Sheila Bennett
Sheila K BennettEmeritus Professor of Sociology
Joined faculty in 1990
Ph.D., North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., Wellesley
Contact Information
Scholarly Interest
Desecularization and the Turkish national state
Tibetian history and contemporary society
Individual and institutional outcomes of study abroad and internationalizing the curriculum
Research
Historical change and women’s roles in 20th century America
Women in the labor force
Cross-cultural study of women’s achievement orientation
Gender bias in teaching evaluation
Institutional climates and learning outcomes for male and female students
Women in higher education administration
Courses Taught
Courses taught 2003-04:
First Year Seminar:
Birth and Fortune
Asian Studies:
Istanbul and the Ottoman World
Tibet Incarnate: Understanding Contemporary Tibet
Sociology:
Introductory Sociology
Social Change and the Individual
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Consultant for International Programs and Director, Initiative to Reconfigure Partnerships in Global Education (Ford Foundation, Trinity College, January-August 2003)
Co-Director: Forum ’98, National Conference on Women’s Policy Agenda for the 21st Century
Institutional consultancies: institutional planning, study abroad programming member and chair, regional accrediting teams
Professional development travel seminars: Hays-Fulbright Faculty Seminar, Turkey Freeman Foundation Faculty Seminar, China
Other professional travel and consultancies: Middle East, South and East Asia, Tibet, Eastern Europe
Board memberships: National Women’s Hall of Fame National Collaborative for Women’s Historic Sites Geneva Family YMCA
Honors and recognitions: Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi