Staff
Ann Schonberger, Director
Ph.D., University
of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
Ann
has taught full-time at the University since 1976. After
fifteen years of teaching mathematics, she has directed
the Women in the Curriculum and Women’s Studies Program since 1991.
Besides administrative work she teaches one or two courses
a year on Women and Education, Women and Science, or Introduction
to Women’s Studies.
After
earning masters degrees in both mathematics and mathematics
teaching, Ann completed a Ph. D. in mathematics education.
Her dissertation on mathematical problem solving was one
of the first written on gender differences in mathematics.
She has also done research on women’s persistence
and performance in undergraduate majors in engineering
and the physical sciences. She is now a member of the Maine Feminist Oral History Project,
working on a collaborative history of Spruce Run, the battered
women’s project
in Bangor which was incorporated in 1973, making it one of the oldest in the country. This is truly a labor of love as
she has been on Spruce Run’s steering committee since
1978.
On April 30, 2001
Ann received the Presidential Public Service Award, presented to her at the Academic
Honors Convocation.
On May 1, 2006 she received the Merle Nelson Women Making a Difference Award at the state-wide annual meeting of Women, Work and Community.
A widow with two
grown children and four beautiful grandchildren, Ann enjoys
swimming, gardening, feminist mysteries, and travel.
Contact Ann at:
Mazie Hough, Associate Director
Ph.D.,
University of Maine, 1997
Mazie is an early
twentieth century American Social Historian with a focus
on women's history. Her dissertation was a comparative
study of the community response to unwed mothers in Maine
and Tennessee from 1874-1954. Her work has included research
on women and reform, legal history, social activism, and
Maine women's history. She is a member of the Somali Narratives Project - a collaborative, interdisciplinary project which is gathering interviews in Lewiston, Maine, in order to document the experiences of Somali immigrants there. She is also a member of the Maine Feminist Oral History Project which is working collectively
on a history of Spruce Run Association of Bangor, Maine,
one of the oldest domestic violence projects in the country.
Mazie teaches
Introduction to Women's Studies, Women's Studies Methodology,
Womanhood in America, Women and Globalization, and is also
co-teaching with Carol Toner, coordinator of the Maine
Studies Program and Research Associate and Assistant Professor
in History, a series of courses on Women and War. At WIC,
her many responsibilities include coordinating the Maryann
Hartman Awards, the WIC Lunch Series, Women's History Celebration,
and serving on several committees.
As a member of the International Affairs committee, she oversees the International Affairs Women's Studies concentration.
Contact Mazie
at:
Angela Hart, Administrative Assistant
Angela
joined Women in the Curriculum and Women's Studies Program
in the Fall of 2002. She first came to the University in
1989 to work in the Department of Modern Languages and Classics.
She has also enjoyed meeting and assisting students from
all over the world through her work with the Maine Hello
Program and the Office of International Programs. In addition to her regular duties, Angela maintains the program's website and extensive video library. She also serves on the Maryann Hartman Awards Committee, and the Women's History Celebration Committee. Angela attends UMaine on a part-time basis.
Contact Angela
at:
5728 Fernald
Hall, Room 101
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5728
(207) 581-1228
Angela.Hart@umit.maine.edu
