Shirley Harkess, PhD

Highlights

• Coordinator of the KU Women’s Studies Programs from 1976-1979
• Director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center for Latin American Studies
• Editor of U.S. Department of Labor Women’s Bureau research report Women in High-Tech in 2001
• 1974: worked with the female Colombian politician Cornelia Flora in preparation for Colombian national elections
• Administrative Intern in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs
• 1977: Co-taught the first KU Women’s Studies Introductory core course, “Women in Literature and Society”