Dr. BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL | WORDS OF FIRE FELLOWSHIP
dR. GUY-SHEFTALL | SPELMAN COLLEGE PROFILE
DR. BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL'S BIO AND LEGACY
Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies and
Director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center, Spelman College
BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL is founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center (since 1981) and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman College. She is also an adjunct professor at Emory University’s Institute for Women’s Studies where she teaches graduate courses in their doctoral program. She is currently President of the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA).
Women's Research and Resource Center
Guy-Sheftall is a pioneer in the field of black feminist thought and writing. In 1981 she founded and became the first director of the Spelman College Women's Research and Resource Center, where she also instituted a Women's Studies program, both firsts for the college.
She has been featured on History Makers and is recognized as a member of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
recognizing the career-long legacy of beverly guy-sheftall
