Kathleen Weiler is associate professor of education at Tufts University. Her research focuses on gender and the social context of education, including ethnographic studies of classroom teaching and a historical study of women teachers in the American West using oral histories. In addition, it addresses the unique challenges of research and writing in women's and gender studies. The workshop provides an opportunity for participants to exchange ideas and experiences with others working in women's studies, to learn general principles of academic argument, and to receive feedback on their work. Open to graduate students in the early, middle, or late phases of dissertation writing.
Enrollment is limited to ten students.
Faculty Laura Saltz is Head Preceptor in Expository Writing at Harvard University. She has extensive experience teaching writing at the undergraduate and graduate level. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University. She is currently working on a book about the ways assumptions about gender shaped American visual culture in the nineteenth century. This course explores the breadth and history of women's community activism.