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Jean F. O'Barr, Professor of Practice and Distinguished University Service Professor, Women's Studies

Contact Info:

Office Location:	208 East Duke Building
Office Phone:	919-684-3867, 919-684-5683
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.duke.edu/%7Ejeanobar/

Education:

Ph.D.	Northwestern University	1970
Visiting Fellow,	Queen Elizabeth House, Oxford University,	1983
Institute for Administrative Advancement,	University of Michigan,	1974
Certificate in African Studies,	Northwestern University,	1970
MA,	Northwestern University,	1965
BA,	Indiana University,	1964
Imperial History, Constitutional Law, and Comparative Government,	Edinburgh University,	1962

Research Interests:

Women's studies, Women and Education, Social Movements, Gender and Organizations, Contemporary American Feminism, Research Trips to Kenya, (July, 1982, March 1983). Field Research in Pare Mountains: 1967, 1972, 1981

Keywords:

Women's studies • Women and Education • Social Movements • Gender and Organizations • Contemporary American Feminism

Curriculum Vitae

Postdocs Mentored

• Ali Henderson (2005)  
• Allison Bevan (2005)  
• Beverly Baskin (2004)  
• Dana Jennings (2004)  
• Betsy Thomas (2003)  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. J.F. O'Barr, Catching a Wave, Among Friends, vol. 7 no. 1 (Fall 2006), pp. p. 2, Duke University Libraries
2. J.F. O'Barr, Doing Women's Studies, SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, vol. 32 no. 1 (Autumn 2006), pp. 285-288
3. J.F. O'Barr, Women's Studies for the Future and Doing Women's Studies, SIGNS, vol. forthcoming (2005)
4. J.F. O'Barr, Sarah Dunant, The Birth of Venus, Among Friends, vol. 4, 2 (Spring 2004)
5. J.F. O'Barr, Elizabeth Berg, The Art of Mending, Among Friends, vol. 52 (Spring 2005)

Conferences Organized

• Abortion: Research, Ethics and Activism, Conference Planning Committee-on-, January-November, 2003  
• Symposium: Martine de Vos, Organizer-of-, June 8, 2003  
• Symposium: Judith Touchton, Organizer-of-, March 29, 2003  
• Symposium: Stephanie Shields, Organizer-of-, March 22, 2003