Marybeth Gasman
Faculty Member
Research Associate
Academic Director
Academic Director
Faculty Affiliate
Associate Professor of Education
Contact information
3700 Walnut Street
Graduate School of Education
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Graduate School of Education
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-573-3990
Fax: 215-573-6069
Fax: 215-573-6069
Email:
mgasman@gse.upenn.edu
mgasman@gse.upenn.edu
Education:
B.A. (Political Science/Communication)
St. Norbert College, 1990.
M.S. (Higher Education)
Indiana University, 1992.
Ph.D. (Higher Education and Law)
Indiana University, 2000.
Permanent linkB.A. (Political Science/Communication)
St. Norbert College, 1990.
M.S. (Higher Education)
Indiana University, 1992.
Ph.D. (Higher Education and Law)
Indiana University, 2000.
Description of Research Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Diversity and higher education
African-American educational leadership
Fundraising and philanthropy
Professional Biography
After ten years in university and community administration, Dr. Gasman received a Ph.D. in higher education from Indiana University in 2000. She came to Penn GSE as an assistant professor in 2003. In 2006, Dr. Gasman was awarded the Association for the Study of Higher Education's Promising Scholar/Early Career Award for her scholarship. In 2008, she received the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2009, Dr. Gasman was selected by the Provost as one of eight Penn Fellows.
Dr. Gasman is a historian of higher education. Her work explores issues pertaining to philanthropy and historically black colleges, black leadership, contemporary fundraising issues at black colleges, and African-American giving. Dr. Gasman’s most recent book is Envisioning Black Colleges: A History of the United Negro College Fund. She has published several other books, including Charles S. Johnson: Leadership beyond the Veil in the Age of Jim Crow (with Patrick J. Gilpin), Supporting Alma Mater: Successful Strategies for Securing Funds from Black College Alumni (with Sibby Anderson-Thompkins), Uplifting a People: African American Philanthropy and Education (with Kate Sedgwick), Gender and Philanthropy: New Perspectives on Funding, Collaboration, and Assessment (with Alice Ginsberg); Understanding Minority Serving Institutions (with Benjamin Baez and Caroline Turner), Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Triumphs, Troubles, and Taboos (with Christopher Tudico), and Philanthropy, Fundraising, and Volunteerism in Higher Education (with Andrea Walton).
To read more about Dr. Gasman and her work, visit her faculty website at www.gse.upenn.edu/~mgasman.
Selected Publications
Gasman, M., & Drezner, N.: White corporate philanthropy and its support of private black colleges in the 1960s and 70s. International Journal of Educational Advancement 8(2), 2008.Perna, L., Lundy-Wagner, V., Drezner, N., Gasman, M., Yoon, S., Bose, E., & Gary, S.: The contributions of Historically Black Colleges and Universities to the preparation of African American women for STEM Careers: A case study. Research in Higher Education 50(1): 1-23, 2008.
Palmer, R. & Gasman, M. : "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child”: Social capital and academic success at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Journal of College Student Development 49(1), 2008.
Gasman, M.: Swept Under the Rug: A Historiography of Gender and Black Colleges. American Educational Research Journal 44(3): 760-805, Winter 2007.
Gasman, M., & Drezner, N.: New Orleans' black colleges: Rebuilding after disaster. Multicultural Review 15(4), May 2007.
Gasman, M.: Truth, Generalizations, and Stigmas: An Analysis of the Media’s Coverage of Morris Brown College and Black Colleges Overall. Review of Black Political Economy 34(2), 2007.
Gasman, M., Anderson-Thompkins, S., & Haydel, N.: Corridors and coffee shops: Teaching about race and research outside the classroom. Journal of College and University Teaching 17(1 & 2), December 2006.
Gasman, M., & Payton-Stewart, L.: Twice removed: A White scholar studies Black sororities and a Black scholar responds. International Journal of Research and Method in Education 29(2): 129-149, September 2006.
Gasman, M.: Salvaging "Academic Disaster Areas": The Black College Response to Christopher Jencks and David Riesman’s 1967 Harvard Educational Review Article. Journal of Higher Education 77(2): 317-352, March/April 2006.
Epstein, E., & Gasman, M.: A Not-So-Systematic Effort to Study Art: Lincoln University and the Barnes Foundation. Perspectives on the History of Higher Education (History of Higher Education Annual) 24: 173-190, 2005.
Gasman, M., Gerstl-Pepin, C., Anderson-Thompkins, S., Rasheed, L., & Hathaway, K.: Developing Trust, Negotiating Power: Transgressing Race and Status in the Academy. Teachers College Record 106(4): 689-715, 2004.
Gasman, M.: The Role of Faculty in Fundraising at Black Colleges: What is It and What Can It Become? International Journal of Educational Advancement 5(2): 171-179, 2005.