116 Allen Building Durham, NC 27708

(919) 668-3420 (office) (email)

Education

PhD	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1996
MA	University of Wisconsin-Madison	1990
BA	Williams College	1988

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University

Director, Women's Center, 1999-present

Manage & implement all aspects of the center's operation, including supervision of 3 full-time and 9 part-time employees, oversight of $250,000 budget, plan multiple programming efforts, supervise campus sexual assault education and services.

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, 1999-present

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Assistant Director, Women's Center and Sexual Assault Education Coordinator, 1995-99

Assisted with daily operations at the center, including: budget, staff, policy, programming, report writing. Campus and community sexual violence education. Counseling and advocating for rape survivors on campus.

Faculty Associate, Women's Studies Program, 1995-98

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison English Department

Professional Service

Chair, Alcohol Policy Review Committee, 0000  

Harassment Policy Review Committee, Office of Institutional Equity, 0000  

Minority Affairs Committee, 0000  

Women's Center 10th Anniversary Committee, 0000  

Dora Anne Little Service Award Committee, 0000  

Celebration of Women's Sports Planning Committee, 0000  

Interfraternity Council Advisory Board, 0000  

Chair - 1997 to 1999, Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Committee, 0000  

Virginia Council Against Sexual Assault, 0000  

Black Cultural Center Advisory Committee, 0000  

Diversity Roundtable, 0000  

Campaign for Women's Programs, 0000  

Steering Committee, 75th Anniversary of Coeducation, 0000  

Chair, 1996 to 1997, Coordinating Council of Women's Concerns, 0000  

Committee on Sanctions for Seual Assault, 0000  

Women's Studies Advisory Board, 0000  

Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, 0000  

Publications

Papers Published

1. D. Lisker, Controversy only means disagreement: Alice Childress's Activist Drama, in Southern Women Playwrights: New Essays in Literary History, Criticism, and Performance, edited by Robert McDonald and Linda Rohrer Paige (January, 2002), University of Alabama Press
2. D. Lisker, Forging Unlikely Alliances - The Women's Center and the Locker Room: A Case Study, in University and College Women's Centers: A Journey Towards Equity, edited by Sharon Davie (2002), Greenwood Press
3. D. Lisker, Uneasy Juxtapositions Within Virginia Tech Culture: The Women's Center's Role in Enforcing the New Sexual Harrassment Policy, in University and College Women's Centers: A Journey Towards Equity, edited by Sharon Davie (2002), Greenwood Press
4. D. Lisker, "Rape," "Date Rape," and "Marital Rape", in Ready Reference: Women's Issues, edited by Margaret McFadden (1997), Pasadena: Salem Press
5. D. Lisker, "Essentialism" and "Stereotypes of Women", in Ready Reference: Women's Issues, edited by Margaret McFadden (1997), Pasadena: Salem Press

Other

1. D. Lisker, Peaceline (currently in use) (An anti-violence curriculum used by the schools of Virginia's New River Valley.)