In 1980, Catharine Stimpson became Professor of English at Rutgers University, where she also led the Institute for Research on Women, was Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education. In 2010, she became Dean Emerita at New York University, where she has appointments in the Department of English, the Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy, and the Law School. Stimpson is also the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society and served in this capacity from 1975 to 1980. Stimpson advocates for public higher education and the existence of women’s colleges and educational spaces. She outlines strategies for the success of public institutions and considers the future of women’s education in the United States.
This video is part of the Women’s Education and Leadership Digital Collection at Rutgers. The project is a continuation of the work started by the Institute for Women’s Leadership’s 2016 documentary film, From the Boarding House to the Boardroom: 250 Years of Women at Rutgers, commissioned as part of Rutgers University 250th anniversary celebration. In collaboration with the Margery Somers Foster Center and the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, the IWL strives to preserve and curate the materials collected as part of this documentary project, developing a digital platform accessible to the public. The IWL hopes to expand to this collection, capturing the transformative contributions of women at Rutgers University and sharing their leadership stories with future generations of students and scholars.
Watch the short documentary about women in Rutgers’ history, ‘From the Boarding House to the Boardroom: 250 Years of Women at Rutgers,’ here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ST9v...