Charlene Gilbert, professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at The University of Toledo, recently returned to campus after serving as an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2010-2011 academic year. Gilbert will be serving as the new Chair of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies in the College of Languages, Literature and Social Sciences.
Gilbert came to UT in 2007 from American University in Washington, D.C. where she was a documentary filmmaker and a tenured Associate Professor in the School of Communication. She is the past recipient of Harvard University’s Radcliffe Fellowship and the Rockefeller Media Arts Fellowship. Her documentary films have been screened nationally on PBS and in film festivals across the country. She is also the co-author of Homecoming, published by Beacon Press, as a companion book to her highly acclaimed film of the same title.
Gilbert spent the past year exploring issues in higher education with a focus on leadership, strategic planning and best practices in retention and graduation. The fellowship program provided Gilbert with the opportunity to learn specifically about transfer policies and institutional partnerships while serving with President Larry McDougle at Owens Community College and visiting universities across the country including Wayne State University, Barnard College and DePaul University.
“I have gained a tremendous amount of respect for the challenges facing students who are arriving at universities from a variety of backgrounds, academic experiences and life circumstances,” Gilbert said.
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