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I am a scholar in the fields of higher education and women's and gender studies.
Most recently, I worked at Louisiana State University as a faculty
member, director of Women’s & Gender Studies, director of the
Women’s Center, and coordinator of the higher education program.
Prior to my work there, I also had student affairs and research
experience in the Midwest.
Based on my professional and personal experiences, I believe that
educators have a responsibility to be empowering even as we work in
environments that are made complex by our diverse perspectives,
intentions, opportunities, and paradigms. In order to enhance our
abilities to learn from each other and contribute to a common social
good, my scholarly agenda focuses on three broad areas: feminist
education, identity and diversity in education, and civic education.
In each case, I foreground the social role of higher education in
creating inclusive and engaged communities. I welcome opportunities
to work with students, colleagues, administrators, and other
community members who share my interests.
Academic degrees
Ph.D. in educational administration, higher education concentration
University of Wisconsin-Madison: 1996
M.S. in educational administration, higher education concentration
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. in psychology and German
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Selected experience
Professor, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, August, 2007 –
Present
Department of Educational Policy and Administration
Associate professor (2002-2007) and assistant professor
(1996-2002), Louisiana State University
Coordinator, Higher Education Program, 2000 – 2007
Director, Women’s & Gender Studies Program (2005-2007), Louisiana
State University
Director, Women’s Center, (2001-2002), Louisiana State University
Selected publications
Ropers-Huilman, Becky, & Palmer, Betsy.
(Forthcoming in 2007). Civic and feminist education: Bridging
parallel approaches to teaching and learning. In Sue Bracken, Diane
Dean, & Jeanie Allen (Eds.) Most Students are Women: Implications
for College Faculty and Policymakers. Stylus Publishing.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky. (Forthcoming in 2007).
Women faculty and the dance of identities: Constructing self and
privilege within community. In Judith Glazer-Raymo (Ed.)
Unfinished business: Women, gender, and the new challenges of higher
education. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky, Carwile, Laura, &
Barnett, Kathy. (2005). Working the system: Student activists’
characterizations of and desired communication with higher education
administrators. Review of Higher Education, 28 (3), 295-312.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky. (Ed.). (2003).
Gendered futures in higher education: Critical perspectives for
change. Albany, NY: SUNY.
Glazer-Raymo, Judith, Townsend, Barbara, &
Ropers-Huilman, Becky. (Eds.). (2000). Women in American higher
education: A feminist perspective (Vol. 2). Needham Heights, MA:
Ginn.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky, & Graue, Beth. (1999).
Stumbling toward knowledge: Enacting qualitative research. In Carl
Grant (Ed.) Multicultural research: A reflective engagement with
race, class, gender, and sexual orientation (pp. 228-239).
London: Falmer.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky. (1999). Witnessing:
Critical inquiry in a poststructural world. International Journal
of Qualitative Studies in Education, 12 (1), 21-35.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky. (1999). Scholarship on
the other side: Power and caring in feminist education. National
Women’s Studies Association Journal, 11 (1), 118-135.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky. (1998). Feminist
teaching in theory and practice: Situating power and knowledge in
poststructural classrooms. New York: Teachers College.
Ropers-Huilman, Becky. (1998). Feminist teaching
in higher education. In John C. Smart (Ed.), Higher education:
Handbook of theory and research, 13 (pp. 274-303). Bronx, NY:
Agathon.
Teaching experiences and interests
Race and gender in higher education, curriculum and college
teaching, college students in the United States, qualitative
research methods, feminist theory
Current involvement in professional associations
- Editor, National Women’s Studies Association Journal:
2007-2012
- Editorial Advisory Board, The Review of Higher Education:
2007-Present
- Member, Association for the Study of Higher Education
Monograph Series Advisory Board: 2006-Present
- Member, Editorial Board and Reviewer, Innovative Higher
Education: 2005-Present
- Panel Member, American Association of University Women
Educational Foundation: 2008-2009
Selected honors
- LSU Foundation Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award, 2007.
- Outstanding Faculty Contribution, LSU Women’s & Gender
Studies, 2007.
- Distinguished Faculty Award, Louisiana State University,
2006.
- Dissertation of the Year Award, AERA SIG: Research on Women
in Education, 1997.
- Finalist and Cited for Excellence, Dissertation of the Year
Award, ASHE, 1996.
Complete curriculum vitae [.pdf]
September 2007
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