As part of the Retold UVA program, join Lifetime Learning as we celebrate a century of women faculty members who broke barriers and diversified classrooms and research labs at the University of Virginia. We will discuss women like Thelma Brumfield Dunn (Med ’26), who started as the first female faculty member at the School of Medicine in 1927, and Doris Kuhlmann-Wilsdorf, the first woman named as a full professor outside the schools of Medicine and Nursing. From astronauts to poet laureates, women faculty members have transformed the educational and research landscapes at UVA.
Abby Palko, director of the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center, and Phyllis Leffler, professor emerita of history, will narrate highlights from this fascinating history. They will be joined by panelists Sharon Hostler, Emerita Birdsong Professor of Pediatrics; Farzaneh Milani, Raymond J. Nelson Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures, and professor in the Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality; and Mildred Robinson, Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation Professor of Law Emeritus, who will share their own experiences.
This event is sponsored by UVA’s Lifetime Learning program for the Retold UVA celebration to recognize 100 years of women’s contributions to the University community.