Leadership
The Executive Committee spearheads the celebration of women, past and present, at Cal. The History Steering Committee is responsible for collecting, creating and archiving information about the rich history of the contributions of women to UC Berkeley. The History Advisory Committee guides the History committee with their knowledge and advice. 150W is also grateful to many other contributors who have attended 150W meetings, created content, helped publicize events, and so much more! Thank you!
Executive Committee
- Sharon Inkelas (Professor, Department of Linguistics; and Special Faculty Advisor to the Chancellor on Sexual Violence/Sexual Harassment)
- Oliver O'Reilly (Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; and Chair of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate, 2019-20)
- La Dawn Duvall (Public Affairs)
- Jill Finlayson (Women in Tech Initiative)
- Briana Kaler (Campus Ambassador; Undergraduate Student)
History Steering Committee
- Catherine Gallagher (Professor Emerita, Department of English) [Co-chair]
- Sheila Humphreys (Emerita Director of Diversity, EECS) [Co-chair]
- Janet Broughton
- Catherine Ceniza Choy
- Margaret Conkey
- Fiona Doyle
- Paula Fass
- Jill Finlayson
- Lisa Garcia-Bedolla
- David Hollinger
- Catherine Koshland
- Christina Maslach
- Kathryn M. Neal
- Tianna Paschel
- Angelica Stacy
History Advisory Committee
- Alice M. Agogino
- Cici Ambrosio
- Zach Bleemer
- Lillian Castillo-Speed
- Lupe Gallegos-Diaz
- Joan Finnie
- Laura Furney
- Susan Graham
- Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
- Cloey Hewitt
- Shannon Jackson
- Georgina Kleege
- Leslie Kurke
- Grace Lavery
- Marcia C. Linn
- Anne Jane Maclachlan
- Martha Olney
- Mary Ann Smart
- Christiane Stachl
- Susan Irene Stone
- Ula Taylor
- Rhona Weinstein
- Gia White
Other Important Contributors
- Megan A Amaral
- Lishelle Blakemore
- Tamara Bock
- Denise Cronin
- Jay Le Roux Dillon
- Ciana Gallardo
- Julie Gipple
- Tiffany Grandstaff
- Laura Hassner
- Aastha Jha
- Miranda Jiang
- Ram Kapoor
- Wanda Nieters
- Ivan Natividad
- Anjika Pai
- Gauthami Penakalapati
- Juliet Pooler
- Roxanne Makasdjian
- Hulda Louise Nelson
- Shannon O'Brien
- Lily Espinoza Ploski
- Reanna Powell
- Jacob Shea
- Jennifer Simon-O'Neill
- Jami Smith
- Louisa Spier
- Cary R Sweeney
- Anh Tran
- Kathryn Tucker
Supporters
A heartfelt thank you to all our donors for their generous support of our 150 Years of Women at Berkeley Celebration (150W)! Stay tuned for updates on the Art Project!
Donors
- David Ackerly
- Jennifer Ahern
- Amani Allen
- Veronica Alvarez
- Megan Amaral
- Shadi Aminololama-Shakeri
- Rebecca Armstrong
- Maximilian Auffhammer
- Kathryn Bader and Tricia Schnedar
- Jocelyn and Randy Banaria
- John Battles
- Robert Birgeneau
- Lishelle Blakemore
- Jeffrey Bokor
- Daniel Boyarin
- Isabella Brandes
- Elizabeth Brashers
- George Breslauer
- Barbara Broque
- Janet Broughton
- Wendy Brown
- Silvia Bunge
- Vishaan and Maria Chakrabarti
- Courtney Chandler
- Christina Chao
- Jennifer Chatman
- Jennifer Chayes
- Jennifer Chizuk
- Renee Chow
- Catherine Choy
- Carol Christ
- Douglas Clark
- John Colford
- Michael Colvin
- Jennifer Cornet-Carrillo
- J Cowan
- Cindy Cox
- Camille Crittenden
- Jay Dillon
- La Dawn Duvall
- Jill Finlayson
- Karie Frasch
- Hannah Ginsborg
- Althea Grannum Cummings
- Lizzie Hager-Barnard
- Ann Harrison
- Laura Hassner
- Marti Hearst
- Amy Herr
- Carla Hesse
- Stephen Hinshaw
- Leslea Hlusko
- Phyllis Hoffman
- Karen Holtermann
- Julie Hooper
- Sheila Humphreys
- Alyssa Hurtado
- Sharon Inkelas
- Daniel Inkelas
- Bob Jacobsen
- Richard Jaffe
- Wendy James
- Ann Jeffrey
- Jennifer Johnson-Hanks
- Janet King
- Jim Knowlton
- Marguerite Knowlton
- Catherine Koshland
- Laura Kray
- Ann Kring
- Maureen Lahiff
- Jolie Lam
- Andrea Lambert
- Ryan Lawrence
- Rebecca Lizarraga
- Richard Lyons
- Jeff Marble
- Helen Marcus
- Benjamin Matts
- Jane Mauldon
- Nancy McKinney
- Smriti Mehta
- Carol Mimura
- Julie Morgan Hooper
- Keith Muller
- Lynn Nakada
- Hulda Nelson
- Monique Nolan
- Michael O'Hare
- Martha Olney
- Oliver OReilly
- Nicholas Paige
- Sandrine Palmer
- Vern Paxson
- Jeffrey Perloff
- Nadesan Permaul
- Trond Petersen
- Kim Polese
- Erin Proudfoot
- Raka Ray
- Jennifer Redondo-Marquez
- Jeffrey Reimer
- Rhonda Righter
- Francesca Rivera
- Christine Rosen
- Steven and Elizabeth Rosenberg
- Linda Rugg
- Rebecca Sablo
- Karin Sanders
- Thomas Savides
- Nathan Sayre
- Susan Schweik
- Alison Scott
- Elizabeth Sibley
- Emily Smith
- Sandra Smith
- Mark Stacey
- Angelica Stacy
- Jenn Stringer
- Suzanne Sutton
- Gitanjali Swamy
- Cary Sweeney
- Ann Swidler
- Ula Taylor
- Nancy Orear and Teresa Basgall
- Suzette Torres
- Marc and Carol Vitolo
- Sophie Volpp
- Kim Voss
- Erika Walker
- Richard Wallace
- Rhona Weinstein
- Mary Elizabeth Wendt
- Seamus Wilmot
- Jennifer Wolch
- Catherine Wolfram
- Sheryl and Bob Wong
- Lisa Wymore
- Candace Yano
- Kelly Yun
- Sheldon Zedeck
Archive of 150W-related Events
Lectures
- Saturday, October 17: "Lives and Legacy: Celebrating Japanese American Women at Cal(link is external)." 11:30am-12:30pm.
- COVID-19 and Criminal Trials: Lessons for the Future by Andrea Roth
- Tuesday, October 13: Centennial Event - Winning the Vote: the Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement(link is external).
- Wednesday, March 4: Lecture by Dr. MaryLouise Patterson(link is external), daughter of Louise Patterson (class of 1923): "Langston as We Knew Him." 650 Barrows Hall, 4pm
- Wednesday, February 26: Lecture by Jennifer Doyle, Et tu: Truth-telling Between Women(link is external). 370 Dwinelle Hall(link is external). 12-1:30 p.m.
- Monday, February 24: Khiara Bridges - Imagining an Ethnography of Pregnant Class-Privileged Women of Color(link is external). Philip Selznick Seminar Room, Philip Selznick Seminar Room. Lecture | February 24 | 12:45-2 p.m.
- Friday, February 21: Lecture by Walter Echo-Hawk ("Sea of Grass"), with introduction by Angela Riley. Multicultural Community Center, 5:30-6:30pm.
- Tuesday, February 18: Lecture by Aileen Suzara, Chef/Educator, Sariwa Kitchen; Catherine Ceniza Choy, Professor of Ethnic Studies, A Celebration of Doreen G. Fernandez’s Tikim: Essays on Philippine Food and Culture. 554 Barrows Hall, 4-5:30pm
- Thursday, February 6: Lecture by Tara Bunch, "The Road Less Traveled". Conversations with Global Leaders, Banatao Auditorium, Stardja Dai Hall, 12-1pm
- Monday, February 3: Lecture by Jennifer Hirsch, "Intersections of Power: Sexual Assault, Public Health and the Making of Sexual Citizens." 820 Barrows Hall, 12:00-1:30pm.
Panels and Conferences
- Persist 2020: Women's Political Engagement Conference
- Saturday, March 14th: Womxn of Color Initiative presents the 35th Annual Empowering Womxn of Color Conference (EWOCC):(link is external) “Metamorphosis: Casting Off Oppressive Paradigms to Live the Life We’ve Been Fighting For.” UC Berkeley. Free for UC Berkeley students.
- Monday, October 12: Campus Conversations(link is external) - 150W History Project. 12-1pm
- Saturday, March 7: Expanding Your Horizons Conference(link is external). Valley Life Sciences Building, 8:30am-3:30pm
- Friday, March 6: 4th Annual Women in Tech Symposium: Reimagining Cybersecurity for all(link is external). Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium, 8am-6pm.
- Wednesday, March 4: 2020 RISE! Celebrating Women, Community Love and Leadership: 6th Annual Event(link is external). Anna Head Alumnae Hall (2537 Haste St.)(link is external). 5-7 p.m.
- Tuesday, March 3: Campus Conversation with UC President Janet Napolitano(link is external). Sibley Auditorium. Cal ID required. 12-1.
- Monday, March 2: Women in Data Science Berkeley 2020(link is external), Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley
- Thursday, February 27. Panel discussion: Arts in the Afternoon: The Quilts of Rosie Lee Tompkins(link is external). 4:10-6 p.m. | Women's Faculty Club(link is external), Stebbins Lounge
Athletics
- Friday, February 21: Cal-Oregon Women's Basketball Game with with Honorary Coach Tsu-Jae King Liu (Dean, College of Engineering). Haas Pavilion, 6PM
- Sunday, Feburary 9: Cal-UCLA Women's Basketball Game with with Honorary Coaches Linda Burton (Dean, School of Social Welfare) and Janet Broughton (Executive Dean, College of Letters and Sciences). Haas Pavilion, 2PM
Burton (left) and Broughton (right)
- Friday, Feburary 7: Cal-USC Women's Basketball Game with with Honorary Coaches Renee Chow (Acting Dean, College of Environmental Design) and Prudence Carter (Dean, Graduate School of Education). Haas Pavilion, 7PM
Chow (left) and Carter (right)
- Cal-Colorado Women's Basketball Game with with Honorary Coach Raka Ray (Dean of the Division of Social Sciences)
- Cal-Utah Women's Basketball Game with Honorary Coach Lisa García Bedolla (Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division)
- Cal-Stanford Women's Basketball Game with Honorary Coach Carol Christ (Chancellor)
Other Celebrations
- Friday, September 25: 102nd Birthday Celebration: a Virtual Celebration of Women Leaders Past, Present, and Future(link is external)
- Thursday, March 12: A Celebration of Women in Culinary Leadership at Cal Dining(PDF file). During lunch service (11am-2pm), Chefs at Cal Dining will be offering up special dishes to celebrate the many contributions of the women in our department. Join us at Foothill Dining with Sous Chef Chanel Williams and Senior Cook Lois Moore and at Cafe 3 with Sous Chef Annie Andre and Senior Cook Stephanie Stephens dishing up their best. Locations: Cafe 3 and Foothill
- Wednesday, March 4: Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Art + Feminism and Race + Justice. Moffitt Undergraduate Library, 12 - 5 p.m
- February 13 – June 21, 2020 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Cloth that Stretches: Weaving Community Across Time and Space(link is external). Exhibit - Artifacts | Hearst Museum of Anthropology(link is external)
- Julia Robinson Centennial Celebration (K-12)(link is external)
- Wednesday, November 6: Opening of the Berkeley Women's Studies Movement Archive
