Item Details

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