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About Betsy Draine Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison Betsy Draine received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1967 and her Ph.D. in English Literature from Temple University in 1976. Her research and academic publications focus on 20th century women novelists such as Doris Lessing, Jean Rhys, and Christina Stead. In 1982 she received the Mark H. Ingraham Prize for her first book, Substance Under Pressure: Artistic Coherence and Evolving Form in the Novels of Doris Lessing. For over a decade she served as Associate Editor of the journal Contemporary Literature. In
recent years, a lifelong love for France has led to two publications
that move beyond academia. She and her husband Michael Hinden have
translated a cookbook by Jean-Luc Toussaint based on walnuts and the
cuisine of Perigord, in southwest France, where they have a summer home.
University of Wisconsin Press has just brought out their joint memoir, A
Castle in the Backyard:The Dream of a House in France. From
Fall 1989 to Spring 1992, Betsy Draine chaired UW-Madison's Women's
Studies Program, during which time the major in Women's Studies achieved
permanent status and the core faculty grew from 9 to 14. From fall
1992 to summer 1999, Professor Draine served as Associate Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Her chief responsibilities were gender equity for faculty and staff,
implementation of faculty personnel policies (e.g., mentoring of junior
faculty and post-tenure review of senior faculty) and coordination of
professional development programs. This was a half-time post,
combined with her ongoing role as Professor of English and Women’s
Studies. Professor Draine acted as an ombuds for female faculty
and academic staff with concerns about inequitable treatment. She
administered a gender equity pay adjustment for faculty; served as
UW-Madison's representative in a UW System initiative to remedy unequal
pay for women academic staff; led a group of women scientists in
composing an Action Plan for Women in Science, Engineering and
Mathematics; supported the Women Faculty Mentoring Program; administered
the Spousal Hiring Program; made more "user friendly" both the
parental leave policy and provisions for "stopping the tenure
clock" for new parents; and worked with the Committee on Women in
the University, the Child Care Committee, and other committees to
improve conditions for women and families at UW-Madison. In
addition, she created a series of workshops for departmental chairs and
center directors, to help these leaders develop a supportive climate for
the work of faculty, staff, and students. She also developed a
parallel series of workshops for new and probationary faculty, which
orients new faculty to the resources and policies of the university.
She chaired the Provost’s Work Group for Maximizing Human Resources,
which created an action plan for improving work climate, professional
development opportunities, and staff diversity. In September 1998
Professor Draine was appointed Co-Chair of the Committee on the Status
of Women in the University of Wisconsin System. Working with
Provost Vicki Larson of UW-Oshkosh, Professor Draine led the committee
in conducting a gender climate survey, focus groups, statistical review,
and analysis of the status of women at all University of Wisconsin
System institutions. The report, Equality for Women in the
University of Wisconsin System: A Focus for Action in the Year 2000,
was presented to President Lyall on October 25, 1999 and is now being
implemented throughout the UW System.
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