Colorado College

Eileen Bresnahan is an Associate Professor and former Director of Feminist and Gender Studies at Colorado College. Her previous jobs include an appointment to the faculty of the University of Utah, a teaching stint at Sarah Lawrence College, and periods of employment as a postal worker, a taxi driver, and a hospital clerk. Before graduate school, Eileen was active for more than ten years in the radical women's liberation movement, both in Denver and in Tampa, Florida. She received her BA from the University of Colorado, Denver, and her M.A., M. Phil., and Ph.D. from Yale University, all in political science.