Dr. Sue V. Rosser
Dr. Rosser received her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1973. Since July 1999, she has served as Dean of Ivan Allen College, the liberal arts college at Georgia Tech, where she is also Professor of History, Technology, and Society. From 1995-1999, she was Director for the Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research and Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida-Gainesville. In 1995, she was Senior Program Officer for Women's Programs at the National Science Foundation. From 1986 to 1995 she served as Director of Women’s Studies at the University of South Carolina, where she also was a Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine in the Medical School.
She has edited collections and written approximately 115 journal articles on the theoretical and applied problems of women, science, and technology and women's health. She is author of nine books: Teaching Science and Health from a Feminist Perspective: A Practical Guide (1986); Feminism within the Science and Health Care Professions: Overcoming Resistance (1988); Female-Friendly Science (1990); Feminism and Biology: A Dynamic Interaction (1992); Women's Health: Missing from U.S. Medicine (1994); Teaching the Majority (1995); Re-engineering Female Friendly Science (1997); Women, Science, and Society: The Crucial Union (2000); and her latest book is The Science Glass Ceiling: Academic Women Scientists and the Struggle to Succeed (Routledge, 2004). She also served as the Latin and North American Co-editor of Women's Studies International Forum from 1989-1993 and currently serves on the editorial boards of NWSA Journal; Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering; Transformations; and Women's Studies Quarterly. She has received several grants from the National Science Foundation, including "A USC System Model for Transformation of Science and Math Teaching to Reach Women in Varied Campus Settings" and "POWRE Workshop." Currently she serves as co-PI on Georgia Tech's $3.7 million ADVANCE NSF grant (2001-2005). During the fall of 1993, she was Visiting Distinguished Professor for the University of Wisconsin System Women in Science Project.