University of Colorado, Boulder. Women Studies Program

Anne Marie Pois is a senior instructor in the Women's Studies Program. The classes she teaches include The History of Women's Activism in the United States and a research seminar on women and social change. Dr. Pois also coordinates the internship program for Women's Studies. She also teaches a course on women and peace work for the Peace and Conflict Certificate Program at CU. Her research focuses on the history of women and peace movements in the twentieth century and in particular(1). Dr. Pois developed the Oral History Service Learning Project in 1997 as a part of her undergraduate research seminar, the History of Women and Progressive Social Movements.

The College of Arts and Sciences awarded Dr. Pois a grant in September of 1997, which was essential for completing the oral histories. She offered the students enrolled in the course the opportunity to conduct oral histories of “founders,” staff, the board of directors and volunteers. This research is the foundation for the historical papers that fulfilled the course requirement. In the fall semester of 2003, the Oral History Service Learning Project began to be offered as an upper division Critical Thinking Course at the University of Colorado. The Oral History Service Learning Project is also located at the Boulder Public Libraries- Carnegie Branch; as well as, the agencies that have participated in the project.

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