Catt Center Director Steps Down


Mary Ann Tetreault, professor of political science, has 
resigned her position as director of the Carrie Chapman Catt 
Center for Women and Politics, effective Aug. 1. Tetreault 
will remain on the faculty of the political science 
department.

Tetreault, whose position as center director began in August 
1994, said difficulty juggling her research activities and 
the center's outreach responsibilities prompted her 
resignation from the center. An interim director of the Catt 
center will be announced later, said Elizabeth Hoffman, dean 
of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 

Tetreault's research has focused on the oil industry, the 
Mideast, and women and politics. She has received a Fulbright 
Fellowship, which will take her to Slovakia in 1996.

"The Center for Women and Politics is an important research 
and outreach effort at Iowa State, and Mary Ann Tetreault has 
had a vital role in its early development," Hoffman said. "I 
am committed to seeing the Catt center continue to develop 
and grow into one of the leading centers of its kind."

_____
contact:  Internal Communications, (515) 294-3129
updated:  5-26-95