National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE): Executive Board

US Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education (OCTAE): Moderator, Advancing Equity in Adult, Community College, and Career and Technical Education Online Community

National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE): Member, Human Subjects Research Internal Review Board

National Science Foundation:  Panel Reviewer

Next Steps Working Group: US Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education

Advancing Equity in Career and Technical Education: A Review of the Literature

Creating Pathways to Leadership: An Academy Model for Leadership Development in Career Pathways Implementation for Career and Technical Education

Men in Women's Jobs

First published in 1985, the Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through Education quickly established itself as the essential reference work concerning gender equity in education. This new, expanded edition provides a 20-year retrospective of the field, one that has the great advantage of documenting U.S. national data on the gains and losses in the efforts to advance gender equality through policies such as Title IX, the landmark federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education, equity programs and research. Key features include: Expertise – Like its predecessor, over 200 expert authors and reviewers provide accurate, consensus, research-based information on the nature of gender equity challenges and what is needed to meet them at all levels of education. Content Area Focus – The analysis of gender equity within specific curriculum areas has been expanded from 6 to 10 chapters including mathematics, science, and engineering. Global/Diversity Focus – Global gender equity is addressed in a separate chapter as well as in numerous other chapters. The expanded section on gender equity strategies for diverse populations contains seven chapters on African Americans, Latina/os, Asian and Pacific Island Americans, American Indians, gifted students, students with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students.  Action Oriented – All chapters contain practical recommendations for making education activities and outcomes more gender equitable. A final chapter consolidates individual chapter recommendations for educators, policymakers, and researchers to achieve gender equity in and through education. New Material – Expanded from 25 to 31 chapters, this new edition includes: *more emphasis on male gender equity and on sexuality issues;*special within population gender equity challenges (race, ability and disability, etc);*coeducation and single sex education;*increased use of rigorous research strategies such as meta-analysis showing more sex similarities and fewer sex differences and of evaluations of implementation programs;*technology and gender equity is now treated in three chapters;*women’s and gender studies;*communication skills relating to English, bilingual, and foreign language learning; and*history and implementation of Title IX and other federal and state policies. Since there is so much misleading information about gender equity and education, this Handbook will be essential for anyone who wants accurate, research-based information on controversial gender equity issues—journalists, policy makers, teachers, Title IX coordinators, equity trainers, women’s and gender study faculty, students, and parents.

Handbook for Achieving Gender Equity Through Education

Villanova University was founded in 1842 by the Order of Saint Augustine. To this day, Villanova’s Augustinian Catholic intellectual tradition is the cornerstone of an academic community in which students learn to think critically, act compassionately and succeed while serving others. Villanova prepares students to become ethical leaders who create positive change everywhere life takes them.


The strength of the Villanova experience comes in part from the University’s welcoming community. All members are bonded together by a shared responsibility to uphold the ideals of Saint Augustine and let the principles of truth, unity and love guide their lives. The Villanova community helps students grow intellectually, professionally and spiritually, and challenges them to reach their full potential.


The University’s rigorous academic experience, rooted in the liberal arts, forms an environment in which students and professors are partners in learning. The Villanova community is dedicated to providing a personalized experience that fosters every student’s intellectual and spiritual well-being. As part of their education, students are encouraged to enrich their own lives by working for those in need. Through academic and service programs, students use their knowledge, skills and compassion to better the world around them.


There are more than 10,000 undergraduate, graduate and law students in the University’s six colleges—the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Villanova School of Business, the College of Engineering, the College of Nursing, the College of Professional Studies and the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. These colleges are the setting for an experience that develops both the heart and the mind, and creates the atmosphere where students are called to ignite change.


Villanova University is located in a suburban community 12 miles west of Philadelphia, Pa.

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The founding director of the Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership at Villanova University, Dr. Teresa "Terri" Boyer is a go-to media source on issues of gender equity, women in the workforce, work-life balance, women's education and leadership development. 

Dr. Boyer is an accomplished author who has published widely on educational and workforce equity, institutional reform for equity, women's education and leadership, the effectiveness of equity programs and assessment and teacher training. Prior to Villanova, she served as executive director of the Center for Women and Work and as an assistant research professor at Rutgers University. 

Dr. Boyer regularly speaks nationally on topics related to advancing women in education and the workplace and has worked with dozens of major companies and institutions on gender initiatives.

Equity in Education

Work-Life Balance

Women's Advancement

Pay Equity

Gender Equity

Women in the Workforce

Women's Leadership

#MeToo

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Leadership Faces the "Good Kind" of Identity Crisis

Cherelle Parker Made History as the First Woman Elected Philly Mayor. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Women Dominate Golden Globe Directing Category for First Time

2020 Saw Great Strides for Women, but It Also Exposed Inequities We Should Fix in 2021

When You Are Interrupted, How to Be Heard

A Woman Has Not Won a Screenwriting Oscar Since the George W. Bush Administration. Activists Call It a Travesty.

Getting Women's Soccer Team Equal Pay for Equal Work More Complicated Than It Seems

World Bank: American Women Lag Behind International Peers

Miss America Changes

#MeToo Shone at the Grammys and Davos, but Was It Just Lip Service?

One Year Later: How Inaugural Women's March Sparked a Movement

The Lack of Women Leaders Is a National Emergency

Dr. Teresa Boyer

Advancing Equity in Career and Technical Education

Technical Assistance for Implementing Career Pathways Systems Initiative

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Founding Director, Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership; Associate Professor, Education and Counseling

 For the first time in the Golden Globes Awards’ history, three women were nominated for best director. "We went from barely getting one in a category to a majority," said Teresa Boyer, EdD, founding director of Villanova University's Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership. 

But why are we seeing this change in narrative in 2021? 

"One wonders if this is in response to the pushback from so many past years, a growth in dogged pursuit of success of the women in the field or a change in both how we may have viewed movies and television in the past year," said Dr. Boyer. "While likely all of the above, one would think that the way we viewed our screen-based entertainment, with the majority being streaming activities, might have allowed audiences to explore films they would not have been as likely to pursue in the traditional 'group-goes-to-a-theater' method."

Not only is there more to watch using streaming services, but online platforms could also allow for more diversity in options. 

"When we have the opportunity to choose anything we like, without being beholden to others in our social groups, we may find that the directors’ lenses are a better match to those of their audience."

Increased options could also help more people see themselves represented on screen. 

"There is a reason why we say, 'representation matters.' For young women and people of color with an interest in the field, being able to see people who look like them lauded in the most highly prized mainstream award ceremonies sends the message that they too are welcome... and their leadership potential is not limited. It may also open the eyes of their peers and others in the field who previously discounted the value of their work and potential based solely on their perceptions of who should be making films."



Villanova Expert Reflects on Historic Number of Golden Globe-Nominated Female Directors

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History was made on Saturday, November 7, when Kamala Harris was elected vice president of the United States, 100 years after women first won the right to vote.

"Although our new president will look like almost all the others we have had in our history, the fact that we will have a woman of color in the second highest position in our executive branch for the first time ever has an importance that cannot be understated," says Teresa Boyer, EdD, director of the Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership at Villanova University. "When it comes to our highest office, Americans have been famously resistant and behind other countries in selecting a woman for the role.  Perhaps having a woman in the vice presidency could shift that barrier that we haven't seemed to get past."

 
Dr. Boyer adds, "We will also have a record number of women in this congressional delegation. Although Democrats have historically sent the most women to Congress, this year, the Republicans are the ones who set a record, with at least 32 women in the House and Senate—two more than their previous record of 20 in 2006. Democrats still have the greater representation of women, though, with at least 102."

 
"Themes of gender and race have been threaded throughout this election, as they underlie many of the crises we are currently facing as a nation. The tight races mixed with progress on women's representation indicate a national culture on the cusp of change—one exploring openness to diverse identities in the role of public leader. Not so much a wave as a slow inching forward—but forward nonetheless."

"Many have said Biden will be a transitional president—due to his age, and his role as a party elder—but perhaps he would be better noted as a potentially transformational president, or a conduit to the diverse America reflected in our leadership."



Kamala Harris Is First Woman, and Woman of Color, Elected Vice President

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"With her passing, feminist icon and jurist Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves a legacy in both her formal role as a Supreme Court justice and author of some of the most important legal opinions during her service as well as her advocacy for gender equity," says  Teresa Boyer, EdD, founding director of Villanova University's Anne Welsh McNulty Institute for Women's Leadership.

In her personal and professional life, Ginsburg created a map for women to be the equals of the most powerful leaders in our nation. 

"By all accounts she was a brilliant legal mind, and from the start of her career she leveraged that mind to fight for the rights of those she felt were denied them, especially women," says Dr. Boyer. "Despite her decidedly liberal stance, she held a close personal friendship with her strongest conservative opposition on the Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia. Even with their intellectual differences, they held each other as equals, respecting each other's work. In a time when cross-gender friendships were rare, especially where a woman was as powerful as a man, Ginsburg once again showed that gender needn't dictate one's status in life."

"Although Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman to sit on the nation's highest court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the one that became a literal feminist icon," notes Dr. Boyer. "Ginsburg was unapologetically fierce in her opinions, both legal and otherwise. It is this ferocity which earned her the status 'Notorious RBG.' Especially in the early days of Ginsburg's career (and some would argue even today), women could hold opinions, but to be fierce and unapologetic about them was distinctly unfeminine."

The images of Ginsburg wearing her lace collar, lipstick and jewelry were a deliberate contrast, owning her femininity at the same time she owned her power. "That iconic image will be upheld for decades to come—and I suspect a run on black robes and lace collars for Halloween this year," says Dr. Boyer.




The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Teresa Boyer, founding director of the Anne Welsh McNulty Instite for Women's Leadership, joins KCBS in San Francisco to discuss the internal memo at Google about gender diversity.

KCBS San Francisco Addressing the Google memo and gender diversity

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