Irene Tinker

Irene Tinker
Irene Tinker
Born (1927-03-08) March 8, 1927 (age 97)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
SpouseMillidge Walker
Academic career
InstitutionDepartments of City and Regional Planning & Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley
Alma materLondon School of Economics
InfluencesEster Boserup
Margaret Mead
WebsiteOfficial website

Irene Tinker (born March 8, 1927, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin),[1] is professor emerita in the Departments of City and Regional Planning & Women's Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, teaching from 1989 to 1998.[2][3][4] She was the founding Board president of the International Center for Research on Women, founder and director of the Equity Policy Center[5][6] and co-founder of the Wellesley Center for Research on Women.[7]

  1. ^ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. (July 13, 1977). "Jimmy Carter: "ACTION Nomination of Irene Tinker To Be an Assistant Director"". The American Presidency Project.
  2. ^ "Faculty & staff: Irene Tinker". UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.
  3. ^ "The Irene Tinker lecture series on women and development". American University, School of International Service.
  4. ^ Host/producer: Michelle Shroeder Fletcher (July 26, 2010). "RadioZine". RadioZine20100726. Corvallis 104.3 FM | Hood River 91.9 FM | Portland 90.7 FM. KBOO Community Radio. KBOO FM.{{cite episode}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  5. ^ Energy needs of poor households (PDF). USAID.
  6. ^ Ilo Ilo City Philippines Equity Policy Center (PDF). USAID.
  7. ^ "Irene Tinker". Department of Gender & Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.