GW Experts Available to Discuss Women’s History Month

At a time when the nation is wrestling with many issues related to women’s rights, it’s important to look at the gender pay gap, sexuality and feminism. The following George Washington University faculty experts can comment on a wide range of women’s issues, including the nature of Hillary Clinton’s race. 

 

 

 

Cynthia Deitch is an associate professor of women’s studies. She is an expert on sexual harassment in education and work settings. She has written about sexual harassment of low wage income workers and women in blue-collar workplaces. She can talk about how Hillary Clinton’s race relates to women’s issues. 

 

Chad Heap is an associate professor of American studies. He is an expert on the connection between sexuality and nightlife; with a particular focus on how urban culture and space helped shape Americans’ understanding of sexual practices and contributed to the emergence of new sexual communities. His book “Slumming: Sexual and Racial Encounters in American Nightlife, 1885-1940,” shows how racial and sexual difference was transformed in turn-of-the-century U.S. cities. 

 

Erin Chapman is an associate professor of history. She is an expert on black feminism, specifically how African-American women’s images and bodies pervaded U.S. society in the midst of transformations in race, politics and popular culture in the early 20th century. Her book “Prove It On Me: New Negroes, Sex, and Popular Culture in the 1920s,” studies transformations in the function of race and sexuality in the modern era. 

 

Naomi Cahn is the Harold H. Greene Professor of Law. She is available to comment on 19th century women's legal history, domestic and international women's rights and feminist jurisprudence.