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Women in History Spotlight: Maimouna Abdoulaye Barro
Maimouna Barro received her M.A. in African Studies in 1997 and her PhD in Education with a minor in Gender Relations in International Development (GRID) in 2005, both from the University of Illinois. She is the Associate Director at the Center for African Studies and has been instrumental in expanding the Center’s academic programs. Maimouna helped establish a joint degree with the School of Information Sciences as well as the graduate minor in African Studies. She has received several awards, including the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence Award in 2010. Women...
- Prof. Min Zhan of the School of Social Work has been appointed Director of WGGP beginning August 16. Min brings a long history of collaboration with WGGP and its Gender Relations in International Development interdisciplinary graduate minor, which is housed in the School of Social Work, where... Read full story Dr. Min Zhan named as WGGP Director
Alumni Spotlight: Tutin Aryanti
Tutin Aryanti, GRID Alumna, is the Chair of the Department of Architecture at Universitas Pendidkan in Indonesia. She recently presented at the WGGP Symposium as part of the panel on Gender and Disasters. Her talk, “Women in Disaster Mitigation” is available now on Media Space. Click here and go to the 3:06:45 mark in the recording to watch her talk.