Contributors

Katie Culver

graduated from Villanova. She taught in South Central LA and Washington D.C. as a volunteer with “Response-Ability.” Katie earned a Masters in Teaching from Trinity and a Ph.D. in Urban Education from Temple. A mother of three, Katie is an adjunct at Temple in the Department of Leadership and Policy Studies and leads gender workshops for teachers and parents.

Rachael Goldenberg

is a sophomore at Wellesley College majoring in Peace and Justice Studies (with a concentration in human rights). She is on the varsity softball team and on the executive board of Wellesley for Equality. This summer and fall she will be in Johannesburg, South Africa studying with the International Human Rights exchange.

Sarah Odell

A 2010 graduate of Wellesley College, Sarah was a four-year member of the squash team and two-year co-captain. Now living in New York City where she works for HarperCollins publishers, Sarah is an active member of the New York and national squash scenes. She serves on the boards of Maccabi USA Squash, the Women’s Doubles Squash Association, and the Metropolitain Squash Racquets Association. When Sarah isn’t reading or on a court, she enjoys good food and good company.

Laura Pappano

is writer-in-residence at Wellesley Centers for Women, co-author of Playing With the Boys (Oxford, 2008, 2009), and author of Inside School Turnarounds (Harvard Ed Press, 2010) and The Connection Gap (2001). Her work has appeared in various publications including The New York Times, Harvard Education Letter, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and The Huffington Post. A (very) long time ago, she played Varsity Field Hockey at Yale.

Ashleigh Sargent

Ashleigh Sargent is a sophomore at Wellesley College majoring in Psychology and minoring in Mathematics.  She is on the varsity basketball team, a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, and a head of the Wellesley Athlete Mentor Program. 

Lauren Taylor

is assistant coach of Women’s Lacrosse at Yale. She graduated from Yale College in 2008 and the Yale School of Public Health in 2009. She is now working for Yale’s Global Health Leadership Institute and running a lacrosse business in her spare time.

Megan Wood

graduated from Wellesley College in 2010 with a B.A. in Peace and Justice Studies. She was captain of the softball team and co-president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Megan resides in Boston where she works as a legislative aide to a State Representative.