Participant Info

First Name
Diane
Last Name
Eynon
Country
United States
State
PA Pennsylvania
Affiliation
University of Pennsylvania
Website URL
https://scholar.gse.upenn.edu/eynon
Keywords
gender, higher education, economic development and growth, globalization and internationalization, women's history
Availability
1
Additional Contact Information
PhD
PhD

Personal Info

Photo
About Me

Diane E. Eynon  is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Executive Doctorate in Higher Education Management at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, a cohort-based Ed.D. program for senior level leaders in higher education, the non-profit sector, and industry. She previously served in Penn GSE’s Higher Education Division as Senior Fellow and Director of International Higher Education Initiatives, Director of Professional Practice at the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD), and interim director of the Executive Doctorate Program in 2012 and again in 2016.  Prior to GSE, Diane worked at Wharton Executive Education for six years serving as Director of Global Initiatives and then as Director of Partnerships for Social Impact.

Dr. Eynon’s research and teaching is multi-disciplinary, exploring how the interplay of higher education, economic development, and gender policies and practices map onto women, and the critical role these domains play in women’s prospects. Her research also explores the history of higher education in developing countries and economies and the internationalization of higher education.

Diane is a member of Women Thrive Worldwide: Gender, Poverty, and Foreign Assistance (GPFA) working group, the United Nations Conference on the Status of Women, and a founding member of the Women’s Sphere Global Network.  She founded WEE (Women-Equality-Equity) Matter, an organization committed to creating and implementing the innovative solutions necessary to ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment through education, economic development and growth, and political participation.

Recent Publications

Eynon, D. (2017). Women, economic development, and higher education: Tools in the reconstruction and transformation of post-apartheid South Africa. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

Eynon, D. (2011, May). The influence of post-apartheid South Africa’s economic growth and development and higher education policies on women’s prospects. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society 55th Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Eynon, D. (2011, March). What has global security got to do with it? Food, women and climate change. Paper presented at the Fairfield University Center for Faith and Public Life, Fairfield, CT.

Eynon, D. (2010). Interpreting the economic growth and development policies of post-apartheid South Africa: Its influence on higher education and prospects for women.(Doctoral dissertation).

Eynon, D. (2008). Gender budgeting tool kit. Paper presented at the Anglican Women’s Empowerment Pre-Conference Workshop, United Nations Conference on the Status of Women, New York, NY.

Eynon, D. (2008). Financing for gender equality and the empowerment of women. Paper presented at the Anglican Women’s Empowerment Pre-Conference Workshop, United Nations Conference on the Status of Women, New York, NY.

Media Coverage
Country Focus
U.S and South Africa
Expertise by Geography
Asia, Central America, China, India, Middle East, Southeast Asia, United States
Expertise by Chronology
20th century
Expertise by Topic
Economic History, Gender, Higher Ed, Women, World War II