Kaye Edwards
Associate Professor of Independent College Programs; Coordinator of Gender and Sexuality Studies
Biography
A member of Haverford’s faculty since 1986, Edwards received her Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology and did post-doctoral research in tropical parasitology in Boston. She currently teaches courses that explore various facets of social justice, including how they are embodied in the health of communities and how they are informed by Quaker faith and practice. Edwards was Director of the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship from 2003-2006, and is the founder of Haverford House, CPGC’s post-baccalaureate community-action program in Philadelphia. She is a convinced Friend, a member of Radnor Monthly Meeting, and currently serves as the faculty director of Haverford's Quaker Affairs Office.
Education
B.S., Indiana University
Ph.D., University of Colorado
Courses for Academic Year 2011-2012
Bodies of Injustice: Health, Illness and Healing in Contexts of Inequality
Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Quaker Social Witness
Violence and Public Health
Research
In June 2010, Edwards accompanied six CPGC interns on a 10-day delegation in northwestern Nicaragua to visit grassroots projects supported by the Quaker organization, ProNica. Currently, she is exploring specific ways to link Haverford and Nicaraguan activists to nurture healthy communities, liberatory pedagogy, and mutually beneficial cross-cultural partnerships.
Courses: Spring 2012, Haverford
Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Independent College Programs
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Peace, Justice, and Human Rights
Peace and Conflict Studies
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