Catherine Hill

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Catherine Hill

Executive Director of the Women’s Legislative Caucus of the Maryland General Assembly and part-time faculty

Part-Time Faculty


Contact:

Office Phone: (301) 452-2518
6 Bladen St., Alternate Email: [email protected] Annapolis MD 21401

Catherine Hill, Ph.D. (she/her) is a researcher and public policy analyst with 25 years of experience and expertise in women's and gender issues. She has worked in senior positions at the Women's Bureau, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Women's Caucus of the Maryland Legislature, the American Association of University Women, and the Institute for Women's Policy Research. She was an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia early in her career. In addition, she has taught part-time in the Women's, Gender, and Sexualities Studies program at George Washington University for ten years.

Dr. Hill has authored many research reports, including The Simple Truth about the Gender Pay GapBarriers and Bias: Women and Leadership, and Drawing the Line: Sexual Harassment on Campus. Academic publications include: "Broadening the Science of Broadening Participation in STEM Through Critical Mixed Methodologies and Intersectionality Frameworks" in American Behavioral Scientist and "Establishing the Research Agenda for Increasing the Representation of Women in Engineering and Computing" in Frontiers in Psychology. She has appeared on National Public Radio (NPR), its regional affiliates, and other major media outlets

Dr. Hill has a B.A. in Anthropology, an M.A. in Urban Planning from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Rutgers University.


Dr. Hill has taught Gender, Politics, and the Law in the Women’s, Gender and Sexualities Studies program (nonconsecutive).

H. Metcalf, D. Russell, and C. Hill (2018). Broadening the Science of Broadening Participation in STEM Through Critical Mixed Methodologies and Intersectionality FrameworksAmerican Behavioral Scientist, Volume 62(5), pages 580-599.

K. Buse, C. Hill, and K. Benson (2017). Establishing the Research Agenda for Increasing the Representation of Women in Engineering and Computing, Frontiers in Psychology,Volume 8 (April), Article 598.

Bachelor’s Degree (Anthropology), Cornell University

Masters Degree (Regional and City Planning), Cornell University

Ph.D. (Public Policy), Rutgers University