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.
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.
Mariah Philips
is a first year student-athlete at Wellesley College with plans to major in social science or women and gender studies. She is a member of the varsity softball team and the group, Wellesley for Equality. Mariah hopes to get involved in the Athlete Mentor Program next year.
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.
Megan Wood