Sharon Davie Receives the Founders Award from the National Women’s Studies Association
Posted on Nov 16, 2011 | Comments 0
Sharon L. Davie, founder and director of the Women’s Center at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, received the 2011 Founders Award from the National Women’s Studies Association. The award is given to individuals who founded their institution’s center at least 20 years ago.
The Women’s Center at the University of Virginia was founded in 1989. Davie was also instrumental in implementing the what is now the studies in women and gender academic program in 1980.
Dr. Davie is a graduate of Dickinson College. She holds master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Virginia. She is the editor of University and College Women’s Centers: A Journey Towards Equity (Greenwood), which was originally published in 2001 but updated in 2009.
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