Two weeks removed from moderating “Title IX Across the Professions” – a lecture in which a panel of Springfield graduates detailed their experiences as women in male-dominated fields – Springfield College Assistant Professor of Communications Aimee Crawford was at the forefront of her own presentation.
Instead of focusing on male-dominated workforces, however, Crawford concentrated on a male-dominated sport: baseball. In the presentation on April 6, 2023, titled, “The Grass Ceiling: How Women and Girls Have Been Shutout of Baseball,” Crawford examined how the rich history of girls and women in baseball has been largely overlooked by the media and popular culture. The presentation took place at The Forum on the second floor of the Harold C. Smith Learning Commons.
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