Women in Leadership Certificate

Women in Leadership
American fashion designer and author Dana Buchman (center) participated in a symposium at Franklin Pierce University. She discussed the fashion industry, the business climate for women and the experience of parenting a child with learning difficulties.
The Women in Leadership Certificate is an interdisciplinary program that offers an integrative approach to learning about the interconnections among gender, race, class, sexuality, and transnational issues. The program takes gender and sexuality as its critical terms of inquiry, exploring them as social constructs and analyzing their impact on culture. The Program aims to build a supportive environment for women to assist them in the development of leadership skills through a program that integrates theory and practice.

The Program and the resulting Certificate will credential students as theoretically and materially knowledgeable in Women's and Gender issues and thus qualify them for leadership positions. The Program complements the needs of professionals in fields including: Education, Law, Social Services, Cultural Anthropology, Counseling, Business, Health Services, Public Administration, Public Relations, Archaeology, Sports and Recreation, Criminal Justice, Journalism, Community Development, and Politics.  

Want to Know More?

View the College at Rindge academic catalog for specific degree requirements and course information.

Contact

Franklin Pierce University
College at Rindge 
1.800.437.0048
admissions@franklinpierce.edu

FACULTY

Donna Decker Reck
Associate Professor of English
B.A., State University of New York, Albany
M.A., Salem State College
Ph.D., Northeastern University
reckd@franklinpierce.edu

Joni Doherty
Director, New England Center for Civic Life
B.F.A., University of New Hampshire
M.A., Simmons College
dohertyj@franklinpierce.edu

Mary Kelly
Associate Professor of History
B.A., M.A., University College Galway
Ph.D., Syracuse University
kellymc@franklinpierce.edu

Debra Picchi
Professor of Anthropology
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo
M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida
picchids@franklinpierce.edu

Affiliated Faculty 

Davina M. Brown
Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D. - University of Toledo
brownd@franklinpierce.edu

Joan Dion
Assistant Professor of English
B.Ed., M.A.T., Keene State College
dionjr@franklinpierce.edu

Zan Meyer Goncalves
Assistant Professor of Writing/IC101
B.A., California State College at Chico
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst
goncalvesz@franklinpierce.edu

Molly Flaherty Haas
Assistant Professor of Writing/IC101
B.A., University of Detroit, M.A.
Humboldt State University
Ph.D., Purdue University
haasm@franklinpierce.edu

Melinda Marie Jette
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Catholic University of America
M.A., Université Laval
Ph.D., University of British Columbia
jette@franklinpierce.edu

Robin Marra
Professor of Political Science
B.S., St. Lawrence University
M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
marrarf@franklinpierce.edu

Kristen D. Nevious
B.S., Valparaiso University
M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
neviousk@franklinpierce.edu

Paul Scharfenberger
Associate Professor of Music
B.Mus., University of Lowell
M.A., Keene State College
scharfpe@franklinpierce.edu

Phyllis Zrzavy
Professor of Mass Communication
B.S., B.Phil., M.Ed., Miami University
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
zrzavyps@franklinpierce.edu

Leadership Associates

Judge Denise Meagher
Associate Justice: Probate and Family Court, Worcester, MA

Kim M. Mooney
Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, Associate Professor of Psychology, St. Lawrence University

Jody Williams
Nobel Laureate for Peace, 1997
Campaign Ambassador, International Campaign to Ban Landmines