Andrea Davies Henderson Education Ph.D., History Stanford University Stanford, CA M.A., History Stanford University Stanford, CA M.A., Religoius Studies Stanford University Stanford, CA A.B., Magna Cum Laude Harvard/Radcliffe Colleges Comparative Religion and Women s Studies Cambridge, MA Employment 8/2008-Present History Department Assistant Professor California State University, Northridge 8/2009-Present Academic Director Teaching American History Grant California State University, Northridge 8/2008-8/2009 Clayman Institute for Gender Research Non-resident Fellow Stanford University 6/2006-8/2008 Clayman Institute for Gender Research Research Director Stanford University 7/2005-5/2006 Clayman Institute for Gender Research Research Associate Stanford University 9/2005-1/2006 History of the United States Adjunct Professor History Department, University of San Francisco 1/2006-6/2006 California History Adjunct Professor History Department, Dominican University Dissertation Reconstructing Home: Gender, Disaster Relief, and Social Life After the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, 1906-1915 Advisor, Professor Estelle Freedman; Second Reader, Professor Richard White Publications The Social Accelerant: Disaster Relief and the Recovery of Social Life after the 1906 San Francisco Catastrophe, forthcoming Tinkler, J., Henderson, A., Ku, M., Schiebinger, L., Venture Capital Decision- Making: Gendered Assumptions about Technical Knowledge and Social Networks, forthcoming Simard, C., Henderson, A., Gilmartin, S., Schiebinger, S., Whitney, T., Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level women in Technology (Stanford: Clayman and Anita Borg Institutes, 2008) Schiebinger, L., Henderson, A., Gilmartin, S., Dual-Career Academic Couples: What Universities Need to Know (Stanford: Clayman Institute, 2008) 1
The Human Geography of Catastrophe: Family Bonds, Community Ties, and Disaster Relief After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Southern California Quarterly vol. 88, no. 1 (Spring 2006) Disaster Remnants: Family Artifacts from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Journal of American Studies, Georgian (Fall 2005) Awards, Fellowships, and Grants Summer Research Grant, California State University, Northridge, 2009 Faculty Research Grant, California State University, Northridge, 2008-2009 Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Non-Resident Fellow, Stanford University, 2008-2009 Prize for Excellence in First-Time Teaching, Stanford History Department, 2002 Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Dissertation Fellowship, Stanford University, 2004-2005 Weter Fellowship, Stanford History Department, 2004-2005 Stanford History Department Fellowship, 2003-2004; 2002-2003; 2001-2002 Stanford Religious Studies Department Fellowship, 1995-1996; 1994-1995 Schlesinger Library Research Grant, Radcliffe College, 1989 John Harvard Prize Elizabeth Carey Agassiz Award Academic and Public Presentations California Legacy Trails, California Museum, online exhibit. (http://www.californiamuseum.org/trails/#trails/women/biddy_mason, http://www.californiamuseum.org/trails/#trails/women/concepcion_arguello) Climbing the Technical Ladder: Obstacles and Solutions for Mid-Level Technical Women, Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Keystone, Colorado, October 2008 Dual-Career Academic Couples: New National Survey Data, Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, University of Minneapolis, June 2008 Academic Couples and Dual-Hiring: New Data and Best Practices, Dual Career Conference, Salt Lake City, June 2008 Points of Origin: The Social Impact of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Flammable Cities: Fire, Urban Environment, and Culture in History, German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C., May 2008 Stanford Study: Dual-Career Academic Couples What Universities Need to Know, Advancing and Empowering Scholars Conference, Harvard University, April 2008 "Promoting Talent: Workplace Solutions for Women in Technology," Los Angeles, Stanford Professional Women Event, February 2008 Women in Technology Panel, MIT Alumnae Association and Google, Mountain View, September 2007 2
Women Entrepreneurs Panel, MIT Alumnae Association, Palo Alto, July 2007 Studying Ways to Help Two-Career People, NPR Marketplace, June 2007 Learning from Disaster Relief: Applying lessons from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake to 2005 New Orleans Hurricanes, Stanford Alumni Association, New Orleans, March 2007 Collaboration vs. Competition: Solving the Dual Career Problem, Keynote Address, Columbia University, February 2007 Success Without Struggle? Policy Solutions for Professional Dual-Career Couples, Cornell Club NYC, Stanford Alumni Association, February 2007 Gender in the Workplace, Panelist, Program Feminist Studies, Stanford University, October 2006 1906: A City Remembers, ABC News, April 2006 Discriminating Disaster Relief: Women and Minority Refugees After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Presidio Officer's Club, 1906 Lecture Series, San Francisco, April 2006 "1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire," Center for the Pacific Rim Lecture Series, University of San Francisco, April 2006 Gender at Home and Work, Lecture, Program Feminist Studies, Stanford University, March 2006 Treating Victims of Disaster: Is Everyone Treated Equally?, KALW CityVisions Radio, Panelist, September 2005 Mega Disasters: The San Francisco Earthquake, The History Channel, May- June 2005 Gendered Responses: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Disaster Relief, Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, June 2005 The Geography of Urban Catastrophe: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Refugee Relocation, Organization of American Historians, Annual Meeting, San Jose, April 2005 The Geography of Gender: Refugee Relocation After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Stanford University, March 2005 Shocked Out: Family Life After the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, February 2005 Disaster Remnants: Family Artifacts from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, American Historical Association, Annual Conference, Seattle, January 2005 Rebuilding Home: San Francisco s Earthquake and Fire Relief Camps, 1906-1908, Western Association of Women Historians, Annual Conference, Berkeley, May 2004 Gender in the Workplace, Panelist, Program Feminist Studies, Stanford University, February 2004 Urban Catastrophe, Gendered Relief: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire 3
Disaster Relief, Centennial Alliance, Oakland Museum, January 2004 Academic Service 2008 - Present California History Social Science Project University of California, Davis (headquarters) 2006 - Present Entrepreneurial Alliance National Center for Women and IT 2006-2007 Fellows Program Admissions Reader Clayman Institute, Stanford University Autumn 2004 Panelist Dissertation Writing Panel 2002-2003 Graduate Admissions Committee 2002-2003 U.S. Field Admissions Reader Non Academic Experience 2008 Present Channing House Boardmember Palo Alto, CA 2003 2006 San Francisco Virtual Museum Consultant (sfmuseum.org) 2003 2006 Oral History Project Coordinator San Anselmo, CA Historical Commission 2003 2006 1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance http://06centennial.org 2003 2006 1906 Earthquake Alliance Committee Stanford University 2003 2006 San Anselmo, CA Historical Commission Boardmember 1998 1999 SportsBridge Boardmember San Francisco, CA 1997 2001 San Francisco Fire Department Firefighter Teaching Interests Late-Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century American History, Progressive Era History, Disaster History, U.S. Women s History, Urban History, Race and Ethnicity, U.S. Sexual History, American Religious History Professional Affiliations California History-Social Science Project American Historical Association Organization of American Historians 4
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Western Association of Women Historians Clayman Institute for Gender Research National Center for Women and IT Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology References Available upon request 5