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DeShazer, Mary (Video Interview)

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coverage
Virtual (Zoom)
Winston-Salem (N.C.)
creator
Zanish-Belcher, Tanya
DeShazer, Mary
date
2022-08-08T15:06:14Z
2022-08-08T15:06:14Z
2022-08-08 (issued)
description
Dr. Mary DeShazer grew up in a working class family and first found her interest in women's studies while earning her PhD. In this interview she recalls her coursework in women's studies and how this informed her future research and teaching. When DeShazer first came to Wake Forest University as a Visiting Professor, she particpated in an interdisciplinary faculty group that fostered the development of coursework on women's studies. Ultimately, Dr. DeShazer was selected as the first Director of Women's Studies. She recounts the interview process and how open and welcoming the faculty at Wake Forest were to the idea of creating a Women's Studies department. DeShazer also recalls the challenged that she and other involved faced in starting the program. She served as Director from 1987 to 1995.
format
video/mp4
0:54:47
oral histories (document genres)
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10339/101138
language
English
relation
Special Collections and Archives
Z. Smith Reynolds Library
Wake Forest University
History of Wake Forest University oral histories (RG53.1.2 )
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subject
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Faculty interviews
DeShazer, Mary
Expanded Wake Voices
Wake Forest University--History
Oral history
Women's studies
title
DeShazer, Mary (Video Interview)
type
Moving Image

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