Since 2017, the GAP Center has tackled timely issues, bringing insights from policy theory and practice to enhance policy outcomes. I am proud that the Schar School is committed to educating our students and engaging with wider constituents on the critical role of gender in the policy context.
– BONNIE STABILE, PHD., DIRECTOR, GAP CENTER
“Being surrounded by women who have big aspirations in various fields is so inspiring and is an experience I wouldn’t have been able to have otherwise.
– ELLA DUNCAN HIGH, GAP UNDERGRADUATE ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBER
“GAP’s NEW Leadership® Virginia program is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students pursuing a range of academic majors to gain a sense of the possible in the public sphere… building leadership skills, networks, and a supportive cohort that will serve the participants for years to come.”
– JILL DEERING, SENIOR ASSISTANT DEAN FOR STUDENT AND ACADMIC AFFAIRS
The GAP Center has hosted politicians, scholars, journalists, and policymakers including:
- Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton and Jennifer Wexton
- Harvard Professor Theda Skocpol
- Brookings Institution Scholar Thomas E. Mann
- Thomas B. Edsall of The New York Times
- Kinsey Fabrizio, President, Consumer Technology Association
- Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James
- Ellie Smeal, President and Cofounder Feminist Majority Foundation
- Former U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Acting Chair Victoria Lipnic
