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Christine M. Shelton is a professor in the Exercise and Sport Studies Department and co-chair of the Project on Women and Social Change at Smith College. She is a past president and past executive director of the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS) and recipient of the NAGWS Honor Award in 1993. In 1997, she was elected Vice President of the International Association for Girls and Women in Physical Education and Sport (IAPESGW) an organization founded by Smith emeriti, Dorothy Ainsworth. Chris represents the Americas on the Executive Board of two international sport organizations that help to network and develop leadership opportunities for women and sport.   Christine’s recent research was done as part of a team with Loughborough, University, UK and the International Olympic Committee, evaluating contributions of newly appointed women to National Olympic Committees. Her research and theoretical work is on leadership issues that cross race, gender, and class and her scholarship is directed toward bridge-building contact between the women’s sport community and the academic community.   Professor Shelton teaches ESS 550 Women in Sport, a course counted towards the SWG major and minor.

Women on Power: Leadership Redefined, edited by Susan C. Bourque, Sue Joan Mendelson Freeman, and Christine Shelton - Women have made enormous strides into the professional workplace over the last two decades, yet few have assumed leadership roles in the higher ranks of predominately male occupations: business, politics, the professions, and sport. This pioneering collection by experts in a variety of disciplines combines theoretical discussions with historical and contemporary case studies to offer a fresh vista on how gender has influenced and redefined today's notions of leadership and power.  The provocative essays cover a broad range of topics, including the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, global perspectives on women's environmental activism, mothering as a catalyst to social activism, and women in the enclaves of veterinary medicine and sports.

These case studies and tested strategies from colleges and universities nationwide can now receive the national attention they deserve and will be especially valued for their practical approach to the limitations of traditional college settings.

This volume will be a useful resource for teachers, administrators and anyone concerned with curriculum development and the quality of undergraduate education in our schools.

June 10, 2009