Interview with Nancy Baker : Alumni Stories
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Nancy Baker (AB Psychology, 1971) speaks about growing up in segregated Kentucky and how she overcame difficulties integrating into the Stanford community as a transfer student. She shares memories of working with psychology professors Walter Mischel and Philip Zimbardo, being the founding president of the Undergraduate Students’ Psychology Association, and graduating with honors and as a National Science Foundation fellow. She also recalls advocating for the hiring of Sandra Bem in the Psychology Department and reflects on how Bem experienced gender discrimination in that her work on gender diminished her chances for tenure. Baker speaks about her in involvement in anti-Vietnam War activism on campus, her family’s activist history, and gender discrimination within Leftist political spaces. Lastly, she describes what it was like to be a lesbian in the 1970s, the change in the grading system that led to her being on academic probation, and her love for Stanford Women’s Basketball.
Description
| Type of resource | sound recording-nonmusical, text, still image |
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| Extent | 1 audio file; 1 text file; 1 photograph |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
| Date created | October 21, 2021 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
Creators/Contributors
| Interviewee | Baker, Nancy | |
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| Creator | Baker, Nancy | |
| Interviewer | Gifford, Jonathan | |
| Publisher | Stanford Historical Society |
Subjects
| Subject | Stanford University. Students > 1967-1971 |
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| Subject | Universities and colleges |
| Subject | College students |
| Genre | Interview |
Bibliographic information
| Transcript |
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| Finding Aid | |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/sq898pd0551 |
| Location | SC0932 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (universityarchives@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Historical Society Oral History Program interviews, 1999-2022
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