Word: ameer
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...English and American Literature and Language, women concentrators outnumber men by more than two to one. At present there are 198 female students and 88 male students. “The gender breakdown has always been that way,” says undergraduate English programs administrator Inge-Lise Ameer, though she admits she is unsure why this is so. “One factor could be the gender breakdown of professors. I’ve never had anyone say to me ‘that’s why I chose to do English’ but that...
...Ameer emphasizes that despite its majority female undergraduate enrollment, the English department is by no means an exclusionary women’s domain. “We want to make it a comfortable and open environment for everyone, no matter what their sex,” she stresses. To this end the department recently instituted an overhaul of its entire departmental advising structure, with the hope of creating a more open and accessible environment for prospective concentrators. The department has instituted thrice-weekly e-mail updates, walk-in advising hours and special reading events. Ameer hopes these new initiatives will...