The Winds of Change: Women in Scholarship

Course Faculty Coordinator

Rachel Davis Mersey

RACHEL DAVIS MERSEY, PhD
PROFESSOR | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
ASSOCIATE DEAN for RESEARCH | Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
FACULTY FELLOW | Institute for Policy Research

Women in the Public Sphere

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Speakers

Elizabeth Tipton

  • MS Program Director; Associate Professor of Statistics
  • Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
  • Department of Statistics
  • Bethtipton.com
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Celeste Watkins-Hayes

  • Associate Vice President, Office for Research
  • Professor of African American Studies and Sociology
  • Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
  • Celestewatkinshayes.com
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Sera Young

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Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

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Resources

Women in Business and Finance

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Speakers

Janice Eberly

  • James R. and Helen D. Russell Professor of Finance
  • Faculty Director, Kellogg Public-Private Initiative (KPPI)
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Francesca Cornelli

  • Dean, Kellogg School of Management
  • Donald P. Jacobs Chair of Finance
  • Professor of Finance
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Resources

Women in Law

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Speakers

Shari Diamond - Real Jury Deliberations: Inside the Black Box

  • Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Howard J. Trienens Professor of Law
  • Professor of Psychology
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Kimberly Yuracko

  • Dean, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Judd and Mary Morris Leighton Professor of Law
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Resources

Women in the Arts

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Speakers

Leigh Bienen

  • Senior Lecturer, Northwestern University, Pritzker School of Law
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Heidi Stillman

  • Artistic Director, Lookingglass Theatre
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Mary Zimmerman

  • Northwestern University, School of Communication
  • Professor, Jaharis Family Foundation Chair in Performance Studies
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Ana Kuzmanić

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Resources

Women in Science and Engineering

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Speakers

Vicky Kalogera

  • Daniel I. Linzer Distinguished Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA)
  • Director, NSF-Simons National AI Institute for the Sky, The SkAI Institute
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Amy Paller, MD

  • Chair, Department of Dermatology
  • Director, Northwestern University Skin Disease Research Center (SDRC)
  • Walter J. Hamlin Professor of Dermatology
  • Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics (Dermatology)
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Resources

Women in Leadership - Evening Event

Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 5:00 pm

Speakers

Victoria Medvec

  • Adeline Barry Davee Professor of Management & Organizations
  • Co-Founder and Executive Director, Kellogg Center for Executive Women
  • Kellogg School of Management
  • CEO, Medvec and Associates
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Annelise Riles - Knowledge and the Gift: The University in a Turbulent World

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Resources

Women in Media

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

Speakers

Christine Brennan

  • Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Professor of Practice
  • Sports Columnist, USA Today
  • Commentator on ABC News, CNN, PBS NewsHour and NPR
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Rachel Davis Mersey, PhD

  • Professor, Northwestern University
  • Associate Dean for Research, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications
  • Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research
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Melissa Isaacson

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Resources