time individuals in addition to the Director
who is also part-time. Some of the part-time individuals also support the HBI, which pays a portion
of their salary. In addition, a few student assistants are hired annually: one to assist the Curator and
the others to function as receptionists and technical specialists. providing computer-related and
other help to Scholars and staff.
Job descriptions for all staff are clearly defined and the Director evaluates each staff member
annually in the university-wide personnel review process. The Director reports to the Provost, who
does an annual review of her Academic Activity Report.
Two staffing needs have been identified but remain unfunded. They are a Director of Development
and a Director of Communications. Currently the WSRC Director and the staff absorb these roles.
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The Scholars’ role in management of the WSRC
The WSRC operates under the principle that every Scholar must be part of a management
committee every year. That is one of the key obligations of each Scholar.
At the start of the academic year, during Welcoming Day, all questions about the management of the
Center and the Scholars’ role in it are addressed. Each year, the Director also announces a theme for
the year. This year’s theme, for example, is Fundraising, referring to the $2 million campaign, Fund 4
the Future, the first and only campaign of the WSRC.
At the end of the academic year, each Scholar indicates on what WSRC committee she wishes to
serve in the year to come, giving three committee names in rank order. The obvious benefits of the
committee system are that the necessary functions of the Center are taken care of and that Scholars
understand the Center and serve it. Each committee appoints its own chair, and carries out its work,
occasionally meeting with the Director as needed.
Toward the end of the year, all the committee chairs meet as a group with the Director and Scholars
Coordinator and review the functioning of the committees according to four criteria:
1) Was the mandate of the committee clear and is it still pertinent? Should the mandate be
changed?
2) Did the work get done, what were the accomplishments of the committee?
3) Should the number of members of the committee be changed? Or is it appropriate for
the work being done?
4) Was the chair of the committee effective? Should there be co-chairs?
In the course of that meeting, committees may be added or eliminated.
In the past there has been a library committee - that recommended we hire a librarian; an
institutional research committee and a fundraising committee. This year was formed to review (and
perhaps implement) the suggestions made in the End-of-the-Year Reports as to ways to improve the
WSRC.
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Governance
An important innovation in the founding of the WSRC was the creation of the National Board of
the Women’s Studies Research Center. As director of the Women’s Studies Program (WSP), Shula
Reinharz established such a board, one of the first in the country, for the WSP in 1991. She was
determined to replicate its success at the WSRC, recognizing that such a the board was an enormous
asset in a) raising funds to make important new projects possible; b) lending prestige to the program
on campus and elsewhere; and c) acting as effective communicators about or ambassadors of the
program.
With the founding of the WSRC, the question arose as to whether the existing WSP board should
serve both the new WSRC and the WSP or if a new board should be created exclusively for the
WSRC. The “old board” concluded that a new board should be created but that anyone involved in
the WSP board that wished to join the WSRC board should be free to do so. Thus the WSRC board
was founded in 2001.
The National Board of the WSRC plays a crucial role in the oversight, strategic direction and
financial support of the WSRC. Each board member signs on for a 3-year term. In almost every
case, the board member renews her membership multiple times. Several current board members are
founders of the board. This longevity of membership speaks to the loyalty and enjoyment of the
board. (See Appendix G for the list of past and current board members)
The roles of the board members have changed somewhat over time. In some years they hosted
events in their homes, particularly to raise money for the Student-Scholar Partnership. In other
years, they participated in Scholar committees. Currently Rosalie Shane, our board chair, and Louise
Weinberg, a board member, serve on the Exhibition Programming Committee of the WSRC.
Currently the WSRC board is focused on two large tasks: raising a $2 million endowment, and
planning for Founder Succession.
The Brandeis WSRC Board has always consisted of Brandeis alumnae and non-alumnae. The
alumnae who join the board frequently express the fact that they want to give back to the University
in a way they perceive to be hands-on and effective doing something beyond writing checks. The
members who are non-alumnae may be married to an alumnus or somehow involved with the
University, or may simply be drawn to serving Brandeis because of its reputation as an excellent
university or a Jewish-sponsored university. One board member is continuing the tradition of her
family to support the Women’s Studies activities at Brandeis. Numerous board members state that
they joined the board because of their relation with the Director.
Under the current leadership of co-chairs and alumnae Diane Rubin and Rosalie Shane, the board
instituted a schedule of more frequent meetings and an annual retreat, both of which have been very
beneficial. Bi-monthly meetings provide an opportunity for members to form friendships and to
learn about new research concerning women.
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The WSRC board is in a period of rapid growth, with new members already having joined and other
candidates in the pipeline. For the first time, a man, Dr. Austin Wertheimer. has joined the board.
Lately, candidates who either were or currently are Scholars have been added. Scholar Annette Miller
is a board member, as is Ruth Nemzoff. Former Scholar Evelyn Murphy is currently a board
member as well.
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6. External Funding and Financial Sufficiency
The Brandeis WSRC is externally funded. The only exception is the director’s salary and part of the
director’s assistant’s salary. The WSRC budget is tiny - only $300,000 per year - especially in
contrast with the amount of activity it supports.
The financial health of the WSRC is monitored regularly in two ways: by the annual budget process
in which the University approves the budget for the coming year, and by the Board, which reviews
the budget at its bi-monthly meeting. In addition, Associate Director of Administration, Sarah
Hough, monitors the budget carefully. One sign of the financial health of the WSRC is that the 2008
economic disaster dealt with by making adjustments rather than having to terminate programs.
With an annual budget of approximately $300,000 and the majority of the revenue coming from
external sources, the expenses of the WSRC have been kept low deliberately. The Scholars do not
pay to participate in the WSRC, nor are they paid to do so, though many Scholars do regularly make
gifts to the WSRC. When Scholars receive grants to do their own work, any overhead in the grants
goes to the University, not to the WSRC. Other than the indirect and intangible support the WSRC
receives from being part of Brandeis, it receives no direct financial support from the University for
any activities.
The above charts show a breakdown of our expenses and revenue. For a table of the information for this chart, please
see Appendix J
The major expenses of the WSRC are staff, operational expenses, and the Student/Scholar
Partnership Program. It is very difficult to raise funds for the first two categories, which are
supported primarily by annual Board gifts.
The WSRC did not begin with a single large endowment, like other centers and institutes on
campus, nor did the WSRC begin as a named entity for which individual donor or family feels
responsible. At the time, it was quite rare to have a named center for research on women or gender
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and, while it would have been welcome to have a single large donor underwrite the WSRC, the lack
of a name may have made it easier to raise funds going forward.
Despite the lack of a naming gift, the Center began with an initial $1 million unrestricted gift from
the late Lee Annenberg, secured by the Director with the understanding that the funds could be
spent down at the rate of $100k per year. At the end of the first decade, another major gift, this one
$500k from the late Gary David Goldberg, was secured and is currently being spent down at the rate
of approximately $75k per year, in order to stretch the gift over 7 years.
The WSRC also started with a several small endowments that originated in the Women’s Studies
Program and others created over the past fourteen years. The six small endowments are $25,000
from Lorna Rosenberg for the Arts; $25,000 from an anonymous Scholar for the Scholars Program;
$75,000 from Rita Blitt for a Women and Peace Initiative, or to support Scholar Teaching at the
University; $50,000 in memory of Natalie Marcus for support of the arts; $10,000 for support of the
Student Scholar Partnership Program; and a $200,000 quasi-endowment rom Diana Meehan and
Gary David Goldberg for the support of the arts and operating expenses. This last fund will be
spent down in two or three years.
The greatest financial support for the WSRC, however, has been and remains, the WSRC Board.
Initially, the Board adopted a policy of 100% giving, i.e. all of the members would give each year and
the annual expected gift was $3,000. Several years later, the Board voted to increase the minimum
expected gift to $5,000. In addition, Board members make special gifts for programs and other
needs. A non-alumna Board member made the lead gift - $250,000 – to the current $2 million
campaign. Individual Board members, including one who donates her Social Security checks
monthly, support the Student-Scholar Partnership, which costs about $45,000 per year, and the arts
program.
Shula Reinharz considers fund-raising to be an integral, fundamental part of her responsibilities as WSRC Director.
Thus, she always works with board members to explain existing projects that require more funding,
to propose new projects they could fund, and to introduce her to possible board members. A strong
partnership between the director and the board has been forged and will be needed in the future.
When Reinharz announced in 2014 that she would retire in 2017, the board decided to launch an
endowment campaign of $2 million, labeled the WSRC’s Fund 4 the Future. [Three board members
resigned at the time.] The background work for the campaign included hiring a consultant, Arlene
Fortunato, to do a feasibility study of the board’s support of the campaign. Her study led to three
recommendations for actions to be taken before beginning the campaign:
1) Expand the Board
2) Make sure the Board clearly understands the mission of the WSRC; and
3) Improve the Board’s internal structure.
The Board has been energized by this new direction and has made significant progress on points 1
and 2 and is now working hard on #3. Current board members have been especially effective in
bringing new candidates to the Nominating Committee and in organizing events to introduce the
community to the work of the WSRC.
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V. Afterword & The Future of the WSRC
It is appropriate to consider the future of the WSRC within the context of the founding director’s
retirement in June 2017. Much of the future depends on who the new director will be. It also
depends on the attitudes of the incoming president and provost of the university and the leadership
of the current WSRC board. Success in fund-raising will always be a factor in the success of the
Brandeis WSRC.
I. Founder Succession:
I (Professor Shulamit Reinharz) founded the WSRC in 2001 and am retiring in June 2017. This
means that in 16 years the WSRC has benefitted from the leadership of one person (in coordination
with all the committees, etc.) who will now be leaving. In organizational lingo this is called the
challenge of “Founder Succession.” What are the tasks of a founder?
The founders craft a vision, attract employees, and develop products based on that vision,
and perform the management tasks necessary to grow the business.” The successor has to
figure out how to sustain those activities while also forging her own leadership. In a study of
large for-profit organizations (which may or may not apply to small nonprofits such as the
WSRC), the following has been found: “Founder-CEO succession maybe the most critical
succession event in the life of most firms: “After the starting difficulties have been
overcome, the most likely causes of business failure are the problems encountered in the
transition from a one-person, entrepreneurial style of management to a functionally
organized, professional management team” (Hofer and Charan 1984, p. 2), and the departure
of a founder has an disproportionate negative impact on
the likelihood of organizational survival (Carroll 1984).”
At Brandeis University, directors of centers and institutes stay in office a long time. Only the Mandel
Center for Research on Jewish Education, and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies no longer
have their founders as director, and in the Schusterman case, the 2-year search was unsuccessful in
hiring a long term successor. The Mandel Center for Research on Jewish Education was successful
in finding a founder successor because they promoted from within.
As I prepare to leave on June 30, 2017, I have been thinking a great deal about Founder Succession.
The phenomenon is complicated by the fact that the transition is occurring within a university
context, which has a culture and rules of its own. In addition there are no internal candidates.
I have attempted to reduce the challenge of Founder Succession in many ways.
1. I announced early (3 years in advance) both to the Scholars and to the WSRC board that I
was planning to retire. If people expressed the fact that the WSRC “cannot continue without
you,” I worked hard to disavow them of that idea.
2. I invested a lot of effort/time in letting the WSRC board understand that they have a very
large role in maintaining continuity between the present with Reinharz as Director, and the
future with someone else as Director. I arranged a meeting between Interim President Lisa
Lynch and the board and I discussed the board’s role with the board continuously.
3. I decided to launch a $2 million endowment campaign that would generate $100,000 per year
to enable the next director to have the funds necessary to run the WSRC without having to
engage in intense fundraising right away. The board named the endowment “The Fund 4 the
Future,” after I rejected the idea that it be named for me. As the Scholars and Board work
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on the campaign, we have a constant reminder that I will be leaving and a new individual will
replace me. This is not to say that fundraising will be easy for the new person, as it has not
been easy for me. It requires skills, perseverance and a large network of potential donors.
Fortunately, the Brandeis University Office of Advancement has been extremely helpful, and
I am sure will continue to help my successor.
II. Diversity of Scholars
The fact that we are a research center in which nearly everyone who works here or is a staff member
is a woman, is in itself, I believe, a contribution to the University’s objective of offering
opportunities for diverse leadership. By being almost exclusively constituted of women, we also are
characterized by a culture that may be different from other departments and centers in the
University. But gender is not enough, and from the start we have attempted to be a diverse
community in other ways: age, race, national origin, and training. We have also tried to offer
programming and art exhibitions that are diverse in their subject matter and presenters.
We have largely been successful, but there are areas in which we could improve. Primary among
these are the ability to recruit and retain African-American scholars. On the other hand, because of
our connections to the Heller School, we have been able to attract Scholars from unlikely places
such as Mongolia in addition to Scholars from many other countries. (See Appendix E)
III. Involvement of Brandeis University Faculty
At the monthly, provost-led meetings of the Directors of Centers and Institutes, the problem of
engaging faculty from outside the Centers and Institutes has been discussed many times. At the
Brandeis WSRC, we find that faculty members do not typically attend our events, with certain
important exceptions. I understand that faculty are very busy, and that the WSRC is not centrally
located on campus, so I have begun to invite faculty members to give talks at the WSRC.
We expect that my successor will lead the WSRC on a half-time basis, with the other half time being
housed in a department on campus, in which the successor will teach. This arrangement may
increase the likelihood that the successor will be able to integrate faculty, at least, but not exclusively
from, her own department.
IV. The Identity of the WSRC into the future
The WSRC grew out of the Women’s Studies Program, which I directed for 10 years before
establishing the WSRC. Since then, the Women’s Studies Program has changed a great deal,
renaming itself, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. By contrast, the WSRC has not renamed
itself. Will Women’s Studies remain a viable concept that should be part of the center’s title? Those
are questions of values and politics that the new generation will have to determine. My only
recommendation is that the phrase Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center be used, adding
“Brandeis” to the beginning of the name. Such a change will bring the Brandeis Women’s Studies
Research Center into a parallel position with the related centers at Rutgers, Wellesley, Barnard,
Michigan and Brown. For this reason, I have occasionally referred, in this document, to the
Brandeis WSRC.
I very much look forward to working with the Scholars, students and board for the next year and a
half until my retirement. And then, I look forward to watching from afar how the Center develops
under new leadership.
Appendices
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A. WSRC Committees (2015-2016) * denotes chair of the committee.
Each of the committees has a charge that it must carry out. At the end of the academic year, the
chairs of all the committees meet together and discuss a) does the mandate still make sense or
should it be changed; b) should the size of the committee be increased or reduced; c) what
problems, if any, did the committee encounter; and d) how often did they meet.
Self-Study Report (7)
Penina Adelman
Anne Caldwell
Liane Curtis
Andrea Dottolo
Frinde Maher*
Ellen Rovner
Rochelle Ruthchild
Admissions (5)
Hilde Hein
Frinde Maher
Naomi Myrvaagnes
Stephanie Wasserman*
Kristin Waters
Board Liaison (3)
Lora Brody
Annette Liberman-Miller*
Ruth Nemzoff
Cohort Advisor (2)
Louise Lopman*
Pam Swing
Creativity Panel (1)
Rosie Rosenzweig*
GaIDI (International Development) (6)
Mei-Mei Akwai Ellerman*
Jutta Lindert
Karen Frostig
Brenda McSweeney
Angela Shpolberg
Meiying (May) Zhang
South Street Journal (4)
Mary Berg
Emily Corbato
Rachel Munn*
Linda Pololi
Music and Concerts (6)
Jane Ring Frank
Laury Gutierrez
Suzanne Hanser*
Toni Lester
Ruth Lomon
Vivian Montgomery*
Publicity (4)
Liane Curtis
Paula Doress-Worters*
Amy LeClair
Ludmila Shtern (Fall 2015)
End-of-Year (5)
Nancer Ballard
Ornit Barkai
Nurit Eini-Pindyck
Margaret Morganroth Gullette*
Susan Thomson
Recruitment (5)
Trisha Gura
Hilda Kahn
Laurie Kahne*
Pat Palmieri
Ellen Rosen
Exhibitions (3)
Linda Bond
Andrea Rosenthal
Research Funds (3)
Roz Barnett
Susan Porter*
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Karin Rosenthal
Susan Metrican*
Forum & Retreat Planning (4)
Nance Goldstein
Rahel Wasserfall (Spring 2016)
Shula Reinharz Retirement (5)
Ann W. Caldwell
Janet Freedman
Louise Lopman
Naomi Myrvaagnes
Student Outreach (2)
Nicola Curtin
Phoebe Schnitzer*
Steering (5)
Helen A. Berger
Rachel Falmagne
Fran Forman
Janet Freedman
Cheri Geckler
Shulamit Reinharz*
Rosa Di Virgilio Taormina
Rochelle Ruthchild
Teaching (3)
Mary Oestereicher Hamill*
Gabriel Robinson
Rhoda Unger
Technology (3)
Penina G. Abir-Am*
Smriti Rao
Nancy Salzer (Spring 2016)
Transition of VS to RS (5)
Marguerite G. Bouvard
Susan Eisenberg
Rajashree Ghosh
Susie Rivo
Roberta Salper*
Waltham (4)
Lois Isenman
Dana Maiben
Siti Nurjanah*
Phyllis Silverman
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B. WSRC Study Groups (2015-2016)
Study Group Summary about the Group Structure
Name
Point
Person(s)
Open/Closed to
New Members
Creative
Writing
Rachel Munn
Open briefly at
beginning of year;
double check with
Rachel in September
if this is still the case
We will meet once monthly (approximately)
and read and review each other’s creative
written work. NOTE: This group operates
independently of the Journal Committee.
Feminist Film Select and present 3-5 films each year that
Lora Brody
Forum
illuminate, define, support and celebrate
feminist issues. Each screening will be followed
by a discussion led by study group members.
Film screenings are open to the public and will
be held at the WSRC during the academic year.
Open
Holocaust
Research
We are a supportive group working on
Holocaust-related research/writing or art
projects
Karin Rosenthal Open briefly at
beginning of year
Memoir
The members of the Memoir group are all
working either on a book, article, or a play in
the form of memoir. They are committed to
support each other's work by reading and
commenting on shared pieces and to be
actively involved in discussions and
constructive criticism.
Penina
Adelman &
Hilde Hein
Open briefly during
the beginning of the
year for up to 3 new
members
Narrative
This group welcomes scholars interested in
Research
narrative methodologies, qualitative research,
Methodologie and the use of story in their work.
s
Rahel
Wasserfall
Open
Photography We are a group of photographers with diverse
interests and techniques, interested in sharing
our work and projects for constructive
criticism.
Andrea
Rosenthal
Closed
Social Issues
Research
Group
We typically meet once a month to provide
Helen A. Berger Open briefly at
critical feedback on members’ ongoing research
beginning of year
in the area of social issue or social justice.
World
Cultures
This group offers a forum for dialogue about
issues that concern us in a multicultural world;
through open discussions members engage in
appreciating and understanding cultures - their
own and those that they do not belong. We
engage in discussions, invite speakers, together
Rajashree
Open briefly during
Ghosh is the
the beginning of the
point person.
year
Conveners will
rotate among
the group
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watch short presentations, review works in
members.
progress, screen films or even engage in casual
conversations on different cultures. We include
multiple perspectives on social structures,
cultures, women's experiences and challenges.
Writing
Women's
Lives
This study group has a workshop format the
Ann Caldwell
purpose of which is to read and critique one
another’s nonfiction writing that depicts the
lives of women both individually and
collectively. Members of the study group are all
actively at work on a non-fiction project about
the lives of women. We provide constructive
practical advice, ranging from suggested
research sources to how to get published, all
the while delving into questions of identity
formation, social and cultural influences,
historical contexts, exceptionalism and
leadership from a feminist perspective. The
study group meets monthly throughout the
academic year as long as there is a draft to be
read and discussed.
By Invitation
Study groups pay as much attention to their process as to their product. One group created the
following “rules of engagement.”
Rules of Engagement as agreed upon in the fall of 2014.
1.
The person(s) presenting is responsible for providing any written material they want the
group to review to the members 2 weeks in advance of the meeting or as close to that as possible to
ensure group members have ample time to read through the materials and give good feedback.
2.
The presenter should focus the group’s responses by providing questions or raising issues
that she wants discussed. This is to ensure that the presenter gets feedback that is useful to her.
3.
If you are unable to attend a meeting you should, if possible, send your comments and
insights to the presenter. You may also want to give notes to the presenter even when you are there,
as time may not permit you to give all the feedback you feel will be useful.
4.
The presenter may ask a member of the group to be the facilitator. The role of the facilitator
is to ensure that we stay on topic and that everyone has a chance to speak. In some instances the
presenter may prefer to facilitate for herself. If you are the presenter and want someone to facilitate
you need to arrange that prior to the meeting.
5.
It is important to remember our purpose is to help each other with our research and
publication. This means that we need to focus our responses on what the presenter has requested
and how the project she is working on can be improved. We want to create a caring community in
which each of us can feel safe presenting our rough drafts and works in progress as well as almost
completed works for useful feedback.
6.
If possible the presenter will distribute no more than 10 pages for the group to review. We
realize that this is not always possible, so we will use it as a target not a requirement. It should be
kept in mind that if you distribute more pages that the discussion may be less focus
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C. Research Interests of Scholars (Some Scholars’ area of research spans multiple categories
and thus they have been counted more than once.)
Discipline
Scholars
Percentage
Age Studies
6
4.3
Anthropology
4
2.9
Business & Labor
5
3.6
Creative Writing
5
3.6
Gender Studies
14
10.1
Global Studies
8
5.8
Health & Science
10
7.2
History
14
10.1
Journalism
3
2.2
Law
3
2.2
Literature & Poetry
4
2.9
Music
7
5.1
Political Studies
6
4.3
Psychology
3
2.2
Race & Ethnicity
4
2.9
Religion
10
7.2
Sociology
8
5.8
Social Policy
5
3.6
19
13.8
Visual & Performing Arts
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ResearchInterestsofCurrentScholars
AgeStudies
Anthropology
Business&Labor
CreativeWriting
GenderStudies
GlobalStudies
Health&Science
History
Journalism
Law
Literature&Poetry
Music
PoliticalStudies
Psychology
Race&Ethnicity
Religion
Sociology
SocialPolicy
Visual&PerformingArts
65
D. Number of Scholars per year since 2001
School Year Scholars
01-02
56
02-03
61
03-04
61
04-05
67
05-06
70
06-07
72
07-08
80
08-09
75
09-10
77
10-11
84
11-12
86
12-13
85
13-14
84
14-15
84
15-16
85
ScholarGrowthSince2001
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Scholars
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E. International Origins or Areas of Research of Scholars
Scholar
Origin/Area of Research
Abir-Am, Pnina
Israel
Barkai, Ornit
Israel and Argentina
Berg, Mary
Colombia, Peru, Cuba
Bond, Linda
Afghanistan
Bouvard, Marguerite Guzman
France, Italy, Syria
Curtin, Nicola
Ireland
Dottolo, Andrea
Italy
Eini-Pindyck, Nurit
Israel
Eisenberg, Susan
Palestine
Ellerman, Mei-Mei
China
Falmagne, Rachel
Belgium
Frank, Jane Ring
Myanmar
Frostig, Karen
Austria
Gadon, Elinor
India
Ghosh, Rajashree
India
Gullette, Margaret Morganroth
Nicaragua
Gutierrez, Laury
Venezuela
Hamill, Mary Oestereicher
Cambodia
Lindert, Jutta
Germany
Lopez, Maria
Cuba
Lopman, Louise Levesque
El Salvador and Mexico
McSweeney, Brenda Gael
West Africa, Ireland, India
Montgomery, Vivian
Egypt
Nurjanah, Siti
Indonesia
Rao, Smriti
India
Reinharz, Shulamit
Germany, Holland, Israel
Rosen, Ellen
Germany
Rosenthal, Karin
Germany
Rosenzweig, Rosie
Canada
Ruthchild, Rochelle
Russia
Salper, Roberta
Spain
Shpolberg, Angela
Russia and Ukraine
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Shtern, Ludmila
Russia
Silverman, Eric
New Guinea
Swing, Pam
Shetland Islands
Wasserfall, Rahel
France, Israel, Hungary
Zhang, Meiying
Inner Mongolia Province, China
68
F. Roster of SSP Scholars and Students (2001-2014) (While this program has been running
since 1997, only partnerships dating from 2001 have been included. Information on partnerships from
1997-2000 is available on demand.) At times, we invited faculty to participate. Their names are bolded.
The number of partnerships varies with the amount of money available for the program.
Scholar
Penina Adelman
Joyce Antler
Mary Berg
Paula Doress-Worters
Cara Dunne-Yates
Cara Dunne-Yates
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Kim Gutschow
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Jane Hale
Mary Oestereicher
Hamill
Linda Hirshman
Shirley Kolack
Sarah Lamb
Sarah Lamb
Ruth Lomon
Mary Mason
Student
Miriam Kingsberg
Sarah Gartman
Sarah Katel
Carla Hostetter
Jamie Freed
Rebecca Ora
Guenevere Mesco
Noah Brown
Rebecca Smith
Erin Waxenbaum
Date
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Title
Jewish Girls Coming of Age
A Cultural History of the Jewish Mother
Biography of Clorinda Matto de Turner (Peru, 1854-1909)
Ernestine Rose: Reclaiming her History; Reviving Her Legacy
Memoir
Memoir
The Cost of Being Female
Inequities in Adoption Law Governing International Adoptees
The New Time Machine: Essays in Critical Age Studies
Nuns and the Problem of Gender in Buddhism
Rachel Brown
Fall 2001
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
Margalit Younger
Anna Medak
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
The Literature of Literacy
Abigail Zeveloff
Yael Shinar
Alex Fridel
Mary Del Savio
Devora Loike
Yu-Tong Yen
Sarah Winston
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Marsha Mirkin
Ruth Nemzoff
Elana Safar
Shira Silton
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Jo Anne Preston
Genna Singer
Fall 2001
Jo Anne Preston
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Ellen Rosen
Yonina Rosenthal
Rosie Rosenzweig
Aurora Sherman
Rachel Wolkinson
Dana Kaplan
Maggie Frye
Corey Leaffer
Sarah Light
Belinda Jacobus
Aarti Daswani
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Marcie Tyre
Michelle Baron
Fall 2001
Lauri Umansky
Rhoda Unger
Rhoda Unger
Dessima Williams
Joyce Antler
Lindsey Freedman
Shama Goklani
Sofya Pintova
Lily Davidson
Sarah Gartman
A House for the Homeless
Law and Economics of Love
Technology, Values and Society
Aging Across Worlds: South Asians in/and North America
Aging Across Worlds: South Asians in/and North America
Witnesses
Working Against Odds: Disabled Women's Work Experience
She is a Tree of Life: Learning About Ourselves & Our
Relationships From Our Biblical Foremothers"
Images of the Helpmate
Teaching in the Lives of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century
Women
Teaching in the Lives of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century
Women
The Historyt of Women at Brandeis
Artwork at the WSRC
Why DO Couples Stay Married?
Women in Science and Techonology: Narrowing the Gap
The Sources of Creativity
Social Relations, Coping and Control in Adulthood
Pregnancy, Power and Politics: Re-visioning the Role of the
Pregnant Women in Society
Be Fruitful and Multiply?: Disability and the Politics of
Mothering, 1945 to the Present
Predicting Commitment to Social Activism and Social Justice
Predicting Commitment to Social Activism and Social Justice
Women Leaders the World Over
A Cultural history of the Jewish Mother
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Fall 2001
Sping 2001
69
Liane Curtis
Yu-Tong Yen
Spring 2001
Nicholas Danforth
Cheri Geckler
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Kim Gutschow
Jane Hale
Mary Oestreicher Hamill
Mary Oestreicher Hamill
Linda Hirshman
Shirley Kolack
Shirley Kolack
Nita Kumar
Sarah Lamb
Ruth Lomon
Louise Lopman
Mary Mason
Jennifer Lewey
Lori Fishman
Yasmeen Khan
Elana Pelman
Erin Waxenbaum
Beth Barton
Elana Divine
Proscilla Polley
Yaeil Shinar
Tobey Ward
Alex Fridel
Julia Toub
Karen Ellman
Kara Kronegold
Jared Waterman
Sarah Winston
Ruth Nemzoff
Shira Silton
Spring 2001
Jo Anne Preston
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Marcie Tyre
Marcie Tyre
Rhoda Unger
Rhoda Unger
Dessima Williams
Liane Curtis
Penina Adelman
Joyce Antler
Leslie Shure
Dana Kaplan
Erica Werfel
Ruth Israely
Anna Perricci
Miriam Aframe
Laura Subramanian
Tamara Grimm
Autumn Wiley
Allyson Tash
Basani Ndhambi
Jessica Tobacman
Amy Schiller
Rebecca Karp
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Rosalind Barnett
Ellin Reisner
Fall 2002
Rosalind Barnett
Loren Roumell
Fall 2002
Mary Berg
James McBean
Fall 2002
Mary Berg
Jessica Masalskyu
Fall 2002
Emily Corbato
Liane Curtis
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Paula Doress-Worters
Rebecca Ora
Katherine Deeg
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Exploring the Life and Music of Rebecca Clarke
It Takes Two: Involving Men in Women's and Children's
Health
Positive Development of Adolescent Girls
The Theological Concept of Grace
Determinations
Women in the Indian Himalaya
The Literature of Literacy
Constructs of Fraility
Constructs of Fraility
Women and Law School
Techonolgy, Values and Society
Techonolgy, Values and Society
Learning Culture
Aging Across Multiple Worlds
Witnesses
Challengees and Resistance to Globalization
Working Against Odds: Disabled Women's Work Experience
"Making Babies and Making Laws" and "Relational Power:
How to use it to make the Work World more Family Friendly"
Teaching in the Lives of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century
Women
The History of Women at Brandeis
Female Rabbis Around the World
Why Do Couples Stay Married?
The Sources of Poetry
The Mother Tapes
Empowerment in the Birth Experience
The Negation of Birth and Death in Modern Organizations
Positive Marginality and Social Activism
Positive Marginality and Social Activism
Women Leaders in South Africa
Exploring the Life and Music of Rebecca Clarke
Jewish Girls Coming of Age
Mamatalks: A Cultural history of the Jewish Mother
Interdisciplinary Academic Conference on Work and Family
Life: From 9 to 5 to 24/How Workplace Change Impacts
Families, Work and Communities
Interdisciplinary Academic Conference on Work and Family
Life: From 9 to 5 to 24/How Workplace Change Impacts
Families, Work and Communities
Cuban and Dominican Women Writers of the 1990's, an
anthology of Cuban Stories and an Edition of a Dominican
Novel
Cuban and Dominican Women Writers of the 1990's, an
anthology of Cuban Stories and an Edition of a Dominican
Novel
Preparation and Completion of the Photographic Exhibit "All
Good Things"
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
Maya Karni
Rita Triveldi
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
Ernestine Rose: Reclaiming her History; Reviving Her Legacy
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
Spring 2001
70
Cara Dunne-Yates
Cara Dunne-Yates
Cara Dunne-Yates
Jamie Freed
Jennifer Perez
Cynthia Schoettler
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Memoir
Memoir
Memoir
Sylvia Fishman
Suzy Klein
Fall 2002
Nance Goldstein
EJ Graff
Rongrong Zhang
Elyse Seener
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Mary Oestreicher Hamill
Karen Hansen
Tracey Hurd
Noah Browne
Sara Gruen
Sun Hee Rim
Sara Horowitz
Michelle Issadore
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Sandra Jones
Stacy Pirog
Fall 2002
Hilda Kahne
Shirley Kolack
Ruth Lomon
Mary Mason
Zachary Mabel
Alex Fridel
Susan Weiner
Kim Cristal
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Marsha Mirkin
Ruth Nemzoff
Shulamit Reinharz
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Aurora Sherman
Phyllis Silverman
Erica Worsaniker
Saul Lipchik
Dana Kaplan
Corey Leaffer
Abby Gondak
Aarti Daswani
Jennifer Marcus
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Fall 2002
Rhoda Unger
Sofya Pintova
Fall 2002
Wendy Weiss
Penina Adelman
Rosalind Barnett
Rosalind Barnett
Mary Berg
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Paula Doress-Worters
Cara Dunne-Yates
Cara Dunne-Yates
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Kim Gutschow
Jane Hale
Mary Oestereicher
Hamill
Rumena Sotirova
Miriam Kingsberg
Rebecca Goldman
Loren Roumell
Sarah Katel
Fall 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Reading From Right to Left: Fundamentalism, Feminism, and
the Changing Roles of Women in Jewish Societies
People, Processes, and Technology: Workforce and
Organizational Impacts From Frontline Caregivers'
Participation in Hospital Care Coordination and IT Design
The Problem with Utopia
Journalism Projects: Anita Hill Profile and Discrimination
Against Children Adopted from Foreign Countries
The New Time Machine: Essays in Critical Age Studies
A Home of and by Boston's Homeless
Not-So-Nuclear-Families
Women Sexuality and Religion: A Study of Narratives
Subjectivity and the Experience of Work: Narratives of
Working Class Women
Income Adequacy for Poor Single Mothers: The Role for
Training and Education
Technology, Values and Society
Witnesses: an Oratorio
Working Against Odds: Disabled Women's Work Experience
She is a Tree of Life: Learning About Ourselves & Our
Relationships From Our Biblical Foremothers"
Mothering Grown Children
The History of Women at Brandeis
Book about WAL-MART
The Sources of Creativity
Older Women Coping with Osteoarthritis
Changes in Women's Lives as a Result of Being Widowed
Network Connections of SPSSI Leaders with a Special Focus
on Women and Ethnic Minorities
The Challenges of Financial Security for Older Women: Are
Finances the Last Feminist Frontier?
Jewish Girls Coming of Age
Community Work Family Project Conference
Community Work Family Project Conference
Biography of Clorinda Matto de turner (Peru, 1854-1909)
Andrew Shugerman
Spring 2002
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
Margalit Younger
Carla Hostetter
Jamie Freed
Rebecca Ora
Katherine Jumper
Elaine Moy
Rebecca Smith
Jocelyn Berger
Anna Medak
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
Ernestine Rose: Reclaiming Her History; Reviving Her Legacy
Memoir
Memoir
Researching 'Dhimmitude
International Children's Adoption Project
The New Time Machine: Essays in Critical Age Studies
Nuns and the Problem of Gender in Buddhism
The Literature of Literacy
Abigail Zeveloff
Spring 2002
A House for the Homeless
71
Linda Hirshman
Tracey Hurd
Sandra Jones
Shirley Kolack
Yael Shinar
Sara McAulay
Stacy Pirog
Alex Fridel
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Law and Economics of Love
Women Sexuality and Religion: A Study of Narratives
Class Identity, Consciousness, and Women’s Work
Technolgy, Values and Society
Sarah Lamb
Ruth Lomon
Mary Mason
Devora Loike
Yu-Tong Yen
Sarah Winston
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Marsha Mirkin
Ruth Nemzoff
Elana Safar
Saul Lipchik
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Jo Anne Preston
Genna Singer
Spring 2002
Jo Anne Preston
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Aurora Sherman
Rachel Wolkinson
Dana Kaplan
Maggie Frye
Corey Leaffer
Belinda Jacobus
Aarti Daswani
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Marcie Tyre
Rhoda Unger
Rhoda Unger
Dessima Williams
Dessima Williams
Penina Adelman
Pamela Allara
Michelle Baron
Shama Goklani
Sofya Pintova
Elizabeth Donahue
Sarah Gladish
Amy Schiller
Danielle Davidson
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Spring 2002
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Rosalind Barnett
Mary Berg
Liane Curtis
Yana Litovsky
Elizabeth Carlson
Alexander Bakst
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Sylvia Fishman
Elinor Gadon
Janet Giele
Florence Graves
Suzy Klein
Elana Kaufman
Rinna Hoffman
Monica Asher
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Bonna Haberman
Jane Hale
Mary Oestereicher
Hamill
Karen Hansen
Karen Hansen
Anita Hill
Tracey Hurd
Devora Klein
Sara Gruen
Adina Hemley
Natasha Ushomirsky
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Aging Across Worlds: South Asians in/and North America
Witnesses
Working Against Odds: Disabled Women's Work Experience
She is a Tree of Life: Learning About Ourselves & Our
Relationships From Our Biblical Foremothers"
Mothering Grown Children
Teaching in the Lives of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century
Women
Teaching in the Lives of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century
Women
The History of Women at Brandeis
Artwork at the WSRC
Why DO Couples Stay Married?
The Sources of Creativity
Social Relations, Coping and Control in Adulthood
Pregnancy, Power and Politics: Re-visioning the Role of the
Pregnant Women in Society
Predicting Commitment to Social Activism and Social Justice
Predicting Commitment to Social Activism and Social Justice
Women Leaders in South Africa
Women Leaders in South Africa
Jewish Girls Coming of Age Today
Activist Art
Research Assistance for book on Gender
Differences/Similarities
Women's Lives (Spain, Latin America)
Festival of Women Composers
Reading From Right to Left: Fundamentalism, Feminism, and
the Changing Roles of Women in Jewish Societies
The Village Goddess in India-Integrator of Village Life
Lives of Women Innovators
Institute for Investigative Journalism Feasibility Study/Plan
Institute for Investigative Journalism Feasibility Study/Plan"
and "Murdered Woman's Convicted Spouse Can Inherit Her
Estate" and "Discrimination Against Internationally Adopted
Children"
Aged by Culture
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
French Painting and Literature
Viola Washburn
Leah Sykes
Sara Horowitz
Diony Elias
Lisa Friedman
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Sandra Jones
Hilda Kahne
Stacy Pirog
Sarah Gladish
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Regardisregard
Not-So-Nuclear-Families
Not-So-Nuclear-Families
Survey of Title IX Research
Religiously Liberal Women and Spirituality
Subjectivity and the Experience of Work: Narratives of
Working Class Women
Income Adequacy for Poor Single Mothers: The Role for
72
Shirley Kolack
Ruth Lomon
Alex Fridel
Susan Weiner
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Evelyn Murphy
Ruth Nemzoff
Angela Perez
Shulamit Reinharz
Jane Ring Frank
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Nancy Salzer
Aurora Sherman
Phyllis Silverman
Faith Smith
Tammy Pels
Danielle Freidman
Whitney Stern
Alyson Decker
Ji Su Yun
Corey Leaffer
Abby Gondek
Dana Keenholtz
Sara Friedlander
Ryoko Ono
Ashley Shaw
Samantha Miller
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Marcie Tyre
Caitlin Steitzer
Fall 2003
Rhoda Unger
Dessima Williams
Penina Adelman
Joyce Antler
Rosalind Barnett
Rosalind Barnett
Sofya Pintova
Noah Keough
Amy Schiller
Rebecca Karp
Ellin Reisner
Stephanie Levine
Fall 2003
Fall 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Mary Berg
Liane Curtis
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Paula Doress-Worters
Cara Dunne-Yates
Cara Dunne-Yates
Nurit Eini-Pindyck
Helen Young
Katherine Deeg
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Training and Education
Technology, Values and Society
Witnesses: an Oratorio
Getting Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men and
What To Do So We Will
Mothers of Adult Children
Women Traveling the Americas
Art for a Change
WSRC Festival of Women Composers
Book about WAL-MART
The Sources of Creativity
The Mother Tapes: A Work in Progress
The Mother Tapes: A Work in Progress
Coping and Breast Cancer: A Literature Review
Changes in Women's Lives as a Result of Being Widowed
Caribbean Modernities
"Pregnancy as Power" and "Miscarriage in Myth, Folklore and
History"
Network Connections of SPSSI Leaders with a Special Focus
on Women and Ethnic Minorities
Sustainable Development and Gender Equality
Jewish Girls Coming of Age
Mamatalks: A Cultural history of the Jewish Mother
The Impact of After-School Care on Working Parents
The Impact of After-School Care on Working Parents
Cuban and Dominican Women Writers of the 1990's, an
anthology of Cuban Stories and an Edition of a Dominican
Novel
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
Maya Karni
Spring 2003
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
Adina Hemley
Vered Blonstein
Jennifer Perez
Cynthia Schoettler
Yishan Lam
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Sylvia Fishman
Janet Giele
Suzy Klein
Madeleine Burry
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Nance Goldstein
EJ Graff
Rongrong Zhang
Sara Gruen
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Florence Graves
Mary Oestereicher
Hamill
Karen Hansen
Karen Hansen
Noah Brown
Spring 2003
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
Ernestine Rose: Reclaiming Her History; Reviving Her Legacy
Memoir
Memoir
Documenting Performances and Art Installations
Reading From Right to Left: Fundamentalism, Feminism, and
the Changing Roles of Women in Jewish Societies
Comparative Study of Changing Life Patterns of Women
People, Processes, and Technology: Workforce and
Organizational Impacts From Frontline Caregivers'
Participation in Hospital Care Coordination and IT Design
The Problem with Utopia
Journalism Projects: Anita Hill Profile and Discrimination
Against Children Adopted from Foreign Countries
Sun Hee Rim
Sara Horowitz
Leah Sykes
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Sandra Jones
Hilda Kahne
Stacy Pirog
Sarah Gladish
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
A Home of and by Boston's Homeless
Not-So-Nuclear-Families
Not-So-Nuclear-Families
Subjectivity and the Experience of Work: Narratives of
Working Class Women
Income Adequacy for Poor Single Mothers: The Role for
73
Shirley Kolack
Ruth Lomon
Mary Mason
Alex Fridel
Susan Weiner
Irene Lehrer
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Marsha Mirkin
Ruth Nemzoff
Ruth Nemzoff
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Aurora Sherman
Phyllis Silverman
Erica Worsaniker
Alexandra Gelles
Katie Jumper
Elana Caplan
Danielle Davidson
Abby Gondek
Dana Keenholtz
Aarti Daswani
Ashley Shaw
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Spring 2003
Rhoda Unger
Sofya Pintova
Spring 2003
Wendy Weiss
Rumena Sotirova
Spring 2003
Wendy Weiss
Liane Curtis
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Valentina Adamova
Katherine Deeg
Spring 2003
Summer 2003
Adina Hemley
Summer 2003
Florence Graves
Mary Oestereicher
Hamill
Karen Hansen
Noah Browne
Summer 2003
Sun Hee Rim
Leah Sykes
Summer 2003
Summer 2003
Sandra Jones
Stacy Pirog
Summer 2003
Hilda Kahne
Ruth Nemzoff
Ruth Nemzoff
Rosie Rosenzweig
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Sarah Gladish
Alexandra Gelles
Danielle Friedman
Abby Gondek
Jennifer Perez
Dana Keenholtz
Summer 2003
Summer 2003
Summer 2003
Summer 2003
Summer 2003
Summer 2003
Rhoda Unger
Penina Adelman
Penina Adelman
Pamela Allara
Pamela Allara
Rosalind Barnett
Mary Berg
Mary Berg
Marguerite Bouvard
Sofya Pintova
Tamara Fine
Julie Aronowitz
Maggie Frye
Burcu Yuksel
Nancy Reeis
Helen Yeung
Rebecca Winkler
Kara Gagnon
Summer 2003
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Sylvia Fishman
Elinor Gadon
Janet Giele
Amanda Milstein
Katie Jumper
Natalie Rabinovich
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Nance Goldstein
Lauren Doamekpor
Fall 2004
Training and Education
Technology, Values and Society
Witnesses, an Oratorio
Working Against Odds: Disabled Women's Work Experience
She is a Tree of Life: Learning About Ourselves & Our
Relationships From Our Biblical Foremothers"
Mothering Grown Children
Mothering Grown Children
Book about WAL-MART
A Feminist Play in the Making
The Sources of Creativity
The Mother Tapes: A Work in Progress
Older Women Coping with Osteoarthritis
Changes in Women's Lives as a Result of Being Widowed
Network Connections of SPSSI Leaders with a Special Focus
on Women and Ethnic Minorities
The Challenges of Financial Security for Older Women: Are
Finances the Last Feminist Frontier?
The Challenges of Financial Security for Older Women: Are
Finances the Last Feminist Frontier?
The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
Journalism Projects: Anita Hill Profile and Discrimination
Against Children Adopted from Foreign Countries
A Home of and by Boston's Homeless
Not-So-Nuclear-Families
Subjectivity and the Experience of Work: Narratives of
Working Class Women
Income Adequacy for Poor Single Mothers: The Role for
Training and Education
Mothering Grown Children
Mothering Grown Children
The Sources of Creativity
A Feminist Play in the Making
The Mother Tapes: A Work in Progress
Network Connections of SPSSI Leaders with a Special Focus
on Women and Ethnic Minorities
Bat Mitzvah Project Sourcebook Development
Creating a website for "The JGirl's Guide"
Activist Art By Women: A Global Perspective
Activist Art By Women: A Global Perspective
Work-Family Research
Spanish Poets: Antonia Mechado and Juan Ramon Jimenez
Cuba on the Edge: Cuban Writers Now
Collaborative Mothering
Thinking About Conversion: Religious Choices Among
Jewish-Christian Couples
The Village Goddess in India-Integrator of Village Life
Women's Changing Life Patterns
Virtual Teams on Six South: Assessing Patient Care Quality
and Care Providers' Approval with IT-Mediated Teamwork
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Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Monica Asher
Jessica Goldings
Hadas Kroituru
Hadar Sayfan
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Margaret Gullette
Kathryn Lovinsky
Fall 2004
Mary Hamill
Joanna Drusin
Fall 2004
Hilda Kahne
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Allison Bartman
Julie Fischer
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Shirley Kolack
June Mendelson
Ruth Nemzoff
Angela Perez
Angela Perez
Kim Leiken
Katherine Perch
Janine Evans
Mai Le
Julie Kleyman
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Linda Pololi
Elizabeth Sanders
Fall 2004
Shulamit Reinharz
Adina Hemley
Fall 2004
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Nancy Scott
Aurora Sherman
Eliza Jacobs
Ana Davis
Nina Schwartz
Andres Roman
Rebecca Pardo
Jessica Friedman
Sarah Karpman
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Fall 2004
Rhoda Unger
Jacqueline Gordon
Fall 2004
Wendy Weiss
Penina Adelman
Pamela Allara
Pamela Allara
Jessica Santillo
Amy Schiller
Maggie Frye
Burcu Yuksel
Fall 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Rosalind Barnett
Stephanie Tuck
Spring 2004
Rosalind Barnett
Mary Berg
Mary Berg
Emily Corbato
Nick Danforth
Nurit Eini-Pindyck
Irene Berlinsky
Elizabeth Carlson
Helen Young
Sarah Trachtman
David Borenstein
Lisa Friedman
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Sylvia Fishman
Elinor Gadon
Janet Giele
Suzy Klein
Elana Kaufman
Rinna HOffman
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Nance Goldstein
Lauren Doamekpor
Spring 2004
and Hospital Collaboration
Launch of International Investigative Journalism Program
Launch of International Investigative Journalism Program
Launch of International Investigative Journalism Program
Launch of International Investigative Journalism Program
"Sexuality Across the Life Course" and "The Website for Age
Studies"
Regardisregard 8: Installation Art Project in Collaboration with
Homeless Adults
Skill Training for Low Wage Single Mothers: A Route to
Adequate Earnings for Single Mother Families
Inventing Herself: Telling Women's Lives
Technology, Values and Society: Social Forces and
Technological Change
Mothers and Mental Illness
Parenting Adult Children
Women Travel Writers of the Americas
Women Travel Writers of the Americas
Exploring the Barriers and Opportunities for Retention and
Advancement of Female Faculty in Academics
Research Support for Joint Show Between WSRC and the
Rose Art Museum
Research Support for Joint Show Between WSRC and the
Rose Art Museum
Reach for the Stars…Transform a Life
Walmart Project
Sources of Creativity
"The Mother Tapes" and "Labor Pains"
Vela and America
Creating a Psychology of Women Course
The Role of Collegial Networks in Socially Activist Psychology:
Gender, Social Class and Generational Effects
The Challenges of Financial Security for Older Women: Are
Finances the Last Feminist Frontier?
Jewish Girls Coming of Age Today
Activist Art
Activist Art
The Annual Journalism Work/Family Conference and Missy
Carter Doctoral Dissertation Award
The Annual Journalism Work/Family Conference and Missy
Carter Doctoral Dissertation Award
Women's Lives (Spain, Latin America)
Women's Lives (Spain, Latin America)
Chai Pictures in Prague
Reaching Men to Improve Women's Health
Performing Narratives
Reading From Right to Left: Fundamentalism, Feminism, and
the Changing Roles of Women in Jewish Societies
The Village Goddess in India-Integrator of Village Life
Lives of Women Innovators
Virtual Teams on Six South: Assessing Patient Care Quality
and Care Providers' Approval with IT-Mediated Teamwork
and Hospital Collaboration
75
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Bonna Devora
Haberman
Jane Hale
Mary Oestereicher
Hamill
Karen Hansen
Anita Hill
Alex Bakkst
Sara Gruen
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Institute for Investigative Journalism Feasibility Study/Plan
Aged by Culture
Adina Hemley
Natasha Ushomirsky
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Beyond the Wall: From Text to Action
French Painting and Literature
Joanna Drusin
Sara Horowitz
Diony Elias
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Hilda Kahne
Ruth Lomon
Mary Mason
Zachary Mabel
Michael Park
Nicole Gossellin
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Evelyn Murphy
Ruth Nemzoff
Angela Perez
Shulamit Reinharz
Jane Ring Frank
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Aurora Sherman
Phyllis Silverman
Faith Smith
Tammy Pels
Naomi Chung
Whitney Stern
Allyson Decker
Ji Su Yun
Coery Leaffer
Abby Gondek
Daniel Hirshon
Ryoko Ono
Ashley Shaw
Samantha Miller
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Spring 2004
Marcie Tyre
Pamela Allara
Pamela Allara
Rosalind Barnett
Mary Berg
Mary Berg
Sylvia Fishman
Elinor Gadon
Nance Goldstein
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Jane Hale
Mary Oestereicher
Hamill
Hilda Kahne
Mary Mason
Angela Perez
Linda Pololi
Shulamit Reinharz
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Nancy Salzer
SSP Program Projects
Caitlin Steitzer
Maggie Frye
Burcu Yuksel
Rachel Loube
Becky Winkler
Helen Young
Suzy Klein
Elana Kaufman
Lauren Doamekpor
Hadar Sayfan
Jessica Goldings
Dara Klein
Spring 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Regardisregard
Not-So-Nuclear-Families
Survey of Title IX Research
Income Adequacy for Poor Single Mothers: The Role for
Training and Education
Witnesses: an Oratorio
Disabled Mothers Write About Themselves
Getting Even: Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men and
What To Do So We Will
Mothers of Adult Children
Women Traveling the Americas
Art for a Change
WSRC Festival of Women Composers
Book about WAL-MART
The Sources of Creativity
The Mother Tapes: A Work in Progress
Coping and Breast Cancer: A Literature Review
Changes in Women's Lives as a Result of Being Widowed
Caribbean Modernities
Pregnancy as Power" and "Miscarriage in Myth, Folklore and
History"
Joanna Drusin
Zachary Mabel
Avni Shah
Whitney Stern
Elizabeth Sanders
Kendra Harrison
Abby Gondek
Daniel Hirshon
April Alario
Haydar Sayfan
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
Summer 2004
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SSP Program Projects
Penina Adelman
Pamela Allara
Marguerite Bouvard
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Lisa Fishbayn
Jane Ring Frank
Lauren Doamekpor
Julie Aronowitz
Burcu Yuksel
Kara Gagnon
Elizabeth Eichel
Ashley Feder
Rebecca Gedalius
Rebecca Wasser
Lianna Levine
Summer 2004
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Elinor Gadon
Janet Giele
Anne Gottlieb
Anne Gottlieb
Kedar Kulkarni
Sarah Pipes
Jonathan Kay
Jennifer Goldberg
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Florence Graves
Hadas Kroituru
Fall 2005
Margaret Gullette
Trisha Gura
Nora Berenstain
Hannah Cohen-Cline
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Jane Hale
Naomi Baumgarten
Mary Oestericher Hamill Rachel Hoppenstein
Doris ParfaaiteClaude
Karen Hansen
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Hilda Kahne
Dawn Miller
Fall 2005
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Matthew Boese
Fall 2005
Shirley Kolack
Mary Mason
Kim Leiken
Avi Goldman
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Brenda McSweeney
June Mendelson
Ruth Nemzoff
Jessie Ann Owens
Jennifer Frisanco
Juliet Frisch
Janine Evans
Lalitha Chandrasekher
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Linda Pololi
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Rosie Rosenzweig
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Claudia Stevens
Elizabeth Sanders
Kendra Harrison
Adam Schwartzbaum
Angela Marchant
Emmajoy ShulmanKumin
Rio May del Rosario
Avisha Mallinger
Rhoda Unger
Mary Berg
Penina Adelman
Penina Adelman
Penina Adelman
Penina Adelman
Heather Catherwood
Helen Yeung
Gila Silverman
Tamara Fine
Julie Aronowitz
Vanessa Anik
Fall 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2005
The J Girls Website
Geobodies: A Question of Boundaries
Mothers In All But Name
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Gender, Multiculturalism and Family Law
The Boston Secession
Researching Visuals for "Women, Religion and Social Change''
Course
Women's Life Patterns Study
The Etty Hillesum Project
The Etty Hillesum Project
Reporting Projects for the Brandeis Institute for Investigative
Journalism's New 'Eleanor Roosevelt Gender and Justice
Project
History of Midlife Age Class from Crises to Greedy Aging
Boomers
Lying in Weight
Coming of Age Literature in the Time of HIV-AIDS in
Lesotho
Press packet
In the Wake of the Land Rush: The Dakota Sioux Encounter
Scandinavian Homesteaders, 1900-1930
Single Mothers and Earnings Adequacy: Can Social Policy Spur
a Move from Low Wage Jobs to Careers?
Telling Women's Lives:A New Series of Films About the Lives
of Extraordinary Women in the American Past
Technology Values and Society: Social Forces and
Technological Change
Taking Care: Perspectives on Disabled Mothers
Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education::The Case of
Burkina Faso
Mothers and Mental Illness
Parenting Adult Children
Writing Women Into Renaissance History
Exploring the Barriers and Opportunities for Retention and
Advancement of Female Faculty in Academics
Reach for the Stars…Transform a Life
J Boys Guide
Sources of Creativity
Sources of Creativity
"The Mother Tapes" and "Untitled Work In Progress"
"The Wedding Sampler" and "Blue Lias"
The Role of Collegial Networks in Socially Activist Psychology:
Gender, Social Class and Generational Effects
Spanish Poets: Antonia Mechado and Juan Ramon Jimenez
Bat Mitzvah Project Sourcebook Development
Bat Mitzvah Project Sourcebook Development
Creating a website for "The JGirl's Guide"
Creating a website for "The JGirl's Guide"
77
Pamela Allara
Pamela Allara
Rosalind Barnett
Rosalind Barnett
Mary Berg
Marguerite Bouvard
Nurit Eini-Pindyck
Maggie Frye
Burcu Yuksel
Irene Berlinsky
Nancy Reeis
Rebecca Winkler
Kara Gagnon
Liz Helitzer
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Sylvia Fishman
Jane Ring Frank
Janet Giele
Amanda Milstein
Ting-Chun Lin
Meredith Glansberg
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Nance Goldstein
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Lauren Doamekpor
Monica Asher
Rochelle Sharpe
Jessica Goldings
Haydar Sayfan
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Margaret Gullette
Jane Hale
Sandy Jones
Michael Goldstein
Marli Mesibov
Cassandra Waterman
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Hilda Kahne
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Allison Bartman
Beckett Horowitz
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Shirley Kolack
Mary Mason
June Mendelson
Kim Leiken
Avi Goldman
Katherine Perch
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Marsha Mirkin
Ruth Nemzoff
Nannette Herlands
Janine Evans
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Linda Pololi
Elizabeth Sanders
Spring 2005
Shulamit Reinharz
Ana Davis
Spring 2005
Shulamit Reinharz
Adina Hemley
Spring 2005
Shulamit Reinharz
Ana Davis
Spring 2005
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Nancy Scott
Aurora Sherman
Marcie Tyre
Eliza Jacobs
Beatriz Gurevich
Yulia Kleyman
Nina Schwartz
Jake Sher
Rio May del Rosario
Jessica Friedman
Sarah Karpman
Caitlin Steitzer
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Spring 2005
Rhoda Unger
Linda Andrist
Jacqueline Gordon
Kirby Einhorn
Spring 2005
Fall 2006
Activist Art by Women: A Global Perspective
Activist Art By Women: A Global Perspective
Family-Work Research
Family-Work Research
Cuba on the Edge: Cuban Writers Now
Collaborative Mothering
Performing Motherhood
Thinking About Conversion: Religious Choices Among
Jewish-Christian Couples
The Boston Secession
Women’ Changing Life Patterns
Virtual Teams on Six South: Assessing Patient Care Quality
and Care Providers' Approval with IT-Mediated Teamwork
and Hospital Collaboration
Launch of International Investigative Journalism Program
Launch of International Investigative Journalism Program
Launch of International Investigative Journalism Program
Launch of International Investigative Journalism Program
"Improving Sexuality Across the Life Course" and " What
Makes Elder Suicide Rational?"
Pierrot Notre Ami
Dramatic Representations of Personal Narratives
Skill Training for Low Wage Single Mothers: A Route to
Adequate Earnings for Single Mother Families
Inventing Herself: Telling Women's Lives
Technolgy, Values and Society: Social Forces and
Technological Changes
Taking Care: Perspectives on Disabled Mothers
Mothers and Mental Illness
Developing, Publishing and Promoting Books: Engaging in the
Publication Process
Parenting Adult Children
Exploring the Barriers and Opportunities for Retention and
Advancement of Female Faculty in Academics
Research Support for Joint Show Between WSRC and the
Rose Art Museum
Research Support for Joint Show Between WSRC and the
Rose Art Museum
Research Support for Joint Show Between WSRC and the
Rose Art Museum
Research Support for Joint Show Between WSRC and the
Rose Art Museum
Development of HBI Branch in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Development of HBI Branch in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Walmart Project
Sources of Creativity
"The Mother Tapes" and "Labor Pains"
Vela and America
Creating a Psychology of Women Course
The Drama of Mothering
The Role of Collegial Networks in Socially Activist Psychology:
Gender, Social Class and Generational Effects
Women's Attitudes Towards Menstruation and Menstrual
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Mary Berg
Mary Berg
Christine Bobel
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Lisa Fishbayn
Janet Giele
EJ Graff
EJ Graff
Carlos Barletta
Rachel Stampfer
Coral Waters
Ashley Feder
Noah Bein
Rebecca Wasser
Rachel Edricks
Dina Maron
Jessica Freiman
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Florence Graves
Rachel Seiler
Fall 2006
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Trisha Gura
Hadar Sayfan
Sarah Kinsler
Hannah Cohen-Cline
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Karen Hansen
Hilda Hein
Doris Parfaite-Claude
Lauren Bragin
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Hilda Kahne
Shirley Kolack
Mary Mason
Michelle Iorio
Kimberly Leiken
Avi GOldman
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Brenda McSweeney
June Mendelson
Ruth Nemzoff
Rosie Rosenzweig
Jennifer Frisanco
Elana Kieffer
Julia Tejblum
Ricki Berkowitz
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Amy Rutstein-Riley
Harleen Singh
Harleen Singh
Nomi Sofer
Rhoda Unger
Shulamit Reinharz
Penina Adelman
Pamela Allara
Amy Lipner
Naman Sanjay Pugalia
Prodyumna Goutam
Benjamin Mernick
Alexandra Main
Kendra Harrison
Julie Aronowitz
Burcu Yuksel
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Linda Andrist
Mary Berg
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Lisa Fishbayn
Jane Ring Frank
Kirby Einhorn
Sarah Snyder
Alex Perloe
Rebecca Gedalius
Devid Pepose
Rebecca Wasser
Lianna Levine
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Elinor Gadon
Janet Giele
Kedar Kulkarni
Sarah Pipes
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Nance Goldstein
Anne Gottlieb
EJ Graff
Elina Bravve
Revecca Webber
Melissa Wortman
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Suppression
Edition of Mechalturbe (1906) by Cesar Duayen
The Journalism of Clorinda Matto de Turner
Menstrual Activism
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Gender, Multiculturalism and Family Law
The Etty Hillesum Project
Gender and Justice Project
Gender and Justice Project
"Boeing/FAA Follow-Ups", "Rising Cost of Mammograms"
and other projects as needed
Reporting Projects for the Schuster Brandeis Institute of
Investigative Journalism
Ageism / Menopause / King Lear / Elder Emergencies
The Human Body Plus
In the Wake of the Land Rush: The Dakota Sioux Encounter
Scandinavian Homesteaders, 1900-1930
A Non-Traditional Introduction to Philosophy
Single Mothers and Earnings Adequacy: Can Social Policy Spur
a Move from Low Wage Jobs to Careers?
Technology, Values and Society
Taking Care: Perspectives on Disabled Mothers
Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education::The Case of
Burkina Faso
Mothering and Mental Illness
Parenting Adult Children
Creativity: A Philosophy? A Theology? A Psychological State?
Women and Body Image Across the Lifecourse and "Emerging
Adult Women Health"
South Asian Public Culture and Women
South Asian Public Culture and Women
Women's Bible Reception Project
Social Activism in SPSSI
Arts Program Support
The J Girls Website
Geobodies: A Question of Boundaries
Women and Body Image: Objectification Theory and Related
Issues (Eating Disorders, Menstrual Suppression)
The Stories of Cuban Author Adelaida Fernandez de Juan
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Gender, Multiculturalism and Family Law
The Boston Secession
Researching Visuals for "Women, Religion and Social Change''
Course
Women’s Life Patterns Study
IT-Medicated Teamwork in Patient Care: Leading Cultural
Change in the Midst of Market Turbulence, Technological
Disruption, Diversities and Professional Rivalries
The Etty Hillesum Project
Reporting Projects for the Brandeis Institute for Investigative
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Florence Graves
Hadas Kroituru
Spring 2006
Margaret Gullette
Trisha Gura
Nora Berenstain
Hannah Cohen-Cline
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Jane Hale
Naomi Baumgarten
Mary Oesteicher Hamill Andrew Pearlman
Doris ParfaaiteKaren Hansen
Claude
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Hilda Kahne
Dawn Miller
Spring 2006
Laurie Kahn-Leavitt
Matthew Boese
Spring 2006
Shirley Kolack
Raena Davis
Spring 2006
Brenda McSweeney
June Mendelson
Ruth Nemzoff
Jessie Ann Owens
Jennifer Frisanco
Elana Kieffer
Janine Evans
Lalitha Chandrasekher
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Linda Pololi
Shulamit Reinharz
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Nancy Salzer
Elizabeth Sanders
Karen Chernick
Emmajoy ShulmanKumin
Rio May del Rosario
Rebecca Pardo
Rhoda Unger
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Heather Catherwood
Jonathan Horowitz
Mark Magidson
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Linda Andrist
Roz Barnett
Mary Berg
Chris Bobel
Kirby Einhorn
Elizabeth Pascale
Rachel Stampfer
Coral Waters
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Wendy Cadge
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Liz Imber
Namita Aggarwal
Mat Schutzer
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Ruth Feldstein
Lisa Fishbayn
Janet Giele
Anne Gottlieb
EJ Graff
EJ Graff
Rebecca Kolber
Rebecca Wasser
Rachel Edricks
Molly Haas-Hooven
Rachel Kagen
Jessica Freiman
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Florence Graves
Rachel Seiler
Spring 2007
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Journalism's New 'Eleanor Roosevelt Gender and Justice
Project
Reporting Projects for the Brandeis Institute for Investigative
Journalism's New 'Eleanor Roosevelt Gender and Justice
Project
History of Midlife Age Class - from 'Crises" to "Greedy Aging
Boomers'
Lying in Weight
Coming of Age Literature in the Time of HIV-AIDS in
Lesotho
regardisregrad video stills
In the Wake of the Land Rush: The Dakota Sioux Encounter
Scandinavian Homesteaders, 1900-1930
Single Mothers and Earnings Adequacy: Can Social Policy Spur
a Move from Low Wage Jobs to Careers?
Telling Women's Lives:A New Series of Films About the Lives
of Extraordinary Women in the American Past
Technology Values and Society: Social Forces and
Technological Change
Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education::The Case of
Burkina Faso
Mothering and Mental Illness
Parenting Adult Children
Writing Women Into Renaissance History
Exploring the Barriers and Opportunities for Retention and
Advancement of Female Faculty in Academics
Arts Program Support
Sources of Creativity
"The Mother Tapes" and "Labor Pains"
"The Mother Tapes" and "Labor Pains"
The Role of Collegial Networks in Socially Activist Psychology:
Gender, Social Class and Generational Effects
J Boys Guide (working title)
J Boys Guide (working title)
Women's Attitudes Towards Menstruation and Menstrual
Suppression
The Way Forward - Women in Science
Editions of 19th century Latin American Narrative
Menstrual Activism
Muslim Community-Based Health initiatives: A Gendered
perspective
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Do What You Gotta Do: Black Women Entertainers and Civil
Rights Activism in the 1960's
Gender, Multiculturalism and Family Law
Life Patterns Studies
The Etty Hillesum Project
Gender and Justice Project
Gender and Justice Project
Boeing/FAA Follow-Ups, Rising Cost of Mammograms, and
other projects as needed
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Florence Graves
Haydar Sayfan
Spring 2007
Margaret Gullette
Trisha Gura
Dawn Schwartz
Hannah Cohen-Cline
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Karen Hansen
Lois Isenman
Jenna Rosenbloom
Alissa Voll
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Hilda Kahne
Ashmita Khasnabish
Michelle Iorio
Katherina Willard
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Shirley Kolack
Kimberly Leiken
Spring 2007
Brenda McSweeney
June Mendelson
Ruth Nemzoff
Rosie Rosenzweig
Mieke Ana Windecker
Elana Kieffer
Brooke Rosenbauer
Ricki Berkowitz
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Amy Rutstein-Riley
Harleen Singh
Harleen Singh
Nomi Sofer
Rhoda Unger
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Leah Edelman
Naman Sanjay Pugalia
Prodyumna Goutam
Benjamin Mernick
Alexandra Main
Leah Zaiger
Kendra Harrison
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Pnina Abir-Am
Almoq Cohen
Fall 2007
Linda Andrist
Chris Bobel
Kirby Einhorn
Coral Waters
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Margaret Gullette
Trisha Gura
June Mendelson
Dawn Schwartz
Hannah Cohen-Cline
Elana Kieffer
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Amy Rutstein-Riley
Rhoda Unger
Lois Isenman
Mary Berg
Ashmita Khasnabish
Anne Gottlieb
Rosie Rosenzweig
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
Pamela Cytrynbaum
Pamela Cytrynbaum
EJ Graff
EJ Graff
Leah Edelman
Alexandra Main
Alissa Voll
Rachel Stampfer
Katherina Willard
Molly Haas-Hooven
Ricki Berkowitz
Leah Zaiger
Kendra Harrison
Namita Aggarwal
Mat Schutzer
Rachel Kagen
Jessica Freiman
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Florence Graves
Rachel Seiler
Spring 2007
Reporting projects for the Brandeis Institute of Investigative
Journalism
(1) WIMN's Voices, a Group blog on Women, Media, AND…
(2) There is a World Elsewhere: Geography of an American
Family (3) Age Activism (4) Agestudies.org
The Human Body Plus
In the Wake of the Lan Rush: The Dakota Sioux Encounter
with Scandinavian Homesteaders, 1900-1930
Science vs. Religion: Bridging the Gap
Single Mothers and Earnings Adequacy: Can Social Policy Spur
a Move from Low Wage Jobs to Careers?
Jamaica Kinkaid: From Colonization to Sublimation
Techonolgy, Values and Society: Social Forces and
Technological Changes
Srihaswani: Creative Manual Skills for Self Reliant
Development - West Bengel, India - A Focus on 3 Villages
Mothering and Mental Illness
Parenting Adult Children
Creativity: A Philosophy? A Theology? A Psychological State?
Women and Body Image Across the Lifecourse and Emerging
Adult Women Health
South Asian Public Culture and Women
South Asian Public Culture and Women
Women's Bible Reception Project
Social Activism in SPSSI
Arts Program Support
Arts Program Support
The Debate on Women's Underrepresentation in Science:
From History to Policy
Women's Attitudes Towards Menstruation and Menstrual
Suppression
Menstrual Activism
(1) WIMN's Voices, a Group blog on Women, Media, AND…
(2) There is a World Elsewhere: Geography of an American
Family (3) Age Activism (4) Agestudies.org
The Human Body Plus
Mothering and Mental Illness
Women and Body Image Across the Lifecourse and Emerging
Adult Women Health
Social Activism in SPSSI
Science vs. Religion: Bridging the Gap
Editions of 19th century Latin American Narrative
Jamaica Kinkaid: From Colonization to Sublimation
The Etty Hillesum Project
Creativity: A Philosophy? A Theology? A Psychological State?
Arts Program Support
Arts Program Support
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Justice Brandeis Innocence Project
Gender and Justice Project
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Boeing/FAA Follow-Ups, Rising Cost of Mammograms, and
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Emily Kadar
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Wendy Cadge
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Karen Hansen
Jenna Rosenbloom
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Hilda Kahne
Shirley Kolack
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Brenda McSweeney
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Harleen Singh
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Janet Giele
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Shula Reinharz
Nance Goldstein
Trisha Gura
Karen Hansen
Hilde Hein
June Mendelson
Ruth Nemzoff
Amy Rutstein-Riley
Rhoda Unger
Ros Barnett
Lisa Fishbayn
Ashmita Khasnabish
Lois Isenman
Benda Mcsweeney
Mary Berg
Florence Graves
Nancy Salzer`
Hilda Kahne
EJ Graff
Florence Graves
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Lauren Erlich
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Ellen Rosen
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Pnina Abir-Am
Susan Eisenberg
Fall 2007
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Boeing/FAA Follow-Ups, Rising Cost of Mammograms, and
other projects as needed
Research and Academic Conference Planning HBI/SSPSSP
Partnership
Women's Bible Reception Project
Essay on Women's Impact on Contemporary Jewish Life with
Sylvia Fishman as Scholar Partner
Gender, Multiculturalism and Family Law
Muslim Community-Based Health initiatives: A Gendered
prespective
Do What You Gotta Do: Black Women Entertainers and Civil
Rights Activism in the 1960's
In the Wake of the Lan Rush: The Dakota Sioux Encounter
with Scandinavian Homesteaders, 1900-1930
Single Mothers and Earnings Adequacy: Can Social Policy Spur
a Move from Low Wage Jobs to Careers?
Technology, Values and Society
Volume of Essays on Gender, Culture, and People-Centered
Development, India
Parenting Adult Children
South Asian Public Culture and Women
The Way Forward - Women in Science
Life Patterns Studies
The JGuy’s Guide
The JGuy’s Guide
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Lisa Lynch
Danielle Angel
Fall 2007
Pnina Abir-Am
Almoq Cohen
Spring 2008
Wendy Cadge
Aylin Mentesh
Spring 2008
Maria Carter
Susan Eisenberg
Lisa Fishbayne
Fran Forman
Janet Giele
Raquel Greenberg
Lauren Erlich
Rebecca Wasser
Leslie Abuaf
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Nancy Goldstein
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Rachel Lepp
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Spring 2008
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Trisha Gura
Hannah Cohen-CLine
Spring 2008
Angela Gutchess
Sharon Shenhav
Spring 2008
Karen Hansen
Hilde Hein
Jenna Rosenbloom
Lauren Bragin
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Ashmita Khasnabish
Hina Bukari
Spring 2008
Lisa Lynch
Sarah Kinsler
Spring 2008
Mary Mason
Talia Stechler
Tshali (Charlie)
Kabanga
Rebecca Simon
Spring 2008
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Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Leah Levy
Deborah Beth
Meadows
Mia Goldwasser
Amy Rutstein-Riley
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Spring 2008
Nancy Salzer
Rhoda Unger
Danielle Angel
Alexandra Main
Spring 2008
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Lenore Weitzman
EJ Graff
EJ Graff
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Florence Graves
Pnina Abir-Am
Pnina Abir-Am
Mary Berg
Binyamin Kagedon
Neena Pathak
Sarah Freeman
Matt Schuster
Namita Aggarwal
Shaked Hoter
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Christina Luo
Pinar Oziscik
Laura Hand
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June Mendelson
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Spring 2008
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The Debate on Women's Underrepresentation in Science:
From History to Policy
Muslim Community-Based Health initiatives: A Gendered
prespective
Rebel: A Film about a Women, a Myth and the Politics of
National Memory
Sometimes Lucky / Sometimes Not
Gender, Multiculturalism and Family Law
Marketing for Fine Art and Editorial Illustrations
Extending the Homemaker Career Women Study
Negotiating Confict in Healthcare Workplaces: Promoting
Clinicians Interpersonal Skills, Self Confidence, Respect and
Satisfaction While Improving Organizational Performance
The Hidden Coercions of Ageism
Lyin in Weight: The Hidden Epidemic of Eating Disorders in
Adult Women
Effect of Gender on Relational and Collective
Interdependence: A Self-Priming Study
In the Wake of the Lan Rush: The Dakota Sioux Encounter
with Scandinavian Homesteaders, 1900-1930
A Non-Traditional Introduction to Philosophy
Humanitarian Identity and the Political Sublime: Intervention
of a Postcolonial Feminist
Tiger By the Tail: Women Artists of India Transforming
Culture and other WSRC Exhibits
Taking Care: The Practice and Perspective of Mothers with
Disabilities
Equal Access of Women and Girls to Education::The Case of
Burkina Faso - The Impact of techonology
Mothering and Mental Illness
Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding
Relationships with your Adult Children
Wal Mart - The World's Largest Supermarker
Sources of Creativity
Health and Illness Experiences Among Emerging Adult
Women and Body Image, Identity and Meaning-making Across
the Lifespan
Tiger By the Tail: Women Artists of India Transforming
Culture and other WSRC Exhibits
SPSSI Leadership: A Content Analysis
Women in the Jewish resistance During the Holocaust - A
portrait and analysis of the Underground Kashariyot (Couriers)
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Innocence Project - Schuster Investigative Journalism
Innocence Project - Schuster Investigative Journalism
Political and Social Justice - Schuster Investigative Journalism
Political and Social Justice - Schuster Investigative Journalism
Gender and Leadership in Science
Gender and Leadership in Science
Edition of 1909 Account Travel to Europe by Clorinda Matto
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Ann Caldwell
Susan Eisenberg
Neda Eid
Jordan Faigen
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
Nance Goldstein
EJ Graff
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Trisha Gura
Lois Isenman
Lisa Lynch
Vrinda Shukla
Jeremy Konar
Deborah Frisch
Jacon Weisfeld
Julie GOodman
Alissa Voll
Ryan Fanning
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
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Ruth Nemzoff
Ellen Rosen
Rosie Rosenzweig
Nancy Salzer
Rhoda Unger
Leah Levy
Emily Tone
Mia Goldwasser
Hannah Cross
Alexandra Luo
Fall 2008
Fall 2008
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Anne Gottleib
EJ Graff
Florence Graves
Trisha Gura
Lois Isenman
Rachel Kadish
Jambalma Khainzan
Ruth Nemzoff
Sophie Sinclair
Rachel Klein
Carolyn Schweitzer
Julie Goodman
Claire Cooper
Hilda Poulson
Kathleen Reese
Tommy Arnott
Fall 2008
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Susan Thompson
Joanne Qiao
Fall 2009
Karen Hansen
EJ Graff
Florence Graves
Trisha Gura
Lois Isenman
Rachel Kadish
Jambalma Khainzan
Ruth Nemzoff
Yoon-Jin Kim
Rachel Klein
Carolyn Schweitzer
Julie Goodman
Claire Cooper
Hilda Poulson
Kathleen Reese
Tommy Arnott
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Susan Thompson
Joanne Qiao
Spring 2009
Karen Hansen
Yoon-Jin Kim
Spring 2009
Pnina Abir-Am
Christina Luo
Fall 2010
Rosalind Barnett
Mary Berg
Helen Berger
Susan Eisenberg
EJ Graff
Florence Graves
Anushka Aqil
Katherin Dziewszek
Diana Marte
Julie Shih
Rachel Gillette
Jennifer Craig
Fall 2010
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de Turner
Mr Filene's Daughter: A Biography of Catherine Filene Shouse
1896-1994
On Equal Terms Art Exhibit
Creating a Climate of Safety in Healthcare Workplaces Increasing Clinicians' Competence to Deal with Conflict While
Improving Quality of Patients Care
Investigative Journalism with the Schuster Institute
Investigative Journalism with the Schuster Institute
Ageism Research
Eating Disorders: Web 2.0
The Bridge: A Science and Spirituality Resource
WSRC Arts Program
Don’t Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding
Relationships with your Adult Children
Wal-Mart - An Empire
Sources of Creativity
My Evacuation Route
Women Leaders in Psychology: An Historical Analysis
40 Magnolias Production Company stage presentation of "The
Wrestling Patient"
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Blogging for Women's Bodies
The Bridge: A Science and Spirituality Resource
Kindness: A Novel
Women and Safe Food
Parenting Adult Children
Assessing Outcomes at a Residential Treatment Center for
Adolescent Girls
Encounter on the Great Plains: The Scandinavian Settlers and
Spirit Lake Dakota, 1900-1930
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Blogging for Women's Bodies
The Bridge: A Science and Spirituality Resource
Kindness: A Novel
Women and Safe Food
Parenting Adult Children
Assessing Outcomes at a Residential Treatment Center for
Adolescent Girls
Encounter on the Great Plains: The Scandinavian Settlers and
Spirit Lake Dakota, 1900-1930
The Centennial of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize and the
Designation of 2011 as the Year of Chemistry: A Transnational
Commemoration of Women's Greatness
Website for "Why Can't I!: Challenging the Toxic Effects of
Gender Stereotypes on Young Girls and Boys
Latin American Classic Texts: Editions and Notes
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
On Equal Terms / Perpetual Care Art Exhibitions
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
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Alice Hoffman
Ruth Nemzoff
Georgia Sassen
Deborah Thompson
Nathan Koskella
Amanda Dryer
Fall 2010
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Phoebe Schnitzer
Justine Zayhowski
Fall 2010
Susan Thompson
Dan Stern
Fall 2010
Susan Thompson
Andrea Verde
Fall 2010
Stephanie Wasserman
Kass Levi
Fall 2010
Pnina Abir-Am
Ros Barnett
Christina Luo
Amanda Hoffman
Spring 2010
Spring 2010
Mary Berg
Susan Eisenberg
Lisa Fitzgerald
Lesli Jebahar
Spring 2010
Spring 2010
Lisa Fishbayn
Navah Rosenbaum
Spring 2010
Trisha Gura
EJ Graff
Margaret Gullette
Alice Hoffman
Rachel Kadish
Jambalma Khainzan
Mary Mason
Ruth Nemzoff
Nancy Salzer
Julie Goodman
Rachel Klein
Stephanie Spiro
Deborah Thompson
Hilda Poulson
Kathleen Reese
Sarah Linet
Thomas Arnott
Illona Yuhaev
Spring 2010
Spring 2010
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Spring 2010
Susan Thompson
Joanne Qiao
Spring 2010
Pnina Abir-Am
Rosalind Barnett
Mery Berg
Helen Berger
Susan Eisenberg
Janet Freedman
EJ Graff
Grace Zhang
Anushka Aqil
Gilda di Carli
Zoe Novic
Julie Shih
Susannah Feinstein
Amelia Rey
Fall 2011
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Brenda McSweeney
Ruth Nemzoff
Jade Sank
Samantha Paternoster
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
Ellen Rosen
Elizabeth Posner
Fall 2011
Phoebe Schnitzer
Justine Zayhowski
Fall 2011
Phyllis Silverman
Allison Cohen
Fall 2011
Stephanie Wasserman
Pnina Abir-Am
Sarah Kass Levi
Sumana Setty
Fall 2011
Spring 2011
Untitled New Novel
Married Into: Making New Family Bonds Work
Drums and Poetry with Children
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
Assessing Outcomes at a Residential Treatment Center for
Adolescent Girls
Assessing Outcomes at a Residential Treatment Center for
Adolescent Girls
Successful Foster Mothers and the Children They Raise: What
Are They Doing Right?
From Misattribution of Credit to Distributive Justice: A
Historical Study of Strategies of Appropriation in Scientific
Discovery, 1953-2009
Ann Richards Roundtable Conference
Translation for Publication of "Viaje de recreo" by Clorinda
Matto de Turner (1852-1909)
On Equal Terms project
My SSP Experience: Untying the knots: Theorizing conflicts
between Gender Equality and Religious Laws Projects
Blogging about Body Image and Attitudes - Blue and Pink
Fitness
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Field of Age-ism
Alice Hoffman novel
Kindness: A Novel
Women and Safe Food
Taking Care: Lessons from Mothers with Disabilities
Parenting Adult Children
Writing theh Short Screenplay: The Alternative View
Assessing Outcomes at a Residential Treatment Center for
Adolescent Girls
The Centennial of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize and the
Designation of 2011 as the Year of Chemistry: A Transnational
Commemoration of Women's Greatness
Roundtable and Sex Differences Research
Latin American Classic Texts: Editions and Notes
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
On Equal Terms Art Installation
Feminism in Cyberspace
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Irish Women Today: Perspectives From Galway to Dublin on
Gender Equality
Married Into: Making New Family Bonds Work
Be Ye Steadfast: A Biography of Frances Perkins: Research on
an Important Historical feminist
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
Understaning the Needs of Grieving Children and if Gender
Plays a Role
Successful Foster Mothers and the Children They Raise: What
Are They Doing Right?
The Centennial of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize and the
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Rosalind Barnett
Mary Berg
Helen Berger
Susan Eisenberg
Shulamit Reinharz
Shulamit Reinharz
EJ Graff
Florence Graves
Hilde Hein
Anushka Aqil
Gilda di Carli
Rebekah McDowell
Julie Shih
Jade Sank
Sophia Rifkin
Rachel Gillette
Rachel Klein
Sara Chun
Spring 2011
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Brenda McSweeney
Ruth Nemzoff
Katherine Curley
Nathan Koskella
Spring 2011
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Ellen Rosen
Georgia Sassen
Georgia Sassen
Elizabeth Posner
Amanda Dryer
Illana Pomerantz
Spring 2011
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Phoebe Schnitzer
Justine Zayhowski
Spring 2011
Stephanie Wasserman
Sarah Kass Levi
Spring 2011
Pnina Abir-Am
Roz Barnett
Roz Barnett
Victoria Lee
Leah Finkelman
Clara Gray
Fall 2012
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Mary Berg
Helen Berger
Ivonne Moreno
Ashley Lynnette
Fall 2012
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Jennifer Coplon
Susan Eisenberg
Fran Forman
Janet Freedman
EJ Graff
Florence Graves
Diana Wang
Haley Bierman
Maya Himelfarb
Susannah Feinstein
Ariel Glickman
Damiana Andonova
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Margaret Gullette
Brenda McSweeney
Ruth Nemzoff
Katey Duchin
Lusia Hsiao
Marielle Temkin
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Phoebe Schnitzer
Justine Zayhowski
Fall 2012
Phyllis Silverman
Claire Churchill Seder
Fall 2012
Rhoda Unger
Roz Barnett
Victoria Jonas
Anushka Aqil
Fall 2012
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Phyllis Silverman
Janet Freedman
Florence Graves
Margaret Gullette
Claire Churchill Sedar
Susannah Feinstein
Elly Kalfus
Lauren Katz
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
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Spring 2012
Designation of 2011 as the Year of Chemistry: A Transnational
Commemoration of Women's Greatness
Website for "Why Can't I!: Challenging the Toxic Effects of
Gender Stereotypes on Young Girls and Boys
Latin American Classic Texts: Editions and Notes
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
On Equal Terms / Perpetual Care Art Exhibitions
International Jewish Sayings by Women
International Jewish Sayings by Women
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Museum Theory and Practice
Irish Women Today: Perspectives From Galway to Dublin on
Gender Equality
Married Into: Making New Family Bonds Work
Be Ye Steadfast: A Biography of Frances Perkins: Research on
an Important Historical feminist
Drums and Poetry with Children
Drums and Poetry with Children
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
Successful Foster Mothers and the Children They Raise: What
Are They Doing Right?
Hiring and Firing Practices of Women Scientists during the
70's
The New Soft War on Women
The New Soft War on Women
Spanish to English Translation of Peruvian Blockbuster Classic
Lit Aves sin nido by Clorinda Matto de Turner
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
Down But Not Out: Empowering Stories and Photos of
Elders
On Equal Terms Art Installation
Artistry and the Digital Collage
Small Groups Around the Globe
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Age Studies - Commentary, Critique, Blogs and Public Image
Discussion
Gender Case Studies with the United Nations: an e-book
Married Into: Making New Family Bonds Work
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
Understanding the Needs of Grieving Children and if Gender
Plays a Role
Sexism Towards Women:Experimental Psychologists at
Harvard University During the Second Wave of Feminism
Sex Differences Research and Annual Gender Roundtable
Understanding the Needs of Grieving Children and if Gender
Plays a Role
Feminism in Cyberspace
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Age Studies- Commentary, Critique, Blogs and Public Image
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Susan Eisenberg
Rosie Rosenzweig
Hilda Kahne
Elizabeth Markson
Brenda McSweeney
Ruth Nemzoff
Olivia Leiter
Vanessa Lubiner
Jennifer Mandelbaum
Nora Puricelli
Jade Sank
Marielle Temkin
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Spring 2012
Nance Goldstein
Julie Yiu
Spring 2012
Phoebe Schnitzer
Justine Zayhowski
Spring 2012
Pnina Abir-Am
Grace Zhang
Spring 2012
Georgia Sassen
Penina Adelman
Micah Broadnax
Adam Gelman
Spring 2012
Fall 2013
Nancer Ballard
Katerina Daley
Fall 2013
Nancer Ballard
Helen Berger
Sage Hahn
Sarah Marguiles
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Susan Eisenberg
Janet Freedman
Karen Frostig
Margaret Gullette
Lois Isenman
Rose Wallace
Susannah Feinstein
Josilyn Sacks
Kelly Li
Jennifer Horn
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Louise Lopman
Ellen Rosen
Gwen Berumen
Uday Jain
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Rosie Rosenzweig
Ellen Beth Rovner
Rachel Liff
Sarah Raykhsaum
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Phoebe Schnitzer
Rhoda Unger
Ruth Nemzoff
Cecile Afable
Kaitlyn Stewart
Joy Brenner-Letich
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Susan Eisenberg
Florence Graves
Naomi Depina
Andrea Verdeja
Fall 2013
Fall 2013
Pnina Abir-Am
Roz Barnett
Victoria Lee
Clara Gray
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Mary Berg
Helen Berger
Linda Bond
Ivone Moreno
John Nunes
Kristina Pisarik
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Jennifer Coplon
Susan Eisenberg
Fran Forman
Diana Wang
Zuri Gordon
Maya Himelfarb
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
On Equal Terms Women in Construction Art Installation
The Creative Process: Artists and Buddhist Psychology
Women, Work and retorement: Some Issues to Consider
Depiction of Older Women in film, 1930-2008
Women in Ireland: An International Gender case Study
Married Into: Making New Family Bonds Work
Leadership Expectations, Needs and Improvements for
Hospital Nurses and Clinical Leares - Changing Challenges
from healthcare turbulence
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
The Centennial of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize and the
Designation of 2011 as the Year of Chemistry: A Transnational
Commemoration of Women's Greatness
Drums and Poems - Supporting Girls Assertiveness and Boys
and Girls Literacy and Relational Skills
Family Memoir Project
Fears Unfounded: How We Are Changed By The Things That
Don’t Happen - A Narrative Based Multi Disciplinary Project"
Fears Unfounded: How We Are Changed By The Things That
Don’t Happen - A Narrative Based Multi Disciplinary Project"
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
On Equal Terms: Art Installation on Gender Euity / High
Voltage Women / Perpetual Care
Consciousness Raising on the Internet
The Vienne Project
Age Studies
The Bridge: A Science and Spirituality Resource
El Salvadore NOT for Sale: Women Maquila (sweatshop)
Workers and the Struggle for Dignity, Human Rights and
Social Justice
Bioraphy of Frances Perkins
Streaming: Women Artists and Transformative Power of
Creativity
Women Making Food and Feminism
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
Men in Second Wave Feminist Psychology
Don't Roll Your Eyes: Making In-Laws Into Family
On Equal Terms: Art Installation on Gender Euity / High
Voltage Women / Perpetual Care
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Hiring and Firing Practices of Women Scientists during the
70's
The New Soft War on Women
Spanish to English Translation of Peruvian Blockbuster Classic
Lit Aves sin nido by Clorinda Matto de Turner
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
One + One Women Affected by War
Down But Not Out: Empowering Stories and Photos of
Elders
On Equal Terms: Art Installation on Gender Equality
Artistry and the Digital Collage
87
Janet Freedman
Florence Graves
Lois Isenman
Brenda McSweeney
Ruth Nemzoff
Susannah Feinstein
Damiana Andonova
Donna Vatnik
Lucia Hsiao
Marielle Temkin
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Spring 2013
Phoebe Schnitzer
Emily Duggan
Spring 2013
Nancer Ballard
Sage Hahn
Fall 2014
Nancer Ballard
Katerina Daley
Fall 2014
Ornit Barkai
Phillip Skokos
Fall 2014
Ornit Barkai
Roz Barnett
Helen Berger
Linda Bond
Mijan Tenenbaum
Ellie Driscoll
Christa Caggiano
Kim Tellez
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Susan Eisenberg
Janet Freedman
Amelia Leclair
Aly Schuman
Hailey McGee
Elan Wong
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Louise Lopman
Annette Miller
Rochelle Ruthchild
Ruth Nemzoff
Smriti Rao
Susie Rivo
Alexandra Hall
Emily Duggan
Naoimi Hornstein
Ilana Kruger
Sarah Adler
Rochelle Ruthchild
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Fall 2014
Phoebe Schnitzer
Florence Graves
Cecile Afable
Aya Abdelaziz
Fall 2014
Spring 2014
Phoebe Schnitzer
Cecile Afable
Spring 2014
Louise Lopman
Helen Berger
Gwen Berumen
Christa Caggiano
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Nancer Ballard
Roz Barnett
Annette Miller
Janet Freedman
Penina Adelman
Liane Curtis
Katerina Daley
Ellie Driscoll
Emily Duggan
Susannah Feinstein
Adam Gelman
Rivka Gross
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Nancer Ballard
Sage Hahn
Spring 2014
Nance Goldstein
Fran Forman
Leslie Kamel
Kesi Kmt
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Small Groups Around the Globe
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Science and Spirituality Blog
Gender Case Studies with the United Nations: an e-book
Married Into: Making New Family Bonds Work
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
Heroine's Journey, Part I: The Role of Dreams, Intuition,
Prophecy, Speculation and Spiritual Growth in Women's
Journey Alternatives to Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey"
Heroine's Journey, Part I: The Role of Dreams, Intuition,
Prophecy, Speculation and Spiritual Growth in Women's
Journey Alternatives to Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey"
"Laid to Rest" Documentary on the story of the Jewish slave
trade in Argentina between the 1870's - 1930's
"Laid to Rest" Documentary on the story of the Jewish slave
trade in Argentina between the 1870's - 1930's
Reimagining Tomorrow in the Age of Longevity
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
"One + One" Women Affected By War
On Equal Terms: Art Installation on Gender Euity / High
Voltage Women / Perpetual Care
Consciousness Raising: Small Groups Around the Globe
Musical performance of Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D
El Salvadore NOT for Sale: Women Maquila (sweatshop)
Workers and the Struggle for Dignity, Human Rights and
Social Justice
"Madame, Who ARE You?" Theatre Project
Left on Pearl Feminist Documentary
Married Into: Making New Family Bonds Work
Gender, Wealth, and the Great Recession economic study
Left on Pearl Feminist Documentary
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
Schuster Institute of Investigative Journalism
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
El Salvadore NOT for Sale: Women Maquila (sweatshop)
Workers and the Struggle for Dignity, Human Rights and
Social Justice
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
Fears Unfounded: How We Are Changed By The Things That
Don’t Happen - A Narrative Based Multi Disciplinary Project"
Are You Ready for a 100 Year Life?
Madame, Who ARE You? Theatre Project
Consciouness Raising on the Internet
Family Memoir Project
Planning the Amy Beach Seisquicential, 2017
Fears Unfounded: How We Are Changed By The Things That
Don’t Happen - A Narrative Based Multi Disciplinary Project"
Creating a Leadership Program for Frontline and Middle
Managers that any Hospital would say YES! To
Developing a Marketing Plan for an Arist's Monograph
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Rosie Rosenzweig
Ruth Nemzoff
Joshua Koloski
Ilana Kruger
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Mary Berg
Ellen Rovner
Rhoda Unger
Linda Bond
Susan Eisenberg
Amelia Leclair
Reyna Plana
Maia Rodrigues-Semp
Kaitlyn Stewart
Kimberly Tellez
Rose Wallace
Elan Wong
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Nancer Ballard
Sage Hahn
Spring 2015
Nancer Ballard
Roz Barnett
Katerina Daley
Alexandra Libstag
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Mary Berg
Helen Berger
Claudia Roldan
Christa Caggiano
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Susan Eisenberg
Janet Freedman
Janet Freedman
Amelia Leclair
Ally Schuman
Caleb Chertow
Sophia Warren
Elan Wong
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Louise Lopman
Annette Miller
Ruth Nemzoff
Alexandra Hall
Michael Duggan
Amelia Berg
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Spring 2015
Rosie Rosenzweig
Rohan Narayan
Spring 2015
Phoebe Schnitzer
Liya Wizevich
Spring 2015
Pam Swing
Jaime Korner
Spring 2015
Rahel Wasserfall
Reeza Handelmann
Spring 2015
The Creative Process
Family Bonds Social media Assistant
Edition of Aves sin nido (Peru 1889) by Clorinda Matto de
Turner
Food and Women Emplowerment Research
Men in Second Wave Feminist Psychology
"One + One" Women Affected By War
On Equal Terms Art Installation
Creation of a performance of Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D
Heroine's Journey, Part I: The Role of Dreams, Intuition,
Prophecy, Speculation and Spiritual Growth in Women's
Journey Alternatives to Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey"
Heroine's Journey, Part I: The Role of Dreams, Intuition,
Prophecy, Speculation and Spiritual Growth in Women's
Journey Alternatives to Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey"
Reimagining Tomorrow in the Age of Longevity
Women's Education in Peru in the 1880's - A Comparative
Study
Does Worshipping the Goddess make You a Feminist?
On Equal Terms: Art Installation on Gender Euity / High
Voltage Women / Perpetual Care
Consciousness Raising: Small Groups Around the Globe
Consciousness Raising: Small Groups Around the Globe
Musical performance of Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D
El Salvadore NOT for Sale: Women Maquila (sweatshop)
Workers and the Struggle for Dignity, Human Rights and
Social Justice
Madame, Who ARE You? Theatre Project
Married Into: Making New Family Bonds Work
The Varieties of Creative Expression: Interviews With Artists
for WAC-TV
Gender Issues in Achievement Concerns: Is Fear of Success
Still With Us?
Researching the Life of My Militant, Suffragist Grandmother
Betty Gram Swing
Our Tables: Eating Together With Strangers: Food, Culture
and Sexuality
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G. WSRC Board Membership (Dates represent year-of-graduation from Brandeis, when
applicable) P = parent of Brandeis student; * = served as board co-chair
Helaine Allen
Ellen Stone Belic (P)
Cynthia Berenson
Betty Bloom
Marjorie Clapprood
Sandra Fineberg
Carol Bernstein Finn
Carol Goldberg
Sue Goldberg
Ellen Gould ('67)
Barbara Hirshfield
Carole Hyatt
Eleanor W. Jaffe
Amy Kaufman ('79)
Michele Kessler
Myra Kraft ('64)
Ellen Beth Lande ('73)
Jessica K. Laufer ('79)
Ann Lewis
Eliane Markoff
Annette Miller ('58)
Evelyn Murphy
Ruth Nemzoff
Gail Nessel
Mona Reis
Patricia Ribakoff
Diane R. Rubin ('81)
Rachel Sagan
Rhoda Sapers
Audrey Schuster
Elaine Schuster
Rosalie Shane ('66)
Barbara Sidell
Louise Weinberg ('73)
Roberta Weiner
Wendy Weiss ('92)
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H. List of Past Exhibitions in the Kznick Gallery - From most recent to earliest
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Linda Bond: Reconnaissance -- August 18 - October 27, 2015
Milcah Bassel: Father Tongue --April 13 - July 16, 2015
Dames Making Games: Leaps & Maneuvers -- January 13 - March 12, 2015
Leeza Meksin: Big Bounce -- October 24 - December 16, 2014
Juanita McNeely: Indomitable Spirit -- June 5 - October 8, 2014
Jeanne Williamson | Under Color -- April 14 - May 22, 2014
Lisa Rosowsky: Blood Memory -- January 21 - March 7, 2014
Vivian Maier: A Woman's Lens -- October 6 - December 18, 2013
Suzanne Hodes: Family Matters: Three Generations of Women -- June 19 - September
25, 2013
Yishay Garbasz: Coming Home: Portraits of Jewish Women -- April 30 - June 14, 2013
Karen Moss: Off-Kilter -- Jan. 22, 2012 - March 22, 2013
Embedded Legacies: Lydia Kann Nettler -- Oct. 4, 2012 - Jan. 14, 2013
Convergence: 10 Years of Artistic Excellence at the WSRC -- May 30 - Sept. 14, 2012
Occupy Sanhedrin: Sarah Zell Young -- March 29 - May 18, 2012
BLUE: Naoe Suzuki -- Jan. 12 - March 2, 2012
Embodied: Laurie Kaplowitz & Stacy Latt Savage -- Oct. 11 - Dec. 20, 2011
Floors & Ceilings: Brandeis Students Explore Gender -- June 1 - Sept. 23, 2011
Golem & Dybbuk: New Works by Jessica Riva Cooper -- April 14 - May 20, 2011
Insatiable: Our Rapacious Appetite for More -- Jan. 18 - March 10, 2011
No Man's Land: The Women of Mexico/photographs by Dana Romanoff -- Sept. 20 Dec. 16, 2010
In a New Light: Selected Works from the WSRC Permanent Collection -- July 15 August 31, 2010
Science of Art: Recent Work by Guhapriya Ranganathan and Nancy Selvage -- April
28 - June 30, 2010
Tear/Repair by Andi Arnovitz -- Feb. 23 - April 26, 2010
Shame: Work by Roberta Paul -- Oct. 26, 2009 - Jan. 29. 2010
WSRC Salon of the Arts 2009: Cairns -- April 23 - Oct. 15, 2009
Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape Photographs by Jonathan
Torgovnik -- Feb. 23 - April 9, 2009
On Equal Terms -- Oct. 4 - Jan. 9, 2009
Dress Redress: Clothing and Identity in Contemporary Art -- June 16 – Sept. 25, 2008
Lynne Avadenka: A Thousand and One Inventions -- March 17 – May 21, 2008
Healing, Community and Transformation: Student Visions from Johannesburg -- Jan.
16 – Feb. 26, 2008
Tiger by the Tail! Women Artists of India Transforming Culture -- Oct. 2 – Dec. 14,
2007
Summer Salon -- June 15 – Aug. 1, 2007
Quilts Crossing Borders: From Domestic Comfort to Fine Art -- April 19 – May 25,
2007
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Hannah Frank: A Jewish Artist of Glasgow -- Jan. 19 – April 6, 2007
The Richness of Mexico -- Sept. 14 – Dec. 15, 2006
LOOK! This Year – This Life -- June 20, 2006 – Aug. 25, 2006
Through the Eyes of Nigerian Artists: Confronting Female Genital Mutilation -April 6 – June 15, 2006
Vital Voices: Women’s Visions -- Feb. 7 – March 31, 2006
Geobodies: A Question of Boundaries -- Nov. 10, 2005 – Jan. 24, 2006
REACH for the Stars… Transform a Life -- October 5 – October 31, 2005
Body Maps -- March 7 – June 30, 2005
An Exhibit of 3 Brandeis Studio Art Faculty Members: “Generativity & Creativity” -Jan. 15 – Feb. 23, 2005
REACH for the Stars… Transform a Life -- Oct. 1 – Nov. 7, 2004
Re-Envisioning the 12 Tribes: Sculptures by Judith Morton -- May 6 – July 8, 2004
Ruth Weisberg: The Open Door Haggadah -- Feb. 28 – June 28, 2004
9 From Waltham Mills -- Feb. 2 – March 8, 2004
Kathleen Holmes: Larger than Life -- Oct. 8 – Dec. 31, 2003
Celebrating Women in Science -- Aug. 18 – Sept. 25, 2003
Infusion: Recent Work from The Tea Group -- April 27 – July 11, 2003
Ruth Cobb: A Retrospective -- Feb. 9 – April 15, 2003
Emily Corbató: Vsevo Khoroshevo—All Good Things -- Oct. 30, 2002 – Jan. 24, 2003
Claiming the Spirit: A Juried Show -- Sept. 12 – Oct. 28, 2002
Israeli Posters & Stamps: Designs by Women -- April 8 – June 14, 2002
Fay Grajower: The Shades of Purim -- Feb. 1 – March 31, 2002
Karen Klein: The Intimate Lives of Trees -- Nov. 2 – Dec. 3, 2001
Helene Aylon: My Notebooks -- Sept. 6 – Oct. 30, 2001
Gateway Crafts: Seven Women Artists -- June 26 – July 31, 2001
Nan Freeman: Intimate Objects in Public Spaces: Jewelry Drawings -- April 20 –
June 24, 2001
Artist Proof Studio: “Urban Spaces/Global Communities" -- March 28 – April 21,
2001
Morgan Cohen and Mary Kocol: The Impact of Space -- February – March, 2001
Rita Blitt: The Passionate Gesture -- Nov. 19 – Feb. 15, 2001
I. Art on Permanent Display
J. Budget Information
The appendix containing budget information has been removed from the public version of this
document as it contains confidential material.