Word: lewalski
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Barbara K. Lewalski, Kenan Professor ofEnglish, agrees: "Sheer numbers [of women inacademia] are going to make a difference in somefields, and are already doing...
...There is still the sense that [some women'sinterests] may not be very serious or legitimatescholarly business," says Lewalski, who ischairman of the History and Literature DepartmentJohnson says that those impressions vary bydepartment--psychology and even history are lessreceptive to feminist scholarship than English,she says...
Women faculty say they are unable to evade themany administrative and teaching demands placed onthem. "Women find it harder to say no than men do,and others find it harder to accept from women,"says Johnson. Lewalski says women try even harderthan men to accomplish everything, and that, as aconsequence, they fall more easily into thepattern of assuming departmental responsibility...
Morton W. Bloomfield, Porter Professor of English, cited the recent appointments of Marjorie Garber, professor of English, Barbara Lewalski, professor of History and Literature; and Helen Vendler, visiting professor of English and American Literature, along with the tenuring of Bercovich...
...good news is that their steady push for equal representation in the University's student body, faculty and administration is as strong as ever. The class of 1986 boasts a near-record 40 percent female population, and with the arrival of the History and Literature Department's Barbara Lewalski, the Faculty sports an all-time high of 16 tenured women. The installation of the Education School's Patricia A. Graham gives Harvard its first female dean ever...