The Center for the Education of Women+ features Educational Studies doctoral candidate Bethany Eldridge

In its latest newsletter, the Center for the Education of Women+ (CEW+) features Marsal School doctoral candidate in Educational Studies, Bethany Eldridge. For her dedication to the education of girls and women, Eldridge has been recognized by the center as a Riecker Graduate Student Research Fellow.

Eldridge’s research focuses on how open educational resources (OER) can support vulnerable students', including women and girls, access to quality education. She has pursued this line of inquiry as a Fulbright scholar in the Netherlands, and as a master’s student at the University of Cambridge. Now, she is expanding her research to Lebanon, where, in the midst of the country’s severe economic crisis, over one million students are out of school.

“Women and girls are at the center of my work, and they will continue to be until their right to education is fully valued and encouraged,” Eldridge tells CEW+.

The center notes that, in addition to her research, Eldridge has supported women’s education and development through extensive hands-on volunteer work and consultation with nonprofit organizations across the globe including Vision Fund and Poornatha. “Recognized for her ‘collaborative and inspiring spirit’ and ‘commitment to working for education for all,’ Bethany is poised to make an ever greater impact on women and girls.”