Pat with her Granddaughter Morgan

About Pat

Pat Washington is a women’s studies scholar and activist. A sociologist by training, she uses a gendered lens to examine social stratification in the U.S. and abroad, with an emphasis on social inequalities and efforts to eradicate those inequalities. Her publications to date have focused on the impact of social location (race, sex, class, sexuality, etc.) on the nature and quality of services available to survivors of sexual violence; within-group oppression in communities of color and in mainstream lesbian and gay communities; and resistance/social justice strategies—most notably the utility of community-based service learning in advancing academic scholarship and social activism. She is an award-winning teacher and a prolific scholar, and she has received widespread local, state, and national recognition for service and activism.