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Women in History Spotlight
Barbara A. Yates
Barbara A. Yates was the founding and first Director of the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP), serving from 1980 to 1985. She received her PhD in comparative education and history from Columbia University. She is a Professor Emerita in Comparative Education at the University of Illinois and a pioneer in the field of women in international development. Barbara established WGGP through interdisciplinary efforts of the Committee on Women in Development on campus and funding from a Title XII Strengthening Grant of the Foreign Assistance Act.The Women in History Wednesday...
- Anita Kaiser, the associate director of the Center for the Study of Global Gender Equity, is among eight staff and academic professional employees recognized by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences for their outstanding professional contributions... Read full story
Alumni Spotlight
Bala Saho
Bala Saho is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Saho received his MA in African Studies and the GRID Minor in 2007 from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He received his PhD in History from Michigan State University.
He will be participating in the upcoming WGGP 40th Anniversary Symposium on March 4, 2021 with his talk entitled, "Ritualizing the Womb: Kañeleng Women’s Resolve to Counter Infertility in the Senegambia"