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Jean F. O'Barr

University Distinguished Service Professor of the Practice Emeritus of Education
Education
Box 90739, Durham, NC 27708-0760
213 West Duke Building, Durham, NC 27708-0760

Overview


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

Current Appointments & Affiliations


University Distinguished Service Professor of the Practice Emeritus of Education · 2008 - Present Education, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor of the Practice Emeritus · 2008 - Present Education, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


The Women's Studies PhD: A Report

Journal Article NWSA Journal · March 2003 Cite

Women's Studies Is Alive and Well

Journal Article National Council of Jewish Women Journal · March 2001 Cite

My Master List for the Millenium: Commissioned essay

Journal Article SIGNS: Journal of Women in Society and Culture (special issue) · July 2000 Cite
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Recent Grants


Women in Science: A Duke University Community Initiative

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 1992 - 1994

House Course for African-American Women

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Mary Duke Biddle Foundation · 1992 - 1992

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Education, Training & Certifications


Northwestern University · 1970 Ph.D.