Amelia Keller, M.D.

Amelia Keller, M.D.

Dr. Keller was the first female faculty member at the Indiana University School of Medicine.  She taught at the school from 1908 to 1919 as an Associate Professor of Diseases of Children.  Keller was also one of the first female physicians practicing in Indianapolis, having started her practice in the city in 1895.

Like many professional women of her day, Keller was a feminist.  When she married Dr. Eugene Buehler in 1899, Keller did not take his name and instead continued to refer to herself by her maiden name.  Keller served as the first president of the Women's Franchise League (1911-1917), and also served as Vice President of the Indiana Federation of Women's Clubs.  She edited the suffrage column of The Citizen magazine for many years.  Keller was also active in many Indianapolis-area women's organizations.

 

Last updated by maeowen on 10/31/2011

Maude Arthur, M.D.

Founding Mothers

Founding Mothers


IUPUI is home to several education programs that date to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  These institutions include medical, dental, nursing, physical education, law and art schools.  While they began as independent operations, the institutions were later acquired by Indiana University and became a part of IUPUI when it opened in 1969.  Women played a vital role in the development of these early schools.  They worked as administrators, nurses, physicians, and teachers.  These "Founding Mothers" were responsible for helping to build the foundations of IUPUI's academic excellence. 

 

The Early Schools of IUPUI 

Last updated by maeowen on 10/30/2011

Kathleen Surina Grove, MA, JD

Kathleen Surina Grove, MA, JD

Director, Office for Women, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Kathleen S. Grove has been the Director of the IUPUI Office for Women since 2004 and is an associate faculty member in the Women’s Studies Program of the IU School of Liberal Arts, Indianapolis where she has taught the courses, “Women and the Law” and “Women’s Rights around the World.”

Kathleen holds a J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis and a Masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis. Her Bachelor of Science degree in Speech is from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

Last updated by maeowen on 12/29/2011

Catherine Bonser-Neal

Catherine Bonser-Neal

Former Chair, Evening MBA Program, Kelley School of Business

Associate Professor of Finance

 

Catherine Bonser-Neal is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Kelley School of Business and former chair of the Evening MBA Program.  Her research focuses on international economics and finance, the impact of Federal Reserve policy, exchange rate behavior, and emerging markets.  Bonser-Neal helped design the Kelley School of Business's first Undergraduate study abroad program.  She has also served as a faculty mentor in IUPUI's Undergraduate Diversity Scholars Program.

Bonser-Neal has received several MBA teaching awards, including the Lilly MBA Teaching Excellence Award (2009) and the IU Trustee Teaching Award (2007).

 

Last updated by maeowen on 01/10/2012

Clare M. Assue, M.D.

Clare M. Assue, M.D.

Last updated by maeowen on 09/08/2012

Karen Kovacik

Karen Kovacik, Ph.D.

Director of Creative Writing

Professor of English

Adjunct Professor of Women's Studies

 

Karen Kovacik is a Professor of English and Adjunct Professor of Women's Studies at IUPUI.  Kovacik is an influential member of the staff of the Department of English, where she developed the department's Creative Writing Program.  Kovacik has served as director of the program since 1999.  The Creative Writing Program has been highly successful, facilitating students' travel to national conferences and producing a number of award winning student works.  Kovacik also coordinates the department's Rufus Reiberg Reading Series, an initiative that brings poets and fiction writers to campus.

Last updated by andjsmit on 01/09/2012

Karen Kovacik

Karen Kovacik

Mary Dankoski

Mary Dankoski, PhD

Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development, IU School of Medicine

Lester D. Bibler Scholar and Associate Professor of Family Medicine

Vice Chair for Faculty and Academic Affairs, IU School of Medicine

 

Mary Dankoski is the Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development at the IU School of Medicine.  She is also the Lester D. Bibler Scholar and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine.  Dankoski co-chairs the IU School of Medicine Women's Advisory Council and is currently the Vice Chair for Faculty and Academic Affairs.  She served as interim co-chair of the Department of Family Medicine until April 2011.

Last updated by maeowen on 01/10/2012