1980s

Sharon Hedrick received two Masters’ degrees from the University of Illinois, in 1982 and in 1986. Sharon was the first ...

Ollie Watts Davis, an alum of the University of Illinois, joined the College of Fine and Applied Arts faculty in ...

Mildred Trent joined the staff of the College of Education and Office of Diversity around 1984. A constant source of ...

May Berenbaum joined the Entomology Department at the University of Illinois in 1980. She has been Head of the Entomology ...

Mary Temple Grandin graduated with a PhD from the College of ACES in 1989. Mary is a well-known professor of ...

Leslie Erganian received her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from the University of Illinois in 1982. While a graduate student, ...

Larine Cowan came to the University of Illinois in the 1980s. She was an Assistant Chancellor as well as the ...

Jeanne Gang graduated with a degree in architecture in 1986. As an alum, she is an architect and MacArthur Fellow ...

Iris Chang graduated from the University of Illinois in 1989 with a degree in Journalism. Prior to coming to the ...

Barbara A. Yates was the founding and first Director of the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program (WGGP), serving ...

Arlene Torres received her Master’s Degree in 1987 and her PhD in 1995, both from the Department of Anthropology at ...

Alice Deck, nominated by a faculty mentee, joined the English department’s faculty in the 1980s and later became affiliated with ...