Radcliffe Public Policy Fellows Address Varied Issues

Ten women -- including the associate research director of the Washington-based Economic Policy Institute, a former international representative of the Service Employees International Union, and the former editorial page editor of The Boston Globe -- are the current class of Public Policy Fellows at Radcliffe College.

The fellows, affiliated with the Radcliffe Public Policy Institute, will lecture and work on a variety of policy projects during this academic year.

The fellows include international relations and development experts Fauzia Ahmed and Kirsten Wever; journalists Florence Graves and Loretta McLaughlin; attorney and author Wendy Kaminer; and scholars and researchers Eileen Appelbaum, Lisa Dodson, Susan Eaton, Pamela Fraser-Abder, and Sharland Trotter.

As part of their tenure at Radcliffe College, public policy fellows contribute to Institute publications and give at least one presentation on their work. The fellows work individually and collaboratively in researching public policy issues.

The Radcliffe Public Policy Institute, established in 1993, works to engage women and men as full partners in shaping policy on important national, social, and economic issues. The Institute's goals are the partnership of women and men for responsible leadership, social justice through more robust and equitable policies, and a deeper understanding of our society. To achieve these goals, the Institute serves the public as a catalyst for constructive change by bringing together different constituencies to identify and design a bold agenda for the 21st century.

The Fellows

Fauzia Ahmed is the South Asia program coordinator at Oxfam America. She works with local groups in India and her native Bangladesh to implement and monitor development projects and disaster assistance.

Eileen Appelbaum is the associate research director of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. Her current research focuses on the reorganization of work in the apparel, steel, and electronic instruments industries.

Lisa Dodson is senior research associate and program evaluator at the Health Institute of Tufts/New England Medical Center. She supervises the methodology of research, the analysis of program data, and the reporting of results on a program serving low-income students in the Boston Public Schools.

Susan Eaton has devoted the past 15 years to the study of women, work, and public policy. For the past two years, she has been a research associate for the Ford Foundation-funded study, "Work/Family Balance, Gender Equity, and Productivity in the Workplace."

Pamela Fraser-Abder is an associate professor and science education program director at New York University. Her areas of interest include barriers to science and technology experienced by girls and people of diverse cultural backgrounds.

Florence Graves is a freelance journalist and investigative reporter. Her research focus is the imbalance of political power between women and men in Washington, including the impact of sexism on the country's social and political policies.

Wendy Kaminer, a contributing editor at The Atlantic Monthly, writes about politics, law, and culture. Her latest book, It's All the Rage: Crime and Culture, was published in 1995.

Loretta McLaughlin, the former editorial page editor at The Boston Globe, is an op-ed page columnist, covering major developments in medicine, science, medical economics, and world demographics. Her work has won numerous journalism awards and twice received editorial commendation from the New England Journal of Medicine.

Sharland Trotter is a psychologist in private practice in Brookline, Mass., and a clinical supervisor at the Cambridgeport Problem Center. She is a former children's advocate for the Massachusetts Advocacy Center and the former editor of the APA Monitor of the American Psychological Association.

Kirsten Wever is director of the German-American Project of the International Industrial Relations Association. Her research focus is comparative political economy and industrial relations.