Chair of the Committee on Women in the Academic Profession
of the American Association of University Professors &
Professor of History, Eastern Connecticut State University
Ann R. Higginbotham is a professor of History at Eastern Connecticut State University where she teaches Modern European History and Women’s Studies. She is chair of the Committee on Women in the Academic Profession of the American Association of University Professors and has been a member of the committee since 2001. She worked on the Statement of Principles on Family Responsibilities and Academic Work adopted by the AAUP in 2001 and has developed a workshop to promote family-friendly policies entitled : “Faculty Have Families Too” available on the AAUP website. She also serves on her campus AAUP Executive Board and edits the campus newsletter. Her academic research concerns single mothers and illegitimate children in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain.
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