I have become an interdisciplinary professor, researcher, and consultant for workplace equity topics and practices. Currently, I am full-time faculty at Roger Williams University (School of Justice Studies), part-time faculty at Dartmouth College (Tuck School of Business and Psychological and Brain Sciences Department), and am the founder of CauseWise, a workplace equity consulting organization. About CauseWise

 

I married Christopher G. Clow (a Hilltopper!), and we have a German Shepherd, Sharra and two Maine Coon Cats: Ember and Rasmus.

My older sister, Elisabeth Corbin Fuller ‘90 and some extended family.

Playing in the Band at my first football game.

Cheerleading, Band, Jazz Band, Forensics, French Club, Theater.

I am most proud of all the performance arts activities and public speaking skill development. I did a lot of theatre, band/jazz band concerts and Forensics. Our Forensics team was the state champion our senior year, which was really special. Several of us seniors made the All-State Jazz Band as well that year. 

When I had my senior pictures taken with my baritone saxophone, Mr. Heath (Assist. Headmaster at the time) requested that all senior pictures taken with props would need to be re-done because some students “were not recognizable”. In the hall in front of Ms. Koury’s art room we discussed the issue, and I respectfully but assertively told him that it was unfair to require students, many of whom had paid a lot of their own money for fancy pictures, to redo their pictures. I explained that we did not have prior notice of the “prop-free” requirement when we had our pictures taken. Mr. Heath generously changed the plan to require us all to redo our photos. I did not like that very scary moment of standing up to a school administrator, but I appreciated that he heard me out. Thus, a civil rights advocate was born.

Algebra was the toughest. Mrs. Findlay was an amazing and patient teacher. Patience was my biggest challenge for this class because I kept trying to skip steps. She taught me that methodically taking each step was critical. I apply this approach as a legal analyst and scientist now, especially when I teach these things to college students.

Jamming with my fellow band mates. I am still in touch with a few.

Since I identify as a lady, I did not wear ties, but I did wear a skirt every Wednesday on dress-up day (despite my objections because I did not like wearing skirts). My favorite skirt was a long, patchwork bohemian style skirt….I think it changed my mind about skirts.

Yes, at age 14 I had a pivotal moment that set my career path. I was looking up at East Mountain from my house on Route 114 in East Haven standing next to my parents’ Plymouth Horizon hatchback and had the idea that I wanted to go to college to study human behavior as it relates to rules and regulations. That morphed into studying workplace equity issues from a scientist’s perspective.

 

Mr. Padden, my music teacher, and Miss Bertha T. Koury, my Forensics team coach.

 

Curiosity Cured the Cat

If you had it to do all over again, what would you do differently? 

I would have tried to develop more patience, for sure.

I would encourage students to focus on skill and expertise development more than achieving a specific title of a target job. Titles can change, but expertise is marketable, and skills are transferable.