Meet The Team

Using the Hopkins collection, students in Prof. Joseph’s fall 2019 semester courses Introduction to Gender and Women’s Studies and Organizational Communication explored gender discrimination and stereotyping by conducting a textual analysis of the collection’s artifacts. A student research team was selected from these classes and took a deeper dive into the archival materials. While the original intent of this research was to culminate in a physical exhibit with our partner, the Taubman Museum of Art, the pandemic and death of our archivist, Beth Harris, has necessitated a digital exhibit instead. Our sincere hope is that this digital exhibit will have a broad reach, providing education to a variety of audiences regarding one woman’s experience with discrimination and stereotyping and her Supreme Court victory which continues to influence workplace discrimination legal decisions.

The student team worked alongside Hollins faculty and staff members to complete the exhibition.

Team Consultant:

This project was made possible by the CIC’s Humanities Research for the Public Good grant, intended to promote knowledge about underutilized collections through undergraduate research and partnerships between institutions and their local communities. Through their generosity, Hollins students received the opportunity to work directly with the special collection and create their own exhibit on discrimination in the workplace.