WCW Researchers
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Amy Banks
Senior Research Scientist B.S., Tufts University; M.D., Georgetown University; Residency; Harvard UniversityDirects the advanced training program at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at WCW, focusing on relational-cultural therapy in psychology and the neurobiology of connection.
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Linda Charmaraman
Research Scientist M.A., B.A., and Ph.D., University of California, BerkeleyPrimary research interests include media literacy, adolescent racial/ethnic identity, preventing interpersonal violence, and evaluating positive youth development programs with a particular emphasis on girls and underrepresented young people.
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Rangita de Silva-de Alwis
Senior Research Scientist LL.B, University of Colombo; LL.M. and S.J.D., Harvard Law SchoolDirects international human rights policy programs at WCW, providing research and technical expertise on policy to advance the rights of women, children, and persons with disabilities.
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Monica Ghosh Driggers
Research Scientist A.B., University of Chicago; J.D., University of DenverUndertakes research on gender policy in U.S. jurisprudence, with a particular focus on bias in courts for immigrant women and women of color and their children.
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Sumru Erkut
Associate Director BSc., Middle East Technical University; Ph.D., Harvard UniversityResearches attributes of women leaders; racial and cultural norms and identity in youth and families; and adolescent development.
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Ellen Gannett
Senior Research Scientist B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.Ed., Lesley CollegeDirects the National Institute on Out-of-School Time @WCW focused on policy research, program evaluation, training, and consultation to out-of-school time industry professionals and field.
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Tracy R.G. Gladstone
Senior Research Scientist A.B., Brown University; M.A. and Ph.D., Emory UniversityDirects the Stone Primary Prevention Initiatives a Wellesley Centers for Women, developing and evaluating programs to prevent the onset of depression and other mental health concerns in children and adolescents, with a focus on at-risk families.
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Jennifer M. Grossman
Research Scientist B.A., Oberlin College; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., Boston CollegeResearches adolescent development, racial, and ethnic identity, and sexual health and risk-taking. Current projects: evaluation of middle school sex education and investigation of culture and gender in family communication about sex.
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Georgia Hall
Senior Research Scientist A.B., Duke University, M.A., Clark University, Ph.D., Boston CollegeDirects national study of physical activity/healthy eating practices in out-of-school time programs; conducts evaluations of afterschool programs including NASA's OST in Outer Space; and edits the Afterschool Matters journal.
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Jean V. Hardisty
Senior Scholar B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., University of Southern California; Ph.D., Northwestern UniversityResearches conservative political thought, focused on social justice, women’s rights, and civil rights.
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Amy Hoffman
Senior Program Director B.A., Brandeis University; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, AmherstEdits Women’s Review of Books, providing unique perspectives on literary landscape with reviews of books by and about women.
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Ruth Harriet Jacobs
Senior Scholar B.S., Boston University; M.A. and Ph.D., Brandeis UniversityWrites and lectures on aging and society; teaches memoir writing to senior citizens and creative writing.
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Judith V. Jordan
Senior Research Scientist B.A. Brown University; M.A., Harvard University; PhD., Harvard UniversityDirector of the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley Centers for Women and founding theorist and practitioner of relational-cultural-therapy (RCT); lectures, writes, and trains extensively on RCT and feminist psychology.
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Erika Kates
Senior Research Scientist B.Sc.,London University; A.A. Dipl. Architectural Association, London; Ph.D., Brandeis UniversityUtilizes participatory research and case-study methods to research policies affecting low-income single mothers; research focus includes access to higher education for welfare recipients, and the family connections of female offenders and prisoners.
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Sari Pekkala Kerr
Senior Research Scientist University Diploma, University of Kent at Canterbury; M.A. and Ph.D., University of JyvaskylaEconomist focused on researching the economics of labor markets, education, and families.
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Jean Kilbourne
Senior Scholar B.A., Wellesley College; M.Ed. and Ed.D., Boston UniversityInternationally recognized for groundbreaking work on the image of women in advertising and critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising. Creator of the award-winning Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women film series, among other films and books.
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Nancy L. Marshall
Associate Director, Senior Research Scientist B.A., Oberlin College; M.A. and Ed.D. Comparative Human DevelopmentResearches women and employment, with a focus on working conditions and health and on work-family systems, and studies child care policy and early care and education.
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Layli Maparyan
Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67 Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and Professor of Africana Studies B.A., Spelman College; M.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Temple UniversityExecutive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women; expert on the womanist worldview and activist methodology.
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Layli Maparyan
Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67 Executive Director B.S., Spelman College; M.S., Penn State University; Ph.D., Temple UniversityDirects the Wellesley Centers for Women. Current scholarly focus is building the field of womanist studies, as well as using applied womanism as a platform for social action.
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Peggy McIntosh
Associate Director, Senior Research Scientist B.A., Radcliffe College; M.A. and Ph.D., Harvard UniversityFounder and co-director of the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum (Seeking Educational Equity & Diversity); writes and lectures extensively on issues of equity and privilege as they relate to race, class, gender, and sexual orientation.
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Sally Engle Merry
Senior Scholar B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Brandeis UniversityExplores the role of law in urban life in the United States, in the colonizing process, and in contemporary transnationalism.
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Laura Pappano
Writer-in-Residence B.A., Yale CollegeInvestigates and writes on gender equity in sports and writes about K-12 education and higher education.
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Michelle V. Porche
Senior Research Scientist B.A., University of California-Los Angeles; M.Ed. and Ed.D, Harvard UniversityStudies academic achievement for young children and adolescents, examining implications and factors related to gender, race/ethnicity, mental health and other social-emotional influences.
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Joanne Roberts
Senior Research Scientist B.A., New York University; M.A. and Ph.D., New York UniversityFocused on evaluating policies and programs designed to promote the cognitive and social development of children and the well-being of women and families, with an emphasis on policies and practices regarding the field of early care and education.
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Wendy Wagner Robeson
Senior Research Scientist B.S., Boston University; M.Ed., University of Houston; Ed.D., Harvard UniversityFocuses on child development, early care and education, and school readiness, with a focus on policy implications.
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Nan Stein
Senior Research Scientist, Wellesley Centers for Women B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A.T., Antioch College; Ed.D., Harvard UniversityDirects several national research projects on sexual harassment, gender violence, and teen dating violence in K-12 schools; writes and lectures extensively on these issues.
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Allison J. Tracy
Senior Research Scientist and Methodologist B.A., Humboldt State University; M.S. and Ph.D., Pennsylvania State UniversitySpecializes in latent variable and longitudinal modeling; collaborates with researchers at WCW, Wellesley College, and other institutions; occasional instructor of advanced workshops in methodology and guest lecturer.
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Maureen Walker
Senior Research Scientist B.A. and M.Ed., Mercer University; Ph.D., Georgia State UniversityDirects program development for the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at WCW focusing on relational- cultural theory in the practice of psychology and within organizations.
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