{"id":135,"date":"2016-10-27T15:24:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T19:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/?p=135"},"modified":"2021-10-13T10:56:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T14:56:11","slug":"department-of-womens-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/oduwiki\/2016\/10\/27\/department-of-womens-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Women’s Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Women’s Studies Class, 1983<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The\u00a0Department of Women’s Studies<\/strong> at\u00a0Old Dominion University (ODU)<\/strong> teaches students about the social, global, and historical issues that shape the lives of \u00a0men and women in a variety of ways.<\/p>\n

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History<\/h3>\n

By the mid-1970s, there was a growing shift on campus to help improve the lives of women at Old Dominion. The Women’s Caucus<\/strong><\/a> was established in 1974 and the Women’s Center<\/a><\/strong> was created in 1976.\u00a0The department began as a pilot program with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1977. As a result, Old Dominion became the first state-run institution in the Commonwealth of Virginia to create a women’s studies program. The first coordinator for the program was Carolyn Rhodes<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0a professor in the Department of English,<\/strong> from 1977-1978. Nancy Topping Bazin became the first full-time director of the program in the fall of 1978 and served until 1985. In 1986, to help support the program, the Friends of Women’s Studies<\/strong> organization was founded.\u00a0In 1995, Women’s Studies became a major within the College of Arts and Letter<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/a>, making Old Dominion the first state-supported school in Virginia to have a major in women’s studies. At the December 1996 Commencement<\/strong><\/a>, Heather Gilstrap is the first person to receive a bachelor of arts degree in women’s studies from a state-supported institution in Virginia.\u00a0In the fall of 2002, the program transitioned into the\u00a0Department of Women’s Studies.<\/p>\n

Directors and Department Chairs<\/h3>\n

Carolyn Rhodes, 1977-1978 (pilot project coordinator)<\/p>\n

Nancy Topping Bazin, 1978-1985<\/p>\n

Janet Bing and Janet Katz, 1985-1986 (interim directors)<\/p>\n

Ellen Lewin, 1986-1988<\/p>\n

Anita Clair Fellman, 1988-2008<\/p>\n

Jennifer Fish, 2008-2020<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Groeneveld, 2020-<\/p>\n

Resources<\/h3>\n
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  1. Women’s Studies Records<\/a>, RG 17-28A,\u00a0Special Collections and University Archives,\u00a0Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n
  2. Friends of Women’s Studies Records<\/a>, RG 17-28A1,\u00a0Special Collections and University Archives,\u00a0Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n
  3. Old Dominion University\u00a0Women’s Center Records<\/a>, RG 7-9A, Special Collections and University Archives,\u00a0Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n
  4. Carolyn Rhodes Papers<\/a>, RG 17-28B1,\u00a0Special Collections and University Archives,\u00a0Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library, Old Dominion University Libraries, Norfolk, VA 23529.<\/li>\n
  5. ODU Women’s Center Collection<\/a>, Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections.<\/li>\n
  6. More information about women at Old Dominion University can be found in the online exhibit “Women at ODU: Builders of Communities and Dreams<\/a>.”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    References<\/h3>\n
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    1. Bookman, Steven and Jessica Ritchie. Old Dominion University: A Campus History Series.\u00a0 Arcadia Publishing. Charleston, South Carolina, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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