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Curriculum Vitae
Education |
1990 |
Ph.D. |
University of Pennsylvania
Educational Leadership, Graduate School of Education
Dissertation: Dalkon Shield IUD Survivors: A Case Study of Contraceptive Tragedy and an Emerging Social Protest Movement |
1983 |
M.A. |
Lehigh University
Social Relations (Sociology)
Thesis: The Girls in the Shop: Productive and Reproductive Lives of Garment Millworkers |
1973 |
M.A. |
University of Massachusetts
Education |
1968 |
B.A. |
Michigan State University
Spanish Education
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Professional Employment |
Present |
Adjunct Professor: Lehigh University, Muhlenberg College, Lafayette College
Coordinator: Women's Studies Coalition, LVAIC
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1998-2003 |
Senior Associate and Director of Academic Services
Community for Agile Partners in Education (CAPE)
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1996-1999 |
Coordinator: Consortial Professors Program and Women's Studies Coalition
Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges, Inc.
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1990-1996 |
Associate Dean for Student Life (Orientation, Greek Life, Student Activities)
Director: Women's Center and Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, Albright College
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1984-1989 |
Visiting Lecturer
Lehigh University, Department of Sociology
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1983-1986 |
Administrative Associate
Lehigh University, Emulsion Polymers Institute
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1968-1979 |
Public School Teacher (Spanish, Bilingual Education, Remedial Reading)
Various school districts in Michigan, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania
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Publications |
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Books |
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Hicks, Karen M., Editor (1994). Misdiagnosis: Women as a Disease. People’s Medical Society, Allentown , PA
Hicks, Karen M. (1994). Surviving the Dalkon Shield IUD: Women vs. the Pharmaceutical Industry. Teachers College Press, New York .
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Articles |
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Hicks, Karen M. (2004). Women’s Sexual Problems: A Guide to Integrating the New View Approach; A Medscape CME Course.
Hicks, Karen M. and Bickel, Anthony (2001). Virtual Lecture Series: Videoconferencing Applications, Open Learning Today.
Stanciu, Tudor and Hicks, Karen M. (April 2000). Agile Education in Practice, Open Learning Today, pp. 44-47.
Hicks, Karen M. (1997). Environmental Estrogens Under Increasing Scrutiny, Womansword, Vol. 2, No. 10, p. 1.
Hicks, Karen M. (1997). DES is Still Vital to American Women, Womansword, Vol. 2, No. 9, p. 1.
Hicks, Karen M. (1992) Turning Victims into Seekers of Justice, Trial Lawyers Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 55-58.
Hicks, Karen M. & Carol VanDerKarr (1989). High Fashion: Skullcontouring for Every Woman? WomenWise, Vol. 11, No. 4, Winter 1989, pp. 1,9.
Hicks, Karen M. (1988). Victims Form Own Information Network, The New Jersey Trial Lawyer, Vol. I, No. 4, pp. 87-88.
Editor, Dalkon Shield Information Network News (1987-1989), a quarterly periodical |
Courses Taught |
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Human Sexuality (Lehigh, Lafayette, Moravian, Albright)
Women and Health (Lehigh, Lafayette, Moravian)
Sociology of the Family (Lehigh, Muhlenberg)
Practicum in Peer Counseling (Albright)
Medicine and Society (Lehigh)
Interpersonal Behavior (Co-Instructor at Lehigh)
Science, Technology and Society (Teaching Assistant at Lehigh)
Introduction to Anthropology (Teaching Assistant at Lehigh)
Introduction to Social Psychology (Teaching Assistant at Lehigh) |
Selected Presentations |
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Intimacy Needs and Behaviors of the Aged and the Elderly |
Workshops at Arden Court , Warminster & Sunrise at Lafayette Hill |
February and June, 2005 |
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New View Activism: Where Do We Go from Here? |
Women and the New Sexual Politics: Profits vs. Pleasures Conference |
July, 2005 |
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The New View Approach to the Treatment of Women’s Sexual Problems |
37 th Annual AASECT Conference |
May, 2005 |
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Women’s Health: What’s at Risk in the November Election |
Lafayette College |
September, 2004 |
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Improving Cultural Competency in a School of Nursing |
Co-Workshop Leader, St. Luke’s School of Nursing/Moravian College |
March, 2004 |
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More than 40 presentations to professional and community organizations and college audiences on topics that include: women’s health and sexuality, sexuality in aging, contraceptive technology, sexuality and disability, rape trauma syndrome, relationships and intimacy, citizen activism and social justice, the Dalkon Shield case, reproductive medicine, body image, images of women in the mass media. |
1982-Present |
Professional Activities |
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Organizing Committee Member (2004-Present)
Black Women's Health Task Force, Lehigh Valley , PA
Coordinator, Women’s Studies Coalition-Lehigh Valley Ass’n. of Independent Colleges
Online Course Developer for the Center for Sexuality and Religion. “The Ministry, Congregations and Sexuality.”
Consultant, Online Learning and Electronic Education, various clients
Meeting Chair (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), CAPE Annual Meeting and Membership Forum
Principal Author and Coordinator (1998, 1999), CAPE Annual Membership Survey Report
Principal Organizer and Coordinator (1998-Present) CAPE Virtual Get Together Lecture Series
Program Chair (1997), Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study Of Sexuality-Eastern Region
Co-Chair of Meeting and Program (1993 & 1992), Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study Of Sexuality-Eastern Region
Chair (1993-1994), Feminist Special Interest Group, Society for the Scientific Study of Sex
Board of Advisors (1989-1995), Human Sexuality Annual Editions, Dushkin Publishing Group
Colloquium Series Organizer (1989), Women, Health and Sexuality, Lehigh University
Planning Committee (1988), Health Care Professionals Talk to Teens about Sex, Lehigh Valley Teenage Pregnancy Coalition
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