Wilson Center Experts
Philippa Strum
Senior Scholar
Contact Information:
T 202/691-4349
// F 202/691-4001
Expertise:
Human Rights
; Women's Rights
; North America
; United States
Affiliation:
Former Director, Division of United States Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center
Wilson Center Project(s):
"Women as Hidden Policy-Makers: The Story of Dorothy Kenyon"
Term:
Sep 01, 2010
Aug 31, 2014
Education
B.A. Brandeis University; Ed.M. Harvard University; Ph.D. Graduate Faculty of The New School
Honors
grants and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Council
of Learned Societies, the American Philosophical Society, Fulbright Program
Experience
Former Director of Division of U.S. Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center; Broeklundian Professor of Political Science Emerita, City University of New York
Expertise
American civil liberties and civil rights; U.S. constitutional law; human rights; women, law and politics; U.S. government; U.S. Arabs and Muslims
Major Publications
- Mendez v. Westminster: School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights (University Press of Kansas, 2010)
- When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for the Speech We Hate, (University Press of Kansas, 1999)
- Privacy: The Debate in the United States Since 1945 (Wadsworth Press, 1997)
- Louis D. Brandeis: Justice for the People (Harvard University Press, 1984)
- Muslims in the United States: Identity, Influence, Innovation (Woodrow Wilson Center, 2005) (editor)
Previous Terms at the Wilson Center:
September 1, 2008 to August 1, 2010
Related Content for this Expert
American Muslim Local Officials: Challenges and Opportunities
March 13, 2013 // 1:30pm — 5:00pm
When Washingtonians think of U.S. Muslim officials, the names of Representatives Keith Ellison and André Carson come to mind. What may be of greater interest to many people outside the Beltway, however, is the increasing number of local Muslim officials. Join us for a program in which Muslim mayors, city council members and judges will discuss the particular challenges and opportunities facing them today as they seek appointment or election and carry out their responsibilities once in office. more
Educating for Democracy: The Taube Discussion Series on Teaching American Values
Mar 05, 2013What are core American values, and how should they be taught in the nation's classrooms? Four lectures on the subject were presented by the Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Dr. Donna E. Shalala, Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, and Prof. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot. The lightly edited version of their talks provides thoughts about both basic values and the approaches most likely to be successful with K-12 students. more
Why Latino/a History Matters to U.S. History: A lecture by Dr. Vicki Ruiz
October 18, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Join US Studies and the National Women's History Museum on October 18 for the first lecture in "The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Women's History" series. more
Mendez v. Westminster: School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights
Sep 06, 2010 to Sep 12, 2010
Philippa Strum is a Resident Senior Scholar with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars and author of Women in the Barracks: The VMI Case and Equal Rights and When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate, among others. more
Mendez v. Westminster: School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights
Jul 05, 2010 to Jul 11, 2010
Philippa Strum is a Resident Senior Scholar with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars and author of Women in the Barracks: The VMI Case and Equal Rights and When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate, among others. more
Mendez v. Westminster: School Desegregation and Mexican-American Rights
Sep 13, 2010 to Sep 19, 2010
Philippa Strum is a Resident Senior Scholar with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for scholars and author of Women in the Barracks: The VMI Case and Equal Rights and When the Nazis Came to Skokie: Freedom for Speech We Hate, among others. more
Legal Standards and the Interrogation of Prisoners in the War on Terror
Jul 07, 2011The following is a Conference Report of an event on the treatment of detainees in the context of the U.S. global War on Terror held in June 2007 at the Woodrow Wilson Center. more
American Muslim Local Officials: Challenges and Opportunities
March 13, 2013 // 1:30pm — 5:00pm
When Washingtonians think of U.S. Muslim officials, the names of Representatives Keith Ellison and André Carson come to mind. What may be of greater interest to many people outside the Beltway, however, is the increasing number of local Muslim officials. Join us for a program in which Muslim mayors, city council members and judges will discuss the particular challenges and opportunities facing them today as they seek appointment or election and carry out their responsibilities once in office.
Why Latino/a History Matters to U.S. History: A lecture by Dr. Vicki Ruiz
October 18, 2011 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Join US Studies and the National Women's History Museum on October 18 for the first lecture in "The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Women's History" series.
Educating for Democracy: The Taube Discussion Series on Teaching American Values
Mar 05, 2013What are core American values, and how should they be taught in the nation's classrooms? Four lectures on the subject were presented by the Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Dr. Donna E. Shalala, Prof. Erwin Chemerinsky, and Prof. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot. The lightly edited version of their talks provides thoughts about both basic values and the approaches most likely to be successful with K-12 students.
Legal Standards and the Interrogation of Prisoners in the War on Terror
Jul 07, 2011The following is a Conference Report of an event on the treatment of detainees in the context of the U.S. global War on Terror held in June 2007 at the Woodrow Wilson Center.