Anne Brodsky
Associate Professor of Psychology and Affiliate Faculty, Women’s Studies
President’s Commission for Women Award

Anne Brodsky’s work on behalf of women at UMBC and beyond is being recognized with this year’s award from the President’s Commission for Women.

Brodsky’s research background studying the resilience of women and the role of communities in resisting societal risks such as violence, poverty and racism led to her current work with the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). RAWA is a humanitarian and political women’s organization that has operated clandestinely in Afghanistan and Pakistan for the past twenty-six years. Brodsky has been working with RAWA for more than three years to support their efforts to raise awareness of the plight of women under fundamentalist oppression, to give voice to Afghani women’s lives and concerns and to document the resistance of Afghani women to their oppression. As part of these efforts, Brodsky brought members of RAWA to the United States and UMBC to tell the story of their lives and revolutionary work. Earlier this year, Brodsky published a book about RAWA and her experiences with the group, With All Our Strength: The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan.

“Anne Brodsky is an outstanding researcher and scholar and a dedicated teacher,” says Carlo DiClemente, chair of the Department of Psychology. “Her contribution of her latest book, With All Our Strength, is only the last in a series of wonderful contributions to UMBC. She was one of the first faculty mentors for the office of residential life, is active in promoting women’s studies on campus, has co-developed a diversity course within our department and has contributed to a UMBC-Casey Foundation joint study program.”

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