Conference Presenter Background and Biographies
Dr. Zimpher was president of the University of Cincinnati, an urban research university with an enrollment of more than 37,000 students, comprised of 16 colleges, an academic medical and research center and an annual budget of $1 billion.
Zimpher holds a bachelor's degree in English education and speech, a master's degree in English literature, and a PhD in teacher education and administration in higher education, all from The Ohio State University.
Zimpher is married to Dr. Kenneth R. Howey, a Research Professor in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services at the University of Cincinnati. He was previously on the faculties of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, the University of Minnesota, and The Ohio State University. He is a former teacher, principal, and laboratory school director.
Sarah Fenstermaker is Professor of Sociology and Feminist Studies at UCSanta Barbara. Sarah grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana and graduated from Goucher College, in Maryland. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and has been on the faculty at UCSB for 33 years. Her research on women and work, domestic labor, family violence, and the workings of gender, race, and class have resulted in a long list of publications. A co-authored article was the 1998 "Distinguished Article in Gender," awarded by the American Sociological Association. Her publications also include an edited volume, INDIVIDUAL VOICES, COLLECTIVE VISIONS: FIFTY YEARS OF WOMEN IN SOCIOLOGY, published by Temple University Press and DOING GENDER, DOING DIFFERENCE: INEQUALITY, POWER, AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, published by Routledge. In collaboration with colleagues John Mohr and Joe Castro, Sarah is co-PI of a Ford Foundation funded project, "Individuals and Institutional Cultures: Faculty as Change Agents", a national survey of the professoriate. Her most recent project is a collaboration with her colleague Nikki Jones, a book to be published by Routledge, entitled, BACKSTORIES: SOCIOLOGISTS ANSWER 10 QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
Sarah is well-known for her extensive campus administrative service. She was the founding chair of the UCSB Women's Studies Program; and co-founded the UCSB Senior Women's Council. Sarah has served as the Associate Dean of the Graduate Division; as Vice-Chair of the UCSB Academic Senate; as co-chair of the Chancellor's Task Force on Diversity, and was the Chancellor's Special Assistant for K-12 Outreach Coordination. She was the founding chair of the UCSB Chancellor's Outreach Advisory Board. She is presently the chair of the Academic Senate Committee on Privilege and Tenure. She has been a member of the Santa
Barbara Choral Society for 28 years. Her daughter Rachel recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and is now working in Los Angeles.
Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo is Professor of Geography at SUNY College at Cortland. Ibipo received her Bachelor's degree in Education at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, her home country. She has a Master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education; her PhD in Geography is from Clark University, Worcester Massachusetts; and she has been a member of the SUNY Cortland faculty for 21 years.
Ibipo's scholarly work integrates gender and ethnicity into geographic research and curriculum. A recipient of SUNY Cortland's Outstanding Research Award, her publications include several journal articles, book chapters, book reviews, two co-edited books, and two co-authored books, among which are Issues in Africa and the African Diaspora in the 21st Century, and Diversity, Multiculturalism and Social Justice published by Binghamton University Global Publications.
Ibipo's research on women's journey to work has attained authoritative levels in the discipline and is extensively cited. Her professional service activities also contribute to the national-level visibility of her affiliation with SUNY Cortland's Geography Department. She has served on the editorial boards of Gender, Place and Culture, African Geographical Review, and WAGADU: Journal of Transnational Women's and Gender Studies. She has also served on the executive boards of the Geographic Perspectives on Women Specialty Group, The College Board's Advanced Placement Test Development Committee, and the Cortland YWCA. She was past President of the New York African Studies Association, and was a member of the United States delegation to the YWCA World Council held in Nairobi, Kenya in July 2007.
Dolores E Battle, Ph. D. is Senior Advisor to the President for Equity and Campus Diversity and Professor of Speech Language Pathology at Buffalo State College where she has been employed for the past 39 years. A leader in her academic discipline, she is a Fellow in the American Speech and Hearing Association and is also former president of both the American Speech Language Hearing Association and the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.
She is on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. She is a widely published scholar in the area of communication disorders in culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
Patricia Francis serves as Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment and Effectiveness at the State University of New York College at Oneonta. From 2004 to 2007 she was Assistant Provost for University Assessment and Academic Initiatives at SUNY System Administration in Albany. Prior to joining SUNY System, she served as Executive Assistant to the President and Professor and Chairperson of Psychology at SUNY Cortland. While at Cortland, she was also a founding member of the original Minority and Women's Studies Council, and she chaired the Multicultural and Gender Studies Council from 1988-92. In her present position, she has responsibility for monitoring and evaluating SUNY Oneonta's Strategic Plan on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Dr. Francis received her Bachelor of Arts degree and Master's degree in Psychology from West Virginia University and her Ph.D. in Life Span Developmental Psychology from the University of Oklahoma.
President Ryerson has been honored with a variety of awards including the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II Chief Executive Leadership Award; a New York State Senate Woman of Distinction Award; the Girls Inc. of CNY Spirit of American Women National Role Model for Girls Award; the Central New York Chapter of The Public Relations Society of America Communications Advocate Award; a Post-Standard Achievement Award; and a Seven Lakes Girl Scout Council Woman of Distinction Award.A native of Jamestown, New York, she earned her bachelor's degree from Wells and her master of science degree from the State University of New York at Cortland. She resides in Aurora with her husband, George E. Farenthold, and three daughters Annie, Carol, and Julie.
Dr. Sydow began her career at Southwest Virginia Community College as an English professor where, as a result of scholarly achievement, she was awarded the Faculty-Scholar Award. Later, as Dean of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division at the same college, she initiated successful programs in faculty development, outcomes assessment, and distance education. Dr. Sydow served as lead researcher and writer for the Virginia Community College System's highly acclaimed professional development program. Just prior to assuming the presidency at Onondaga Community College, Dr. Sydow served as Vice President of Academic and Student Services, and for a time as Acting President, at Mountain Empire Community College.
A native of Virginia, Dr. Sydow earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Virginia's College at Wise, a Master of Arts degree in English from Marquette University, and a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She completed post-graduate work in community college administration at Virginia Tech and is an alumna of the American Council on Education's Fellows program.