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Douthitt, Robin A. (1955- )
After earning her BS in Home Economics (Consumer Studies) at Ohio State University in 1977, Robin A. Douthitt continued on to the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University where she received her MS (1980) and PhD (1982) in Consumer/Family Economics. She was an assistant professor at the University of Saskatchewan for four years before coming to the UW in 1986 to accept a position in the Consumer Science Department. She has held the Vaughan Bascom Professorship in Women and Philanthropy and has been a Vilas Associate in the Social Sciences. Since 1986 she has been an affiliate of the UW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty, and from 1994 to 1996 she served as chair of the Consumer Science department. She has published extensively on women's unpaid work and its social value. After studying the reasons why so many untenured female faculty chose to leave the UW, Douthitt founded and directed the UW-Madison Women Faculty Mentoring Program from 1989 to 1996. This program led to a measurable improvement in the university's retention of female faculty and has become a model for other universities. In recognition of this achievement, Cabinet 99, the women's initiative of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, presented its $10,000 Faculty and Staff and Recognition Award to her in 2000. Douthitt also helped to establish the Nancy Denney House, a cooperative undergraduate residence for single parents and their children. In 1998, she was named one of the Madison YWCA's Women of Distinction. In 1999, Douthitt was appointed interim Dean of the School of Human Ecology, and in 2001 she became the School's new Dean. |
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