Short Biography

Angela B. Ginorio

Angela B. Ginorio is associate professor in Women Studies, and adjunct associate professor in the Departments of Psychology and American Ethnic Studies--all at the University of Washington in Seattle. She received her B.A. and M.A. in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico and her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Fordham University in New York City.

She teaches courses on "Women and Violence, " "Women and/in Science," "Issues for Ethnic Minorities and Women in Science and Engineering," and "Gendered Technologies." Her scholarship focuses on factors affecting access to and experiences in science and engineering of under-represented groups (students and faculty of color, women, students from rural backgrounds), with particular attention to impact of socially defined identities, parental involvement, and "mentoring."

Her most recent publications are:

Ginorio, A.B. & Grignon J. (2000). "The transition to and from high school of ethnic minority students." (In Campbell, G., Denes, R. & Morrison, C. (Eds.) Access Denied. NY: Oxford Press.).

Ginorio, A.B., Marshall, T. & Breckenridge, L. (2000). " The feminist and the scientist: One and the same " in the Women's Studies Quarterly, XXVIII (1 & 2), 271-295.)

Ginorio, A.B. & Huston, M. (2001). "!Si, se puede! Latinas in Schools." Washington, D.C.: American Association of University Women. (80+ pages)

She developed and directs the Rural Girls in Science Program of the University of Washington and received grants to support it from the National Science Foundation's Programs for Women and Girls, Microsoft, and Discuren Foundation. She is a member of the advisory board of "Women and scientific literacy"--a project of the Association of American Colleges and Universities and of "Science and Engineering for All" at Montana State University, both funded by the National Science Foundation. She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

She also does work on psychological issues for Latinas, and violence (with a focus on sexual harassment). Her most recent publication are "Ethno-race and gender in psychology: Where are the Latinas?" co-authored with Lorraine Martínez and "Contextualizing Violence in a Participatory Classroom" (both in Psychology of Women Quarterly, summer 1998). She is a fellow of the American Psychological Association's Divisions 35 and 45.