Gender

Jenny Hong Pham

PhD Candidate
History

Jenny Pham is a history PhD candidate working on the South Vietnamese governance of sex work during the Vietnam War from 1955 to 1975. She received her BA and MA in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations from Georgie State University and her MA in History from UC, Berkeley. She has interned for Jon Ossoff, The Carter Center, and the Georgia State legislature. In her free time, Jenny practices Muay Thai, electric guitar, and enjoys hosting supper clubs.

Cross-Cutting Global Challenges



Carol Greider: Scientific Discovery

Carol Greider
2014

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcome Nobel Laureate Carol Greider, Daniel Nathans Professor and Director of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, for a discussion of her intellectual odyssey. Topics covered include her education; her Nobel winning research on telomeres and telomerase; the implications of this research for treatment of disease; science education; and women in science.

KEYWORDS: Nobel Laureates, Genetics, Cells.

Mary Ann Mason: Achieving Equality for Women

Mary Ann Mason
2013

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Berkeley's Mary Ann Mason for a discussion of the evolution of the women's movement. In the conversation, Professor Mason, the first woman dean of the graduate division at Berkeley, discusses her career as a historian, lawyer, and university official. She explains her focus on the family and its importance as an indicator of both changes in society and the status of women. Recalling her efforts at the University of California to generate data to understand the condition of women in the academy, she highlights the tools at her disposal to...

Martha C. Nussbaum: Women's Rights, Religious Freedom, and Liberal Education

Martha C. Nussbaum
2006

Conversations Host Harry Kreisler welcomes philosopher Martha Nussbaum for a discussion of women and human development, religious freedom, and liberal education.

KEYWORDS: Religion, Democracy, Berkeley Graduate Lecturers.

Maire MacEntee: An Irish Voice of Poetry

Maire MacEntee
2000

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes distinguished Irish poet Maire MacEntee for a discussion of her art and career.

KEYWORDS: Poetry.

Lucy Shapiro: A Microbiologist’s Intellectual Odyssey

Lucy Shapiro
2009

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Lucy Shapiro, Ludwig Professor of Cancer Research in the School of Medicine, Stanford University, for a discussion of her career in the biological sciences. Topics discussed include unraveling the mystery of bacterial DNA, creativity in the sciences, the interdisciplinary nature of biology, the policy challenges posed by the increasing threat of infectious disease and the diminishing efficacy of antibiotics, and the problem of bioterrorism.

KEYWORDS: Bacteria, Cells, Epidemiology.

Louise Richardson: What Terrorists Want

Louise Richardson
2007

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Louise Richardson, Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University for a discussion of how to understand terrorism and contain the threat

KEYWORDS: University Presidents

Louise Richardson: What Terrorists Want

Louise Richardson
2007

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Louise Richardson, Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University for a discussion of how to understand terrorism and contain the threat

KEYWORDS: University Presidents.

Lindsey Hilsum: Libya in the Time of Revolution

Lindsey Hilsum
2012

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes war correspondent Lindsey Hilsum for a discussion of her new book Sandstorm, an account of the revolution in Libya that toppled the dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Hilsum discusses Gaddafi's 40 year reign of terror and his role as an international actor. She then traces the factors that led to his fall emphasizing Libyan nationalism, the Arab spring, and the intervention of external powers. Hilsum also analyzes the role of journalists in the continuing worldwide struggle for human dignity. She concludes with a discussion of what she...