SARAH CHATFIELD
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I
am currently working on my PhD at UC Berkeley.
My dissertation looks at women’s economic rights
in U.S. history, such as rights relating to owning
property, inheritance, and labor. In addition to teaching
and writing, I also love exploring the Bay Area, hiking,
cooking, and playing softball on my department team.
I have been a member of OCDC since 2004.
I think the biggest way OCDC shaped my outlook on
life after college is the idea of being “multi-partial”
rather than “non-partial.” This approach has been
particularly important in unofficially mediating
conflicts as a teaching assistant. I am often in the
position of being an intermediary between professors
and students, and I find it’s more satisfying to everyone
involved to take this type of approach rather than
attempting to be simply neutral and removed from the
situation.
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