Alice Rossi: Politics, Science and Feminism
Second Annual Alice S. and Peter H. Rossi Lecture
"Alice Rossi: Politics, Science and Feminism"
Moderated by: Dr. JoAnn Miller ’84, Professor of Sociology, Purdue University; panelists: Sheila Tobias, Independent Lecturer and Writer, "Situating Alice Rossi in Feminism's Second Wave"; and Dr. Joan Huber, Professsor of Sociology and Provost Emeritus, Ohio State University
3:30 p.m., Amherst Room, Campus Center 10th Floor; reception to follow. Free and open to the public. Handicap access is available.
Alice S. Rossi, who retired from UMass Amherst in 1991 as the Harriet Martineau Professor of Sociology and who will attend the lecture, is a founding member of the National Organization for Women. She was the catalyst behind the creation of Sociologists for Women in Society. She also served as the 74th President of the American Sociological Association. Professor Rossi was on the faculty of the University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College before coming to UMass Amherst in 1974. She conducted some of her most influential survey research as a member of the Social and Demographic Research Institute here. Her groundbreaking research and writings on feminism appeared in both academic journals and the popular press. She is the editor of the acclaimed Feminist Papers (1974, Bantam) and author of Sexuality Across the Life Course (1994, University of Chicago Press).
