Dr. Stuber taught home economics at Meredith College for 30 years. For the majority of her tenure, she served as chair of the department of home economics, overseeing significant growth in the program's faculty workforce and academic offerings.
In 1978, Dr. Vargus was named dean of Temple University's School of Social Administration, making her the university's first African American and first woman to serve as an academic dean. She was an expert on family reunions, particularly the importance of such events in African American culture.
Dr. Dorr was a professor of education at the University of California, Los Angeles for more than three decades. During this time, she spent 13 years as dean of the Graduate School of Education & Information Studies. She later served five years as provost of the University of California System.
Dr. Kakoulli was an international expert in the conservation of archaeological materials. She taught at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a founding member of the UCLA/Getty Interdepartmental Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage.
While pursuing her graduate education in comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Hudson hosted a feminist literary salon in her apartment. Those meetings ultimately led to the development of Berkeley's first women's literature course and the women's studies program.
Originally trained as a chemist, Dr. Wilson held a wide range of academic and administrative roles at several universities before becoming president of Radcliffe College in 1989. She retired in 1999 when the merger of Radcliffe College with Harvard University was completed.
Dr. Ferguson was a professor of pediatrics at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for nearly four decades. In addition to her work as an administrator for the College of Medicine, she studied the growth and development of children, with a particular focus on sick cell anemia.
Dr. Freccero taught literature and women's studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz for over three decades. Her scholarship centered on gender, feminism, and queer studies.
Dr. Wade-Gayles taught English and women's studies at Spelman College in Atlanta for over four decades. Her scholarship centered on African American women's literature.
Dr. Lassar served as director of the University of Denver's School of Accountancy for 15 years. Earlier in her career, she directed the School of Accounting at Florida International University.
Dr. Black was named dean of Columbia Law School in 1986, making her the first woman to lead a law school at an Ivy League institution. In addition to her administrative accomplishments, she conducted research on the intersection of law and Anglo-American history, leading her to serve two terms as president of the American Society of Legal History.
