Jean F. O'Barr, Founding Director of Women's Studies and Professor of the Practice
- Education:
- PhD,, 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
- Contact Info:
- 713 Anderson Street, Durham, NC 27705-1013
- (919) 489-7879
- jeanobar@duke.edu
- http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/WomensStudies/faculty/jeanobar
- 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
Teaching (Fall 2009):
- Educ 149s.01, Women and the professions
Synopsis
- East duke 204d, M 07:15 PM-09:45 PM
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- J.F. O'Barr. Catching a Wave. Among Friends 7.1 (Fall 2006): p. 2.
- J.F. O'Barr. Doing Women's Studies. SIGNS: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 32.1 (Autumn 2006): 285-288.
- J.F. O'Barr. Women's Studies for the Future and Doing Women's Studies. SIGNS forthcoming (2005).
- J.F. O'Barr. Sarah Dunant, The Birth of Venus. Among Friends 4, 2 (Spring 2004).
- J.F. O'Barr. Elizabeth Berg, The Art of Mending. Among Friends 52 (Spring 2005).