Social Sciences

Social Sciences 

Anthropology

• Women of the Hearst Museum of Anthropology: Lila Morris O’Neale, Zelia Nuttall, Irene Sawyer, Berta Bascom, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, Museum Staff, Ira Jacknis, Research Anthropologist; Claire Ittner, PhD Candidate in the History of Art, UC Berkeley

• Ruth Tringham, Professor of Anthropology, Interview. Paula Fass and Christina Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s, Oral History Interviews Conducted 2019-2021

Archaeology

• Women in Archaeology at UC-Berkeley: An Unusual Richness

Margaret W. Conkey, Compiler, Class of 1960 Chair, Professor of Anthropology, Emerita, UC Berkeley Art Museum

Asian American Studies

• Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies.

Khatharya Um, Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies Department, UC Berkeley

Economics

• History of Women Faculty in Economics

Martha L. Olney, Teaching Professor, Emerita, Economics, UC Berkeley

• Clair Brown, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Society, Interview. Paula Fass and Christine Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s. Interviews conducted 2019-2021.

Ethnic Studies

• 150W: Matriarchs of TWLF* Ethnic Studies: A look into the history of the matriarchs of the Department of Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley

Jacquelyn Serrano, UC Berkeley Class of '20, multimedia artist

Gender and Women’s Studies

• A Quiet Struggle: Women’s Studies at Berkeley

“Against the Grain,” Chronicle of the University of California (5) Spring 2002

Gloria Bowles, Founding coordinator of Women’s Studies, UC Berkeley, Ph.D. Comparative Literature

• Reclaiming Our 1970s Feminist History: Creating the Berkeley Women’s Studies Movement Archive in the Bancroft Library

Judy Wells, Ph.D. UCB, Bay Area Poet, Author, Academic, Feminist

• The History of Women's Studies is a History of Conflict. Published by Public Books September 10, 2025. Annabel Barry, Caroline Godard and Anna Park, Bay Area Feminist Collective

History

Women in the Department of History

Mary Elizabeth Berry, Author & Compiler, Class of 1944 Professor of History Emerita, UC Berkeley (pdf of whole)

Front Matter: Introduction, Note to Readers, Sources (pdf of section)

• Part I. The Chronology of Faculty Appointments of Women, 1958-2020
• Part II: The First Nineteen Women Faculty Members, 1958-1999

An extended profile of Adrienne Koch (1958-65), written by David Holliger, followed by short bios of her 20th -century successors written by Mary Elizabeth Berry.

• Part III: Voices, Personal Contributions from Some of the First Nineteen. Entry for Mary Elizabeth Berry provides a broader history of the Department.
• Part IV: A Survey of Women Who Received Ph.D. Degrees from the Department of History, Focus on 1919-1979. Mary Elizabeth Berry

Introduction and Statistical Summary, Profiles by Decade

• Part V: Documents: Adrienne Koch, “Two Cheers for Equality,” 1963 Elizabeth Colson and Elizabeth Scott, “Report of the Subcommittee on the Status of Academic Women on the Berkeley Campus,” 1970
• Adrienne Koch.

David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of History Emeritus, UC Berkeley

Natalie Zemon Davis, Professor of History, Interview. Paula Fass and Christine Maslach,

Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s. Interviews conducted 2019-2021

• Paula Fass, Margaret S. Byrne Professor Emerita, Interview. Paula Fass and Christine Maslach, "Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s." Interviews conducted 2019-2021

Linguistics

• Women in Berkeley Linguistics

Andrew Garrett, Compiler, Professor of Linguistics, UC Berkeley

• Robin Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, Interview. Paula Fass and Christina Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s, Interviews conducted 2019-2021
• Leanne Hinton, Professor of Linguistics, Interview. Paula Fass and Christina Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s, Interviews conducted 2019-2021

Near Eastern Studies

• Women in the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures Francesca Rochberg, Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies and the Office for the History of Science and Technology, UC Berkeley

Political Science

• Women in Political Science

Ritika Goel, Graduate Student, and Professor Alison Post, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley

• Four Women in California Politics

Edward Lempinen, Berkeley News, October 2, 2020

Psychology

• A Social History of Female Faculty in Psychology at UC Berkeley (1888-2021)

Part I: 10 Trailblazing Women from Psychology who Attained Notable “Firsts”

Rhona S. Weinstein, Professor of the Graduate School, Department of Psychology, UC Berkeley

Part II: Celebrating our Female Ph.D. Graduates in Psychology

Rhona S. Weinstein; Ozlem Ayduk, and Sheri L. Johnson Professors of Psychology Part III: The Social History of the Female Faculty in Psychology at Berkeley  Rhona S.

Weinstein, Ozlem Ayduk, and Sheri L. Johnson Professors of Psychology

• Christina Maslach, Professor of Psychology, Interview. Paula Fass and Christine Maslach, Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s. Interviews conducted 2019-2021
• Rhona Weinstein, Professor of Psychology Interview; Paula Fass and Christina Maslach,

Academic Pioneers: Women at Berkeley in the 1970s and 1980s, Interviews conducted 2019-2021.

Sociology

• Celebrating the Women Behind UC Berkeley Sociology

Compilers: David Harding, Sociology Chair, Noah Barrientos, Sociology Department Manager, Allena Cayce, Communications Manager, Nataly Torres, Student Assistant, Class of 2026

• Life's Work: History, Biography, and Ideas

Ann Swidler. Annual Review of Sociology. 2023. 49:21–37

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