Rebeccah G. Watson ’04, RUS co-president, said the group invited Faust to speak because Radcliffe is relevant to their mission as a group representing the interests of undergraduate women.
“Despite the fact Radcliffe has become an Institute, there are so many issues that the Institute deals with that are essential to RUS concerns,” Watson said.
She cited RUS’ desire to see more women on the Faculty and the development of better relationships between female students and female professors as examples of common concerns.
Watson said the group’s talk with Faust was helpful in giving them information they would not necessarily know otherwise—such as the existence of teams of Faculty that look at the lack of women professors.
“It’s cool for us to know that, so we know where to apply pressure,” Watson said. “Undergraduates don’t really know about Radcliffe and even members of RUS have a lot more to learn.”
—Staff writer Anne K. Kofol can be reached at kofol@fas.harvard.edu.