[Oral History Program interview with Mariamne Whatley, 2010. Second interview of 2 ]

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Whatley, Mariamne H., interviewee

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In her three April 2010 interviews with Bob Lange, Mariamne Whatley discusses her early life and influences and her career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She relates her early interest in ...

In her three April 2010 interviews with Bob Lange, Mariamne Whatley discusses her early life and influences and her career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She relates her early interest in literature, her education at Radcliffe College and Northwestern University, and her eventual moved to plant pathology and women's studies. At UW, she outlines various positions and responsibilities she's held from the late 1970s to the late 2000s--postdoctoral researcher in plant pathology, lecturer and chair of the Women's Studies department (and LGBT program), professor of Curriculum and Instruction and associate Dean of the School of Education. Further, Whatley shares her insights about teaching, the progress of feminist studies, equity, and the future of the university. This interview was conducted for inclusion in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Oral History Project.

Keywords: University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jewish culture; Frank Lloyd Wright; Taliesin; Usonia (in Pleasantville NY); art and architecture; New York City; the 1960s; Radcliffe College (now part of Harvard University); Northwestern University; plant pathology; Luis Sequeira; Women's Studies (now Dept. of Gender and Women's Studies); "Women and their Bodies in Health and Disease"; Judith Leavitt; LGBT program; teaching; chairpersonship; School of Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; Elaine Marks; Carolyn "Biddy" Martin; Donna Shalala; tenure; Virginia Sapiro; Nancy Worcester; sexual harassment cases; John and Tasha Morgridge; Charles Read; Julie Underwood; women's rugby.

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